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What did you do in your garage today?
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twerth
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Last fall my son's WaveRunner took a dump on what was probably the last run of the year anyway. We were able to limp it back to shore with zero compression in one of its three cylinders. I'm finally getting around to working on it, and this is what I found:
No smoking gun, but the front seal looked pretty bad. I suspect that caused a lean condition in the front cylinder, followed by excessive heat and finally melted ring landings. It's hard to see in this picture, but the rear piston is not factory and it's bored 0.5mm over. The other two appear to be stock. It's not this engine's first rodeo :).
The bottom end is rebuilt and back together now, and I'm just waiting on the cylinders to come back from the machine shop. No reason I shouldn't have it back together in time for warm weather.
No smoking gun, but the front seal looked pretty bad. I suspect that caused a lean condition in the front cylinder, followed by excessive heat and finally melted ring landings. It's hard to see in this picture, but the rear piston is not factory and it's bored 0.5mm over. The other two appear to be stock. It's not this engine's first rodeo :).
The bottom end is rebuilt and back together now, and I'm just waiting on the cylinders to come back from the machine shop. No reason I shouldn't have it back together in time for warm weather.
Simmons1
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Checked the valve clearance on my WR250R. It was the first time they were checked and at 30K miles all were in tolerance.
Also installed a manual cam chain tensioner to replace the OEM one that that the OEM one rattled like crazy for about 10 seconds at start up.
Also installed a manual cam chain tensioner to replace the OEM one that that the OEM one rattled like crazy for about 10 seconds at start up.
psykown
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Been a busy day over here between mid shifts, coworker wanted this tow shackle cerakoted. Took the two biggest wrenches I have to pull apart, thats a 2.5" nut. sand blasted it in the new cabinet and got the purple sprayed, its looking like I may need to wait on the black, I dont think I've got enough, these parts where much bigger than expected 
Cutting .220" off one leg of some steel angle, so as to weld a pair of them together and making an adjustable foot w/ roller to support the garage door;
Cut was a single pass- sounded pretty good even though this is a small machine; that cutter was part of a basement cleanout some years ago and is serious business
Cut was a single pass- sounded pretty good even though this is a small machine; that cutter was part of a basement cleanout some years ago and is serious business
psykown
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psykown
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Right? It's a bit much for me for that schackle but the guy I'm doing it for loves it. I was a little on the fence about getting it but the GF wanted it for some of her own parts, Its starting to grow on me though.Love the color
were gonna need a link to that no oven kit....
found it
Cerakote - C-Series AIR CURE 3 Color Starter Kit (Tester) $199.95
Shop Cerakote C-Series AIR CURE 3 Color Starter Kit (Tester) $199.95 1H-KITCT3. Find the coating that fits your application. Choose from a wide variety of coatings with specific attributes and specialties.
www.cerakote.com
psykown
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My bad I didnt even think to include it lol, minus a respirator it wasnt too bad of a kit, lets you experiment with a few colors, you can do an number of brake lever sized parTs with each 4oz bottle. but take that with a grain of salt, I am quite new to the air gun "paint" side of things. I usually just spray paint but with this kit it was significantly easier to lay a decent layer down without having to worry about it runningwere gonna need a link to that no oven kit....
found it
Cerakote - C-Series AIR CURE 3 Color Starter Kit (Tester) $199.95
Shop Cerakote C-Series AIR CURE 3 Color Starter Kit (Tester) $199.95 1H-KITCT3. Find the coating that fits your application. Choose from a wide variety of coatings with specific attributes and specialties.
How many oz are needed to do a metal rifle ?
Disclaimer: I do not own a metal brake, only a big Wilton vise, a cutting wheel, a HF drill press and plenty of blocks of wood.
I set out to make a tach and power switch bracket for my drag bike project, started with this
Lots of finish grinding, hand-filing and wire brushing later
I set out to make a tach and power switch bracket for my drag bike project, started with this
Lots of finish grinding, hand-filing and wire brushing later
Simmons1
Well-known member
From the other day. My buddy Doug is a character. Thought you might find entertaining.
www.twtex.com
What Happened in Pee Paw's Scooter Shop Today?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yep, always use the R also... 😎 I see no evidence to suggest this statement is true. However, I applaud your moxie young feller.
From the other day. My buddy Doug is a character. Thought you might find entertaining.
What Happened in Pee Paw's Scooter Shop Today?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yep, always use the R also... 😎 I see no evidence to suggest this statement is true. However, I applaud your moxie young feller.
Great RR !
Hold up. Drag bike project? In gonna need more info on that. You got a thread on it?Disclaimer: I do not own a metal brake, only a big Wilton vise, a cutting wheel, a HF drill press and plenty of blocks of wood.
I set out to make a tach and power switch bracket for my drag bike project, started with this
Lots of finish grinding, hand-filing and wire brushing later
psykown
Well-known member
It goes on super thin, their site says .001-.003 depending on the color. for the black that I used it definitly seems to be on the thinner side of that I don't have a micrometer to properly measure it though at the moment.
for surface prep I sand blast, it looks like some people just clean it real good and spray without the sandblasting but I have not experimented with that yet
you should be able to manage with the 4oz no problem. I did around 28 of the block off plates and still have about 1.5 oz left of the black. It also will lay on plastic so if you have a polymer lower it'll still work.