Topic: What did you do to your non-motorcycle vehicle today?

[BenelliSEI]

Farm Cart (golfcart) repairs today. My g’kids were here for Thanksgiving and drove the poor thing, non stop, for two days. Ancient Yamaha G1, two stroke, appears to be indestructible.

Subbed in a rebuilt fuel pump, new spark plug, shortened the plug wire and screwed in a new NGK cap. Still running poorly. Mmmmm. Intermittent spark. Cleaned the bullet connectors to the coil and it’s right back up to speed! Too bad I didn’t check the obvious first.....

[Don R]

 The yamahas are prone to airbox leaks, like putting pods on a sohc4. Watch for that. I left our club car golf cart with the kids in the country for the off racing season. The 5 year old was pretending he was going to work, he jumped on it and backed out of the garage before his Mom caught up and drug him off of it.

[Don R]

 I moved tools out of the race trailer for winter before it goes to storage. It was cold in the trailer and humid outside. The garage floor was sweating and the tools were wet before I got them moved from the trailer toolbox to the garage toolbox.  Does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling about storing the trailer when it's this humid  inside.

[70CB750]

That drives me crazy.  When the weather changes, all my tools and machinery in the shop is drenched with condensation.  Everything rusts eventually.

[BenelliSEI]

That drives me crazy.  When the weather changes, all my tools and machinery in the shop is drenched with condensation.  Everything rusts eventually.

I keep an old sleeping bag draped over my tool chest in the attached (to the house) garage. It keeps it insulated and the contents stay dry on those swing days when opening the big doors brings in sudden gusts of warm, humid air.

[70CB750]

That drives me crazy.  When the weather changes, all my tools and machinery in the shop is drenched with condensation.  Everything rusts eventually.

I keep an old sleeping bag draped over my tool chest in the attached (to the house) garage. It keeps it insulated and the contents stay dry on those swing days when opening the big doors brings in sudden gusts of warm, humid air.

That makes sense, but its kinda hard to wrap milling machine, lathe, table saw and jointer   

[Alan F.]

I was taught that these are the way to go:

[scottly]

I've found that WD-40 is not very effective at preventing rust on machine tools.

[dave500]

wd40 is rubbish,use crc or similar

[Alan F.]

CRC 6-56? From what I just read it's similar to WD but is Silicone based rather than petroleum based, so one application will last much longer.

[spotty]

wd40 is reputedly mostly fish oil which is much cheaper in spray cans, also can be obtained by squeezing sardines quite hard

[WhyNot2]

Rebuilt the carbs on my power washer and push mower.........then blew all the seals in the pump due to corrosion buildup.

Had to order new connector and pump seals to rebuild the pump.......and the mfer still leaks......sum beech.

However, the wifey can start it, and wash some....so I'm satisfied.

Happy wifey, happy life.....!!!

[BenelliSEI]

Spent a full day prepping the MR2 for one more race weekend. The organization for our endurance racing championship has added a late season event at Mosport (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) at the end of the month. Double header, two eight hour races. My buddy from Calgary can’t make it, so three of us will drive. +5 hours of seat time each (assuming it doesn’t snow!). Can’t wait.

[Don R]

  I have my race car winterized and the trailer bearings are re-packed, it's hooked up and waiting to go to storage for winter. Since I have a different storage unit there aren't any bikes in it this year. I'd probably feel more comfortable with at least one or two in it because that storage is at a business with people there 6 days a week and a dozen motorhomes to keep a thief busy.  That said, it's less weight on the tires and springs.   

[BenelliSEI]

  I have my race car winterized and the trailer bearings are re-packed, it's hooked up and waiting to go to storage for winter. Since I have a different storage unit there aren't any bikes in it this year. I'd probably feel more comfortable with at least one or two in it because that storage is at a business with people there 6 days a week and a dozen motorhomes to keep a thief busy.  That said, it's less weight on the tires and springs.   

Don..... we should probably be doing the same. Last year, on Oct 28, we had 3-5” of snow! We’ve also had some beautiful weather for Halloween, so it’s a bit of a crap shoot.....

[Don R]

 I grabbed the kz1000 battery from the mini storage unit and brought it home to the heated shop. I also pumped 5 gallons of 110 av gas into the 40 Chevy. When it comes out in spring I'll make sure it will fly before bringing it home.  The trailer is put away, there was a price increase $2.5 per foot which I don't mind, I think he has been cheap for quite a while.
 

[grcamna2]

I grabbed the kz1000 battery from the mini storage unit and brought it home to the heated shop. I also pumped 5 gallons of 110 av gas into the 40 Chevy. When it comes out in spring I'll make sure it will fly before bringing it home.  The trailer is put away, there was a price increase $2.5 per foot which I don't mind, I think he has been cheap for quite a while.

How does your 40 Chevy run:does it have a hi compression 'mill'/engine in it ?

[BenelliSEI]

Crawled under the Volvo C30 and pulled off the huge, plastic undertray. A local garage does “wash and undercoat” with a waxy, oily spray. Scheduled for Thursday.....

[Don R]

How does your 40 Chevy run:does it have a hi compression 'mill'/engine in it ?


 It runs good, it has a .030 over 350 truck block with 70/71 double hump heads and a 350 horsepower GM cam. Performer intake and right now it has a 650 holley carb. I went with a muncie/hurst 4 speed just for kicks. I'm putting together an electronic ignition in a stock (Delco) appearing distributor. When I got it out of the garage, rebuilt the carb and replaced the fuel I revved it up and the 30 year old turbo mufflers left their bottoms on the driveway. Needless to say it sounds really good.  Only 15.1 ET in the quarter mile but 98 mph. I put a mustang II front end under it and a 57 ford rear end on coil over shocks. 

[grcamna2]

How does your 40 Chevy run:does it have a hi compression 'mill'/engine in it ?


 It runs good, it has a .030 over 350 truck block with 70/71 double hump heads and a 350 horsepower GM cam. Performer intake and right now it has a 650 holley carb. I went with a muncie/hurst 4 speed just for kicks. I'm putting together an electronic ignition in a stock (Delco) appearing distributor. When I got it out of the garage, rebuilt the carb and replaced the fuel I revved it up and the 30 year old turbo mufflers left their bottoms on the driveway. Needless to say it sounds really good.  Only 15.1 ET in the quarter mile but 98 mph. I put a mustang II front end under it and a 57 ford rear end on coil over shocks.

That sounds nice   
Do you feel it has high compression pistons in it now ?

[Don R]

 No, the CR is around 9.5/1  I just gave it the airplane gas for stability. Much like my bikes, sitting too long with modern fuel is an evil that needs to be avoided.  A friend uses it in his old motorcycles with great results and the only 750 I ever owned that didn't need carbs cleaned came from an airport.

[grcamna2]

No, the CR is around 9.5/1  I just gave it the airplane gas for stability. Much like my bikes, sitting too long with modern fuel is an evil that needs to be avoided.  A friend uses it in his old motorcycles with great results and the only 750 I ever owned that didn't need carbs cleaned came from an airport.

Yes,that is Much better fuel.

[Terry in Australia]

Yep, I think while I'm waiting for T500 parts I might wheel my RC51 out into the daylight and replace the fuel pump and chemically clean out the tank after leaving the bike too long and letting the fuel turn to garbage. I guess I'm lucky the pump died early, at least none of that muck got into the injectors.

[Don R]

 Not a vehicle but I fired up the pressure washer, I was pleased it fired on the fourth pull. I washed some greasy car parts, bike carbs and the grates out of the has grille. I also washed the mud off of the back driveway where the trailer was, that will give me a clean spot to pull the bed off the dually so I can replace the rusty brake and fuel lines.

[Don R]

 I tack welded some exhaust pipe for the firebird. My problem is the mufflers are 3 chamber Magnaflow's and fill the space between the crossmember and the rear axle. I'm not sure where to add a clamp so I can remove the muffler/ tailpipe assembly. I ordered a pair of the stainless band clamps like used in food grade piping. Now I just need a place where they fit.