Prayers Jon. Okay, we don’t need a third, things don’t have to come in 3’s.
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Pray your wife's surgery went well. That is a good reasoning on those stent coatings. My wife just said, "But we won't know for ten years, if ever."
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Today i went and did some dirt backroad riding on my tdub. Did a little over 80 miles. While I was out riding I went by a place where I rented a house when I was in my 20s. They tore the house down to make more parking for the bar next door. The bar has since changed owners.
Check out the name of the bar, lol.
Check out the name of the bar, lol.
Well, I was supposed to have a triple by-pass on Wednesday. Once they got started, they decided heart wasn't strong enough to do it... Then I crashed... an hour or so later, I had 3 stents. I am now home. Seems as though I have confounded at least 5 doctors. But my 'now' doctor decided I should go home today. Good or bad news: during my seven-day stay at the hospital, I lost 27 pounds.
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Well I for one am glad you are still with us. God was watching over you, prayers answered.
Okay @JonLanier Jon. We need you. Give yourself a hug from all of us! As Greg said, prayers for you and family.
Praying for renewed strength and energy! Guess hospital food wasn’t that good! Chuck
How much of that 27 was muscle....?...Hope you recover well and have a great summer.
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I took a break from the house projects for a bit so I could work on my scooter and find the electrical short.
I had one bolt that would not break free, i had to drill it out.
Its naked! I had to remove every piece of plastic to trace the short.
Pile of parts.....
The front fairing will eventually be replaced.
I found that someone used wire taps to tap into the ignition swqitch wires. I removed a bunch of bad wiring from the previous owners led underglow lights.
New key switch is in.
and a new gas caap.
All the locks will be changes so there will be 1 key again instead of 3.
I had one bolt that would not break free, i had to drill it out.
Its naked! I had to remove every piece of plastic to trace the short.
Pile of parts.....
The front fairing will eventually be replaced.
I found that someone used wire taps to tap into the ignition swqitch wires. I removed a bunch of bad wiring from the previous owners led underglow lights.
New key switch is in.
and a new gas caap.
All the locks will be changes so there will be 1 key again instead of 3.
Add on lights and add on stereos account for 90 percent of the wiring problems I have encountered. I bet rats and squirrels account for 90 percent of overall wiring issues in vehicles since they started using soy oils to make wire coatings
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While I was at it after I found the short I installed the new underseat storage box and wired up the new led light and switch. I just used the wires from the old light and new connectors.
I also aquired a new black dash and storage box assembly off a newer 2012 bike. It has better doors and latches. The original one will be eventually sold.
I have a long way to go to get this thing put back together. A lot of screws where missing and one plastic piece has to be repaired with jb weld for plastic. It will also get anewer seat, seat gas prop shock. It will get a new belt and it weights for the variator
I also aquired a new black dash and storage box assembly off a newer 2012 bike. It has better doors and latches. The original one will be eventually sold.
I have a long way to go to get this thing put back together. A lot of screws where missing and one plastic piece has to be repaired with jb weld for plastic. It will also get anewer seat, seat gas prop shock. It will get a new belt and it weights for the variator
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Yeah I was afraid I would find mice damage but luckily none found. Just idiot previous owner damage. That's ok, it's all getting fixed.
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Man my back is so sore from yesterday I'm just taking it easy today. Wife and I mowed the lawn. She cuts and I trim, she dont like trimming, lol.
Only other thing I did for the scoot was go get some coolant and brake fluid, changing both.
And a little plastic repair.
Only other thing I did for the scoot was go get some coolant and brake fluid, changing both.
And a little plastic repair.
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I finished the repair on the broken plastic piece. I built up a pretty good amount of jb weld for plastic on it. Now it feels more solid than it was originally.
Body parts for this scooter are mostly not available anymore. You either search for used or look to the Chinese aftermarket.
The new front fairing is a chinese reproduction, it came painted black. It will get sanded, filled, and painted with the rest of the parts.
I chose house of color cobalt blue. It should be a darker blue with a fine flake.
I dropped all the parts off to a painter today. I dont have a space to paint them or the equipment, or the skills for that matter. So I'm better off to let someone else with more experience shoot the parts
Body parts for this scooter are mostly not available anymore. You either search for used or look to the Chinese aftermarket.
The new front fairing is a chinese reproduction, it came painted black. It will get sanded, filled, and painted with the rest of the parts.
I chose house of color cobalt blue. It should be a darker blue with a fine flake.
I dropped all the parts off to a painter today. I dont have a space to paint them or the equipment, or the skills for that matter. So I'm better off to let someone else with more experience shoot the parts
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Love House of Kolor paints. Too many choices though…….
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I kept it simple by going with a basic dump and shoot paint. I had it narrowed down to 2 colors of blue. I chose the darker of the 2.
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Today was another work on the scooter maintenance day. I started with changing the plugs, much easier to do with all the body panels off.
I put much better ngk iridium plugs in it.
it had densos in it. They are correct for the bike but so are the ngks and I believe they are a better plug. It looks like it's been running a little rich. The new air filter might help with that.
Next I moved onto the belt and variator maintenance. It wasn't to bad inside as far as dirt and dust goes. A little belt dust.
This is what makes it go, lol. Not to dirty but it was not an oem belt and thats probably why it was making some noise on take off.
Im installing new variator weights, a few grams lighter, that should give a little better acceleration and smooth it out a bit. Not that it lacked in those areas.
I went from rollers to sliders. I also changed the final drive oil.
I got some new chinesium belly panels, body parts are scarce for this bike now. These are a tually very nice and fit perfectly, painted the original color too. They replaced my broken ones.
Lots of plastic went back on today.
The only real things I have to do yet as far as maintenance goes is flush the brake fluid and change the tires. Just waiting on the body panels to come back from paint now. So I'm making good progress.
I put much better ngk iridium plugs in it.
it had densos in it. They are correct for the bike but so are the ngks and I believe they are a better plug. It looks like it's been running a little rich. The new air filter might help with that.
Next I moved onto the belt and variator maintenance. It wasn't to bad inside as far as dirt and dust goes. A little belt dust.
This is what makes it go, lol. Not to dirty but it was not an oem belt and thats probably why it was making some noise on take off.
Im installing new variator weights, a few grams lighter, that should give a little better acceleration and smooth it out a bit. Not that it lacked in those areas.
I went from rollers to sliders. I also changed the final drive oil.
I got some new chinesium belly panels, body parts are scarce for this bike now. These are a tually very nice and fit perfectly, painted the original color too. They replaced my broken ones.
Lots of plastic went back on today.
The only real things I have to do yet as far as maintenance goes is flush the brake fluid and change the tires. Just waiting on the body panels to come back from paint now. So I'm making good progress.
Great job. And so true, with all the body work off do everything you can. How about hoses and antifreeze? Just thinking of my Wing……. I think you mentioned you had done brake fluid. …… And what a cool project. Wish I were there to help. Love doing projects like this with friends. Been too many years since I did something like this.
I took the chipper/shreader apart while working the church yard sale. It was in the low and mid 50's so a bit chilly today. Found only 1 of 4 bolts was holding the chipper body to the engine and it was hand loose. Two other guys helped when we were slow. Used the truck tail-gate as a work bench. Thinking that is why a blade broke a few weeks ago, likely when a bolt came out. Hit the hardware store and picked up a bolt and some red lock-tite. Had two other fine thread bolts in my truck. Re-assembled. Great feeling getting something done while helping others. Left church to go home for supper but left as soon as I got there to respond to a tree down in roadway call.
Tree was a snapped out black cherry tree top, 25 feet long, 8 inch diameter, with about 2 dozen poison ivy vines, some 2 inches in diameter. The ivy was branched out about 7 feet wide from the tree, so filled more than a 10 foot wide lane. Been itching to tell you guys about it. Did the Dawn dish soap bath, but feel very off.
Tree was a snapped out black cherry tree top, 25 feet long, 8 inch diameter, with about 2 dozen poison ivy vines, some 2 inches in diameter. The ivy was branched out about 7 feet wide from the tree, so filled more than a 10 foot wide lane. Been itching to tell you guys about it. Did the Dawn dish soap bath, but feel very off.
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I changed the coolant a couplemof days ago. Hoses still look and feel good, no leaks either. I still have to do the brake fluid flush yet.