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Installed all new weatherstripping for doors and lift gate, supplied ever so quickly by @beno when everything else looks close to done next is interior which Ive got where I want it, and then any and all seals etc and blah blah blah and for those that asked its def quieter and tighter when closed and rolling. well worth it and its OEM
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Bicycle Tube Sunroof Fix/wind noise gone!

Did this to my first 80 about 11 years ago and it worked well so after noticing the wind noise and bit of rattle on my last road trip, I did it again to my current 80. Nice to know it worked very well again. Used a 29'r tube instead of a 26'r though.
 
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RFB said:
Installed all new weatherstripping for doors and lift gate, supplied ever so quickly by @beno when everything else looks close to done next is interior which Ive got where I want it, and then any and all seals etc and blah blah blah and for those that asked its def quieter and tighter when closed and rolling. well worth it and its OEM View attachment 1781330 View attachment 1781332 View attachment 1781333
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Do you have time to list the part numbers of the various seals/weather stripping?
 
cahill said:
I slept on it and the next day bought a piece of metal and re-made a SST to hold the crank shaft pulley. Used the 3/4 breaker with an extension and broke the nut loose :) The starter bump trick didn't work for me but this did and I needed a way to hold the pulley anyway when torqueing ??? back to speck. I'll post up photos at some point for fun.
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Finally getting around to posting up the photos - it's been a busy couple of weeks. Here are the photos of my failed pulley holder and the one that worked. If I had given any real thought to the strength of the 1st one I would have known it wouldn't work. Oh well, I'm not a mechanical engineer...or a mechanic for that matter. Everything is all buttoned back up and working. My list of what I did for the weekend (or a few more days than that:

Crankshaft seal, oil pump cover seal, dizzy O ring, new radiator, coolant, oil change, power steering flush and new return hose and clamps and got to start on some fun stuff too from Wits' End. A special thanks to @beno for the parts and quickly shipping me a radiator support bolt that tore in half when taking out the old radiator.

Failed pulley holder

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Successful pulley holder
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New Oil pump
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Old JIS oil pump cover screws - not one stripped. Used a JIS bit from @NLXTACY on a small impact wrench and came right out.
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LINUS said:
Pretty amazing the difference in the “rotate on centerline” vs “pivot on rear arm bolt” -plates, hunh?

It’s like this @landtank fella HAS a cruiser of his own, or something :hillbilly::hillbilly::hillbilly:

Glad to see another convert in the ol’ Coke Challenge.
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Can you elaborate on the difference rotating on the centerline makes as opposed to the other method?
 
Riddle me this?
A wizard with no hat, a master of tools, a whisperer of 80's, where he goes only the cruiser knows?

Bad News First: 1. Flushed radiator, it was a green yellow putrid spit that came out, I think I witnessed an exorcism 2. Heater valve disintegrated on driver side too 3. No go for Grand Canyon.

Looking into radiator:
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exorcism begins:
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The Good news: 1. flushed the radiator enough times to make it up and back to Willow Springs Lake, AZ, with family and friends. 2. getting new radiator, hoses, thermostat, etc., in later this week or next. 3. my cowboy hat never got wet, officially.

Zona

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Finally got to drive the '93 on dirt for pretty much the first time - Saturday afternoon ride in the desert northeast of Phoenix. Started in my K5 Blazer, but then the A/C in the '93 gave up (the A/C itself; newly revamped cooling system had the truck running 183-187°F). So I traded trucks with my wife (the K5 has working A/C...), and got maybe 2 hours of seat time in. I could get used to this...
 
Bled the brakes, ordered a tire siping tool for next weekend, pulled off the old rack, bought a craigslist gutter bar rack for the cargo box, next weekend I plan on drilling out the rivet nuts, painting and plugging with rubber well nuts. All this cooling system talk has me thinking about re-prioritizing.
 
went wheeling.

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ChaseTruck said:
Finally got to drive the '93 on dirt for pretty much the first time - Saturday afternoon ride in the desert northeast of Phoenix. Started in my K5 Blazer, but then the A/C in the '93 gave up (the A/C itself; newly revamped cooling system had the truck running 183-187°F). So I traded trucks with my wife (the K5 has working A/C...), and got maybe 2 hours of seat time in. I could get used to this...
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My understanding is the AC shuts off around 218 to 226 F (depending on your rig).

Zona
 
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