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General / Re: Whoever posts last is best
« on: 19 March 2024, 09:03:58 pm »
And there's me trying to get enough time to swap out the inlet valve shims (which are all measuring tight) and that's just the start of the list. Bead Blasting cabinet arrived today, so that's got too find a home on Saturday in the workshop first. Then I can clean off all of the bits and pieces not dealt with properly on previous fettling sessions seasons .
Wife's Birthday on Monday, so far I've sorted out a family get together on Sunday and I've suggested a trip to Ikea on Monday - going for maximum brownie points this time - maybe, just maybe I'll get a couple of hours piece........
My list is:
Valve Clearances
The cylinder head coolant tubes are corroded - blast and refinish
All the engine covers - blast and refinish (including valve cover) & new gaskets.
Front of engine - clean and repaint (including the engine mounting brackets and bars and the coolant tubes)
Exhaust - clean and polish headers - I might repack the baffle (that's only 'a' might)
Carbs - adjust mixture screws, balance etc. (A couple of the pots are running rich and I also might do the airbox mod at the same time)
New radiator.
I've also currently got the sump off - I wanted to see if at 85k miles, the 10w40 car oil I had previously been using has had any negative effects - no it hasn't lol. (I changed to 5w30 last year, so that the Fazer 1000, Yamaha 600 Diversion, Honda VT750, Ford Focus 2.0 TDI and Chrysler 300 CRD diesel are all on the same oil - didn't make any difference to the Fazer, so I think that's the oil of choice for this year - £50 for 20 litres on ebay )
I have already upgraded the lamps in the instrument cluster and I have new clock faces to fit if I feel like it.
I do want to strip and clean the rear caliper - not that it gets used very much!
And I keep looking at the front tyre - I have a new one so it's only an extra hour or so to fit and balance.
Anyway here's a picture of the clock faces - I have a spare set for sale if anyone's interested.
Wife's Birthday on Monday, so far I've sorted out a family get together on Sunday and I've suggested a trip to Ikea on Monday - going for maximum brownie points this time - maybe, just maybe I'll get a couple of hours piece........
My list is:
Valve Clearances
The cylinder head coolant tubes are corroded - blast and refinish
All the engine covers - blast and refinish (including valve cover) & new gaskets.
Front of engine - clean and repaint (including the engine mounting brackets and bars and the coolant tubes)
Exhaust - clean and polish headers - I might repack the baffle (that's only 'a' might)
Carbs - adjust mixture screws, balance etc. (A couple of the pots are running rich and I also might do the airbox mod at the same time)
New radiator.
I've also currently got the sump off - I wanted to see if at 85k miles, the 10w40 car oil I had previously been using has had any negative effects - no it hasn't lol. (I changed to 5w30 last year, so that the Fazer 1000, Yamaha 600 Diversion, Honda VT750, Ford Focus 2.0 TDI and Chrysler 300 CRD diesel are all on the same oil - didn't make any difference to the Fazer, so I think that's the oil of choice for this year - £50 for 20 litres on ebay )
I have already upgraded the lamps in the instrument cluster and I have new clock faces to fit if I feel like it.
I do want to strip and clean the rear caliper - not that it gets used very much!
And I keep looking at the front tyre - I have a new one so it's only an extra hour or so to fit and balance.
Anyway here's a picture of the clock faces - I have a spare set for sale if anyone's interested.