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by Sluggy
Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:55 pm
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Header Rework, Stinger, Bits and Pieces

Rather than completely duplicate the posting, I will simply refer you to this blog entry for the details of reworking the header. In the intervening 5 days since that work was done, I've had little chance to work on anything before tonight. On the engine/exhaust, I bolted on the header and carefully...
by Sluggy
Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:38 am
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Still here

I've been busy with helping my mother-in-law move, so there hasn't been any active work on the engine, but I do have a note that my trigger wheel will be shipped, hopefully as early as tomorrow!
by Sluggy
Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:27 pm
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

What Fits and What Doesn't

Header and bumper in the former, muffler in the latter... No good deed goes unpunished. While waiting for my baja bumper to arrive, I insisted on staying busy and moving the project forward. I welded in a bung for the O2 sensor and handed the header off to a buddy to run through his shot peen machin...
by Sluggy
Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:31 pm
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Tank Liner and Exhaust

The tank liner stuff went well. It is silvery with what I presume are aluminum particles. Now begins the waiting as it cures for 4 days. I got the exhaust back from the peen blaster. As expected, it has given the surface a little texture . The sparkplug left in as a thread protector appears untouche...
by Sluggy
Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:09 pm
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Trike ADD

It's not so much attention deficit disorder as it is lots of little things needed attention and several related issues all had updates today. The bumper arrived. I didn't realize that it would arrive without a box, though perhaps obviously, it would have been a monstrous box. In some bits of spare t...
by Sluggy
Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:00 pm
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Oxygen Sensor

Putting the oxygen sensor bung in was not too tough. I did have one problem with a burn-through, then I had to pile on more material and to clean that up, it got pretty thick. I'm pretty sure it's sealed, but it's not particularly pretty . The sensor is placed on the left side of the collector. It i...
by Sluggy
Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:24 am
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Throttle Cable, Switch Pod and Trigger Wheel

Although most of this update is about components that are not directly EFI related, they are still necessary for the engine to run, so I will post them here. I opened the throttle cable package from Flanders . When I placed the order, I added a few extras and a few alternatives. I found that I had o...
by Sluggy
Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:29 pm
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

Exhaust Looks Great, Fuel Tank Does Not

The exhaust is installed, albeit temporarily. It looks great! It mounts low and does not obscure all those pretty purple and chrome bits on the engine. :) I hope, however, that the baja bumper clears it. It's temporarily mounted because I wanted to verify fit and take a couple of pictures. I'm very ...
by Sluggy
Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:03 am
Forum: VolksWagen
Topic: 70-something Stires Trike
Replies: 56
Views: 94373

I'm Exhausted...

Or, will be soon... Friday, I went to The Bug Stop and picked up a couple of things, most importantly an exhaust system. It's an EMPI 3467 , which is basically a 4 into 1 with a single muffler that exits to one side. There is a very slight "concern" that the included muffler may be too qui...
by Sluggy
Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:23 am
Forum: Motorcycles
Topic: BMW Airhead "Kompressor" Reborn
Replies: 87
Views: 351938

Re: BMW Airhead "Kompressor" Reborn

I'm not sure this would affect it with one of two injectors sticking, but I had this problem on the bench once. See the red highlighted information at the bottom of the page... http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/injectortest.htm Otherwise, I am no expert, but if you post or private message your .msq file...