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Posted by: Vacca Rabite May 20 2011, 09:18 PM

For those of you who follow such things, my car did not make it to Hershey last month. I got it all together with a day to spare, took it or a test drive, and it was a total dog. Clearly running on three. I was stressed (just lost my grandfather and started a new job) so I made the executive decision not to give a fuch, drive my honduh to the event and drink and have a party.

Which I did.

Excessively.

Some of you may also remember that while I was fixing the car, I did a compression test, and the tester got stuck in the cylinder. I did surgery, and things were fine a few days later. Or maybe not so much.

I had an evening to dig into my car. One of my plugs looked... weird. Figured I had cross threaded it, and that was the cause of the dead cylinder.

Not so much. Check THIS out.



Oh yeah, I rock so hard it hurts sometimes.

Zach

Posted by: Vacca Rabite May 20 2011, 09:19 PM

Ruined a brand new, hard to find (impossible to find locally) NKG b5es spark plug to.


Aaaaaaaaaamazon! To the rescue!

But, I did get the rest of the compression tester out of the cylinder...

Zach

Posted by: Dr Evil May 20 2011, 09:26 PM

That spark has to travel a LOOOOOONG way

You drop compression as well. Dumb ass

Thanks for sharing so we may point and ridicule I am sure I will have something to compete in the near future.

Posted by: Dr Evil May 20 2011, 09:27 PM

Oh ya, people like you should have to be licensed to use a 13mm wrench

Posted by: Vacca Rabite May 20 2011, 09:31 PM

Ah well. I live my life as an example to others...
Even the idiots occasionally prove useful.

I need more beer right now.
Zach

Posted by: Jakeodoule May 20 2011, 09:32 PM

Awesome!
BTW you can get those plugs at most any good bike shop.

Posted by: strawman May 20 2011, 11:48 PM

Cheers! You and me are brothers from different Mothers!!! I just installed the oil pump on my Suby motor and realized that I didn't install the special order O-ring. Of course, it woulda been handy to realize that before I also installed the new water pump. D'oh!!!

Posted by: hot_shoe914 May 20 2011, 11:54 PM

O'Reilly's carries the NGK plug and also lawnmower shops.

Posted by: scotty b May 21 2011, 06:51 AM

Posted by: zymurgist May 21 2011, 06:56 AM

Ah well. We're all entitled to a few dumbass moments. The trick is not making the same mistake a second time.

Posted by: rick 918-S May 21 2011, 05:21 PM

Man you musta been someplace else when you did that. Glad it worked out.

Posted by: Pat Garvey May 21 2011, 06:48 PM

QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ May 20 2011, 09:19 PM)

Posted by: jsayre914 May 23 2011, 09:53 AM

Im laughin with you brother....

My latest moment was when I adjusted the valves... put the valve covers in the garage while I had a snack... came back outside fired it up and tried to pull out of the driveway

Man did it run like sh@#$

So I assume you took the 914 to work today

Posted by: Vacca Rabite May 23 2011, 10:26 AM

Funny man, Joe. Funny man.

I have not had time to get to the garage since Friday night.

But I did get the old Eurorace header off, the SSI's cleaned up, the carbs off and Chris's cable carb linkage is ready to go on.

If I can get a solid weekend, it should be driving again. Otherwise, its going to take several tired friday evenings and maybe a saturday mixed in there somewhere (if I can find the saturday...)

For once I think I actually have all the parts I need to do the job, excepting time.

Zach