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post Mar 6 2015, 09:16 PM
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I'll get one. You'll have to wait till next week when I get my headers back though.
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post Mar 6 2015, 10:00 PM
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I played a bit of gauge dress up tonight with some spare carbon fiber vinyl I had laying around. Who knows how long it will last, but when I get tired of out I'll just peel it off and paint it.


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post Mar 7 2015, 01:29 PM
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I must have missed this in your thread, is the water temp gauge in the combo gauge from a 924 - 944 - 928?
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post Mar 7 2015, 02:27 PM
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None of the above. It's from Tim. He also created the custom face too. It's printed on thick card stock. I think the gauge is from Jegs or summit. I'll be taking it out for a scale adjustment in a bit and I'll take some photos.
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post Mar 9 2015, 11:23 PM
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I added a silver button to my speedometer tonight. Now it will take a keenly trained eye to realize anything is out of the ordinary!
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post Mar 12 2015, 08:25 PM
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Tim's custom gauges are now wired in! The stock look with new internals and some sweet color change action, all for less than the Speedhut Gauges!



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post Mar 14 2015, 10:43 AM
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Yesterday was really productive, with the engine out I took some time to clean up the engine bay.

I have decided hat I'm unlikely to go back to the stock engine any time soon, so I stripped the unnecessary extra stock wires out of the engine bay and deleted the relay board connector.

I added in Some proper P-clamps for my fuel lines so that I could run the wiring back inside the stock clamps as well. I also installed new clutch and accelerator cables, and plugs for the shifter cables, the old heater controls, and the coolant hoses where they pass into the longs.

I painted and re-installed the shifter and supports
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And, I got my ceramic coated headers back from the powdercoater. I wen't with black instead of the chrome because it was better recommended by the powdercoater, but also because I thought chrome would be a bit too much bling!
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post Mar 14 2015, 10:50 AM
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Nice fit Ross! Your new setup probably doesn't howl like the Harley pipes did even tho they sounded pretty cool. Hope the still give a good growl! Did you run new coolant hoses all the way through your longs or just update the transitions?
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post Apr 5 2015, 09:53 PM
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So I got everything in and plumbed up. I took it on a shakedown run today. 20 miles of highway followed by a steep run up some switchbacks (lookout mountain). On the way back down I noticed a slight miss so I pulled over and sure enough, one of the coil pack clips had come loose. When I started the car back up the miss was gone, but there was a lot of smoke from the drivers bank of cylinders!

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I checked compression tonight, 117 +- 2 psi across the board, with no noticeable leakdown (over 5 minutes).

No visible oil in the coolant either.

My current plan is to drive out a bit more and keep an eye on coolant and oil level, see if either one drops. Thoughts?
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post Apr 6 2015, 12:14 AM
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Was the loose coil on the drivers side? If so, you may have washed down the cylinder a bit so you got some blow by. Or maybe some raw fuel left over... You didn't say if it smelled like oil or not, but if it's not doing it on a regular basis you're probably good.
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post Apr 6 2015, 07:03 AM
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Yeah I agree, you were driving with a dead cylinder for a while. The engine was just burning off some unspent fuel most likely. Had that happen on my old Type 4 when I lost a plug wire. If you have good compression and it stopped smoking after a bit you should be fine. Fire it up again today and you'll know.

If it was coolant you would probably smell it already. That stuff is pungent!
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post Apr 6 2015, 09:44 PM
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I put my exhaust hangers together tonight!
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I also started back on one of my other back burner projects ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 6 2015, 09:49 PM
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Not quite ready yet, but it's close!
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post Apr 6 2015, 09:55 PM
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Muffler brackets look cool but they also look like they will bend at the mounting tab.

Ash tray is way cool.
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post Apr 6 2015, 09:58 PM
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QUOTE(Mike Bellis @ Apr 6 2015, 09:55 PM) *

Muffler brackets look cool but they also look like they will bend at the mounting tab.

Ash tray is way cool.


Good point on the brackets. I'll add in a gusset on the bottom to strengthen them against bending.
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post Apr 7 2015, 06:12 AM
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Wow Ross! The cup holder looks awesome! I want one. Put me on the list. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Apr 12 2015, 09:27 PM
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I did a few small things this weekend, but my favorite change was plasti-dipping my wheels gold! I also think I have sourced a neutral safety switch that is closed in neutral instead of open which should make the lockout relay easier to install!


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post Apr 12 2015, 11:00 PM
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That's a good look! Did you get your small amount of body work completed on Apollo?
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post Apr 12 2015, 11:02 PM
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I did! Just about good as new!


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Looks great! I always wanted to see what your radiator opening looked like. Do you have a shot of it straight on?
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