I am in Montpellier. I don't think there are that many Brits here either, although a few people have asked if we are English after hearing our...
Collector status is one likely option... though that requires a vehicle to be in "original condition." That may be the killer. There's a shop I...
I just moved to France. I am shipping my '82 Seca 750. It's modified for fuel injection, but that's a different topic, I think. In general, it...
Solenoid clicking, with a new solenoid, but no cranking, means either the starter or the heavy connections to the starter (red wire to solenoid,...
Are you sure they don't unscrew? They do on the NGK R plugs I've used.
Got my dental tubes in on Friday. Yesterday I welded one to the oil cooler center bolt to make the proper center bolt for my setup. Today I...
Mine is a custom oil cooler and spin-on conversion. I have no use for the stock bolt or cover. I think the difference is that close nipples...
Dental tubes are pipes that are threaded on the outside.
It's not a bike part. It's a custom part for my implementation of a an oil cooler that uses spin-on filters.
While reassembling my engine yesterday, I went to reinstall the oil cooler and spin-on adapter. To my chagrin I realized that the M20X1.5X50...
I just did mine. It wasn't that difficult, but I did end up needing a spanner wrench for the notched nuts, and a car bearing press/pull kit (bit...
They can work together. It changes the burn time a bit, and maybe has a harder time when plugs aren't clean, but for the most part makes no...
Yesterday I reassembled the clutch while putting my engine back together after replacing the starter clutch. I had bought a used clutch hub to...
It's at the rear edge of the engine next to the clutch cover. One on top half and the other on the bottom half of the crankcase.
I'll have to double check later. I think they're both on the back edge of the engine near the right rear corner.
Here's one more
What do you folks think? Are these factory marks, or something added during a rebuild or salvage?
Some good progress today. The engine is back in the frame. Still need to bolt it in place, and put the clutch back together, but getting there.
Original fuse box with glass fuses? If so, the first thing would be to replace that with one of the blade type ones that XJ4Ever sells. Make sure...
Got the parts yesterday. The seal is installed and fits, but definitely adds some drag. I expect that's normal. Getting ready to put the two halve...
That sounds a bit like what I'm in the process of repairing. Rebuilding the starter got rid of the squawk, but it was caused by the starter clutch...
I am not aware of issues with coils not working at lower RPMs. The dwell and triggering are the same at all engine speeds. 1/4 do indeed share a...
OK. I see what you're saying. Thanks.
I'm talking about item 11 on the left. I have two of those. I don't understand what you're saying about a bearing being backwards. The middle...
Here's what mine looks like. There is maybe a bit of gap for the seal? Also, mine has two half rings for the upper transmission shaft, where all...
My crankcase does have the second slot for the seal.
I think I'm going to reassemble without it. I doubt that seal (or lack of it) is why my starter clutch bolts backed out.
I have not removed the cover over that bearing, so I can't easily tell. That's one at the end of the 5th gear, right?
OK. This seems weird. At 6:21 in the video, he's installing the middle gear, and there's a half-ring and a seal that fit into slots at the output...
No consolation at all. I'd much rather that nobody injures themselves to try to make me feel better. Hope it's not too bad of a cut. Happy Summer!...
Yup. Stupid mistake. For some reason I was convinced that the "teeth" of the chain guide faced the chain. If you install the guide upside down, it...
The original bolt is a 10mm head 6x1. There is no way to fit a socket between the plastic of the guide to get the 10mm hex head in straight. I was...
OK. So, now it's drilled through, but I need to get some tap sockets because I can't reach a tap handle in there. What a pain. Do the new guides...
Basically, what I found is that it's not possible to get the original hex head bolt in place with the new guide. I will be using an Allen bolt...
Actually, just saw in Chacal's catalog that some OE guides had three tabs and the new ones have two. So, I guess it's fine. Actually, it's not...
Just started to install the new chain guide, and it fits, but the new one has two bolt tabs while the old one had three (an additional one in the...
Hope not. Mg filler rod is stupid expensive - like $90/lb. I wonder if my local shop sells them individually. I need to check on some good methods...
Made some good progress towards replacing the steering head bearings. Got all the old races out, too.
By the way, my crank counterweight also shows the same discoloration as was seen in that other starter clutch hub backed out screws thread. I...
That's what I have with the oil temp sensor in there now. I'd rather fix it properly while I've got the pan off the engine.
While I've got my bike apart, I was considering welding the oil pan to fill in a hole where I had mounted an oil temp sensor. It's not leaking,...
Looks like I didn't actually lose one of those clips. There is only one per bearing. I thought the part I had removed had two and that I had lost...
A more elegant solution is to go to an auto parts store and get their little "Help!" kit of vacuum caps, and put one of those caps on the port of...
Not really. I don't have a test rig for these, and, on my XJ, I'm using a Microsquirt ECU for fuel and ignition. Did you run through the all the...
Does the brake light work OK when activated from the foot brake? Both Switches should be wired in parallel. With a Brown wire supplying +12V from...
Pickup coils are pretty rugged. And the odds of both of them going bad at the same time are astronomical. I think you need to go through a proper...
Starter solenoid has battery power on the small wire which is its trigger? If you ground that wire, then, the solenoid should close. Do you still...
While I'm waiting for parts, I think I will also tackle the steering head bearings. Might as well combine all the downtime into one.
Here's what the parts look like. Is there a bearing that the central gear runs on? Nevermind. While looking for the shim/clip (which I still...
I think I will probably replace the guide while I'm in there. Most everything looks quite good and clean, other than the starter clutch, of...