Saturday, April 6, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
a little scare
Had a bit of a scare today.
I was taking my ten year old daughter to the flea market, where we have a business set up in
a warehouse space. We were riding in an old 97 Toyota corolla I recently bought, when the car began slowing down on its own.
I tried to make it into a parking lot, but it came to a dead stop, mostly in the road. The front brake pads were smoking, and locked down solid.
I told my kid to get out of the car, and away from the road, just in case the car got tagged in the ass.
I sit in the car trying to get her to move, motor runs, no move, brakes locked....damn....
The kid freaking out telling me to get out of the car before I got plowed.....I am getting a tad worried looking in the mirror. Ok....yeah, I am starting to freak out a bit.....this ain't happened before.
A pick up pulls up behind me and driver asks if I need help....tells me I am in a real bad spot....I explain the situation, and he lines his front bumper up with back of car and pushes me to safety.....blood pressure begins dropping now.
The fine gentleman suggests it ay be the master cylinder sticking. hmmmmmm......
My wife finally gets there in my big ass Ford super Crew....yay.....
I find myself totally unprepared.....no tools....not even my trusty Gerber multi-tool. I usually never go anywhere without it. I asked wife if there is a Harley Davidson carburetor adjustment tool in the truck...
??????? A HAMMER....... She brings me a 24 inch pipe wrench....close enough. A little banging on the master cylinder.....and my planets have realigned....brakes working again.
She follows me home, then takes the kid back to our "storefront" with her.....all is well again.
Just had to get that off my chest.....
I was taking my ten year old daughter to the flea market, where we have a business set up in
a warehouse space. We were riding in an old 97 Toyota corolla I recently bought, when the car began slowing down on its own.
I tried to make it into a parking lot, but it came to a dead stop, mostly in the road. The front brake pads were smoking, and locked down solid.
I told my kid to get out of the car, and away from the road, just in case the car got tagged in the ass.
I sit in the car trying to get her to move, motor runs, no move, brakes locked....damn....
The kid freaking out telling me to get out of the car before I got plowed.....I am getting a tad worried looking in the mirror. Ok....yeah, I am starting to freak out a bit.....this ain't happened before.
A pick up pulls up behind me and driver asks if I need help....tells me I am in a real bad spot....I explain the situation, and he lines his front bumper up with back of car and pushes me to safety.....blood pressure begins dropping now.
The fine gentleman suggests it ay be the master cylinder sticking. hmmmmmm......
My wife finally gets there in my big ass Ford super Crew....yay.....
I find myself totally unprepared.....no tools....not even my trusty Gerber multi-tool. I usually never go anywhere without it. I asked wife if there is a Harley Davidson carburetor adjustment tool in the truck...
??????? A HAMMER....... She brings me a 24 inch pipe wrench....close enough. A little banging on the master cylinder.....and my planets have realigned....brakes working again.
She follows me home, then takes the kid back to our "storefront" with her.....all is well again.
Just had to get that off my chest.....
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Making progress
The Superglide is OFFICIALLY running again!!!!
Runs pretty damn good at that..........in less than a quarter mile stretch of road in front of my house
I broke 100 mph.....(oh shit grab brakes....)
I think I am happy with its recovery.
The road king......wellllllllll.............
I drained the gas from the tank....(stuff always breaks when the tanks are full for some reason)
Removed the tank to inspect the wiring.....uhhhhhh.....nothing abnormal.
Okay....took the tail light off.....BINGO......
A while back I had replaced the tail light with one of them fancy LED ones......
Seems there is a chafed wire where the wiring goes through the fender.
Run out of time to work on the bagger though. Will be on the road all weekend on the
Superglide. Places to be, people to see. The bagger will wait.
Thanks Phelan for the input from Dan.....
Runs pretty damn good at that..........in less than a quarter mile stretch of road in front of my house
I broke 100 mph.....(oh shit grab brakes....)
I think I am happy with its recovery.
The road king......wellllllllll.............
I drained the gas from the tank....(stuff always breaks when the tanks are full for some reason)
Removed the tank to inspect the wiring.....uhhhhhh.....nothing abnormal.
Okay....took the tail light off.....BINGO......
A while back I had replaced the tail light with one of them fancy LED ones......
Seems there is a chafed wire where the wiring goes through the fender.
Run out of time to work on the bagger though. Will be on the road all weekend on the
Superglide. Places to be, people to see. The bagger will wait.
Thanks Phelan for the input from Dan.....
Thursday, October 25, 2012
some progress
The Superglide cranked today.
I received the ignition sensor in the mail, installed it....slapped the shit out of the gas tank...
It fired up.....
Almost there. Now it is just a matter of putting all the covers back on and away I go.
The bagger......well.....just drives me nuts chasing gremlins in wires. still working on it.
I received the ignition sensor in the mail, installed it....slapped the shit out of the gas tank...
It fired up.....
Almost there. Now it is just a matter of putting all the covers back on and away I go.
The bagger......well.....just drives me nuts chasing gremlins in wires. still working on it.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Damn motorcycles
Drives me nuts......Just got the "bagger" out of the shop. Had a new transmission installed. After 85,000
miles the tranny was toast. It ran really good....till a damn poltergiest got into the wiring somewhere.
Now, everytime I turn the handle bars all the way to the right....the damn motor dies and the lights go out.
Oh hell....all everyone says when I discuss the problem with them...."Don't make right turns..."
funny.......not........
So I have windshield, dash.....everything tore apart trying to find the gremlin.....and learn that the problem occurs when I plug the instrument panel back in and turn the bars right.....go figure....Don't need the tachometer, and gas gauge....fuggedaboutit.....the speedo is cable driven....and who needs dash lights at night on a motorcycle....or a neutral light for that matter....FN HARLEY....
yes....IT GETS BETTER......
The Superglide left my ass on the side of the road the other night. No fire to the plugs....wife comes out in the middle of night with truck and trailer to pick us up....
Replaced coil....no change....shit....this is gonna get expensive.....
Ordered new pickup/sensor and hope like hell it works....new ignition module cost more money than I wanna spend.....
Well.....the Sportster still runs.
miles the tranny was toast. It ran really good....till a damn poltergiest got into the wiring somewhere.
Now, everytime I turn the handle bars all the way to the right....the damn motor dies and the lights go out.
Oh hell....all everyone says when I discuss the problem with them...."Don't make right turns..."
funny.......not........
So I have windshield, dash.....everything tore apart trying to find the gremlin.....and learn that the problem occurs when I plug the instrument panel back in and turn the bars right.....go figure....Don't need the tachometer, and gas gauge....fuggedaboutit.....the speedo is cable driven....and who needs dash lights at night on a motorcycle....or a neutral light for that matter....FN HARLEY....
yes....IT GETS BETTER......
The Superglide left my ass on the side of the road the other night. No fire to the plugs....wife comes out in the middle of night with truck and trailer to pick us up....
Replaced coil....no change....shit....this is gonna get expensive.....
Ordered new pickup/sensor and hope like hell it works....new ignition module cost more money than I wanna spend.....
Well.....the Sportster still runs.
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