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From: Rand McNally on 9 May 2010 16:13 Jinnan Tonix all around, double if you get the allusion.... Last summer it was my good fortune to share a vat'o with a few netscum, and doubly so since my favorite wife was willing and able to join us. The weather was perfect, the company as fine as could be, all manner of lies and dark secrets shared. The ride down (that's "south" in Michigan-speke) was hot by our standards, and the last leg south was at typical Michigan highway speed. We stopped in the trendy part of town to check the map (I'm still an old school navigator, thank you very much) and gawk at the outdoor latte sippers. When we mounted up again and hit the "go" button my Y2K Superglide protested, as in a gynormous ka-powie, startling the citizens, and attracting more than a bit of unwelcome attention. From that point until arrival at MITN09 the only way I could keep it running was to constantly goose the throttle while feathering the clutch, which was far more racket than anyone should be allowed to make in such a civilized part of town, and was a bit disconcerting to my passenger. We arrived some time later, parked the scoot for the night, had another thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, and didn't wake up until the next morning, when, with advice from several hastily assembled tech advisory committees, the issue was identified as a manifold leak at the connection twixt the carb and manifold. The seal thingie was reseated and life was good. We took a scenic tour, had more vat'o and left the next day, satisfied and grateful. About 8 miles down the road, it did it again. Goose feathered it to a Menards, where they sell all kinds of tools, in large assortment packages. One wrench and a complete set of hex, torx and allen thingies, along with some chocolate for the wife, and we were down the road again about 30 bucks lighter. My next poser purchase will be a frame mounted toolbag. Have another round, if you made it this far. Since we now have all the tools needed to solve this issue on the side of the road, it did not ever do it again. Around about Christmas, I was digging through some parts that were replaced by a local wrench a couple years ago and found the stock carb seal. A lightbulb went off. Could it be that whatever seal they put in wasn't as good as the original? Next time I'm in there, I ought to look. Forward to today. I've been hearing a bit of ping on hard accelleration lately, and the front sparker looked like it has been cooked a bit so out comes the seal. Photo of the two seals across the street. The one that has a molded groove to match the carb, and appears to be of stouter stuff is the original. I put the original seal back in, replaced the sparker and gave the whole bike a nice washdown. Will report back if I note any improvement in the pinging. Thanks for listening. If you think you need another round, have at it. -- Rand McNally BS#263 Yer not lost if you get back before the search party finds you...
From: Snag on 9 May 2010 16:18 Rand McNally wrote: > Jinnan Tonix all around, double if you get the allusion.... > I'll take that double , and mop that spill up with your towel , wouldja ? -- Snag "90 FLHTCU "Strider" '39 WLDD "PopCycle" BS 132/SENS/DOF
From: Rand McNally on 9 May 2010 16:20 Snag wrote: > Rand McNally wrote: >> Jinnan Tonix all around, double if you get the allusion.... > I'll take that double , and mop that spill up with your towel , wouldja ? Happen to have it right here. -- Rand McNally BS#263 Yer not lost if you get back before the search party finds you...
From: Snag on 9 May 2010 16:22 Rand McNally wrote: > Snag wrote: >> Rand McNally wrote: >>> Jinnan Tonix all around, double if you get the allusion.... >> I'll take that double , and mop that spill up with your towel , >> wouldja ? > > Happen to have it right here. > > -- > Rand McNally BS#263 > Yer not lost if you get back before the search party finds you... After all , it IS the most massively useful thing in the entire universe ! Too bad ya can't kill Vogons with one . -- Snag "90 FLHTCU "Strider" '39 WLDD "PopCycle" BS 132/SENS/DOF
From: JD on 9 May 2010 16:44
On 5/9/2010 1:13 PM, Rand McNally wrote: > Jinnan Tonix all around, double if you get the allusion.... > > Last summer it was my good fortune to share a vat'o with a few netscum, > and doubly so since my favorite wife was willing and able to join us. > The weather was perfect, the company as fine as could be, all manner of > lies and dark secrets shared. > > The ride down (that's "south" in Michigan-speke) was hot by our > standards, and the last leg south was at typical Michigan highway speed. > We stopped in the trendy part of town to check the map (I'm still an old > school navigator, thank you very much) and gawk at the outdoor latte > sippers. When we mounted up again and hit the "go" button my Y2K > Superglide protested, as in a gynormous ka-powie, startling the > citizens, and attracting more than a bit of unwelcome attention. From > that point until arrival at MITN09 the only way I could keep it running > was to constantly goose the throttle while feathering the clutch, which > was far more racket than anyone should be allowed to make in such a > civilized part of town, and was a bit disconcerting to my passenger. > > We arrived some time later, parked the scoot for the night, had another > thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, and didn't wake up until the > next morning, when, with advice from several hastily assembled tech > advisory committees, the issue was identified as a manifold leak at the > connection twixt the carb and manifold. The seal thingie was reseated > and life was good. We took a scenic tour, had more vat'o and left the > next day, satisfied and grateful. > > About 8 miles down the road, it did it again. Goose feathered it to a > Menards, where they sell all kinds of tools, in large assortment > packages. One wrench and a complete set of hex, torx and allen thingies, > along with some chocolate for the wife, and we were down the road again > about 30 bucks lighter. My next poser purchase will be a frame mounted > toolbag. > > Have another round, if you made it this far. Since we now have all the > tools needed to solve this issue on the side of the road, it did not > ever do it again. > > Around about Christmas, I was digging through some parts that were > replaced by a local wrench a couple years ago and found the stock carb > seal. A lightbulb went off. Could it be that whatever seal they put in > wasn't as good as the original? Next time I'm in there, I ought to look. > > Forward to today. I've been hearing a bit of ping on hard accelleration > lately, and the front sparker looked like it has been cooked a bit so > out comes the seal. Photo of the two seals across the street. The one > that has a molded groove to match the carb, and appears to be of stouter > stuff is the original. I put the original seal back in, replaced the > sparker and gave the whole bike a nice washdown. Will report back if I > note any improvement in the pinging. > > Thanks for listening. If you think you need another round, have at it. > Thanks for sharing this. As luck would have it I may have a similar problem. I usually give my CV equipped Shovel 2 primer kicks before I swicth on the ignition. Yesterday, after going through the ritual, it apparently sparked with the intake open and damn near blew the air cleaner off. Like you, the only way I got home was feathering the clutch and goosing it (had NO low speed). That seal will be the first thing I look at. Had you not posted this I'd have been scratching my head. Thanks and let me send a round back atcha. |