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Lonnie, Cory
I haven't made many videos lately, they don't seem to gather much attention. I do plan to have a camera running on First Fire.
Today has come and gone already. I have been able to rely on my personal hardware store (the Okuma) to get what ever hardware I need. Such as today's requirements, new case motor mount sholder bolts and the three tall head magneto bolts.
With the magneto installed and timed to 37/38 degrees advance I was able to move forward on other issues such as the damn pedal start mechanism. Fred Lange sent me this nice unit but it has been the cause of many hours of frustration since first installed. It has never worked properly. I knew its short falls but was unable to make corrections with out remanufacturing a few parts.
Fred, always the gentleman stands behind his work and sent some spare parts to work out the bugs. I knew the eccentrics were not matched and are part of the problem. One of the parts Fred sent was an extra eccentric and it has a greater amount of offset, this is just what I required to resolve a major issue with this assembly. Once a little machine work was completed to bring it up to date with the rest of my modifications it installed nicely and worked. It is still close, boarderline to causing some grief but should work. More plans to make necessary changes are in the works.
Chain and sprocket alignment look good. The pedal crank already scared the cam chest cover,,, Ouch. Battle scare are multiplying with three or four small nicks in the paint. Touch up will be the remedy for this problem if time is available.
I have information that Matt Olsen has bombed out his motor already (a broken sprocket shaft,,,big power stroker motor). He should be able to fix it in a few days. Steve Barber also in trouble with his 15 twin as are a few other early runners. Lets hope enough time is still available to return their bikes to running condition.
Joe
Lonnie, Cory
I haven't made many videos lately, they don't seem to gather much attention. I do plan to have a camera running on First Fire.
Today has come and gone already. I have been able to rely on my personal hardware store (the Okuma) to get what ever hardware I need. Such as today's requirements, new case motor mount sholder bolts and the three tall head magneto bolts.
With the magneto installed and timed to 37/38 degrees advance I was able to move forward on other issues such as the damn pedal start mechanism. Fred Lange sent me this nice unit but it has been the cause of many hours of frustration since first installed. It has never worked properly. I knew its short falls but was unable to make corrections with out remanufacturing a few parts.
Fred, always the gentleman stands behind his work and sent some spare parts to work out the bugs. I knew the eccentrics were not matched and are part of the problem. One of the parts Fred sent was an extra eccentric and it has a greater amount of offset, this is just what I required to resolve a major issue with this assembly. Once a little machine work was completed to bring it up to date with the rest of my modifications it installed nicely and worked. It is still close, boarderline to causing some grief but should work. More plans to make necessary changes are in the works.
Chain and sprocket alignment look good. The pedal crank already scared the cam chest cover,,, Ouch. Battle scare are multiplying with three or four small nicks in the paint. Touch up will be the remedy for this problem if time is available.
I have information that Matt Olsen has bombed out his motor already (a broken sprocket shaft,,,big power stroker motor). He should be able to fix it in a few days. Steve Barber also in trouble with his 15 twin as are a few other early runners. Lets hope enough time is still available to return their bikes to running condition.
Joe
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