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  1. MUTT
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    easy way to ad available starting volts?

    Well, yeah.....but why not just switch the headlamp ground? Its easier, requires just a switch, and, if at some point you are in a situation where...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 26, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  2. MUTT
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    front wheel bearings

    well....its not that i havent drifted out blind bngs before....i ground a couple of drift ends to catch the edge of the inner race....thats what i...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 24, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  3. MUTT
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    carb tuning problems

    "acts like it isnt getting any spark, " or ISNT getting any spark?? pull a plug, reattache the lead, lay the plug on the head (so its grounded) &...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 24, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  4. MUTT
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    easy way to ad available starting volts?

    AHA! as I expected, by being able to cut the headlight out of the circuit, cold starts are instant. Vast improvement. When I put the light on, rpm...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 24, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  5. MUTT
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    easy way to ad available starting volts?

    ive come across this "always on" nitwittery before. On some machines, the light is taken out of the circuit when the start button is pressed (81...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 24, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  6. MUTT
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    pics of fuse box to be

    ive used the same box in several bikes....good, handy setup.
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 24, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  7. MUTT
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    front wheel bearings

    just replaced a set of trashed fr wh bngs in friends 81 Seca; went the double sided plastic seal route. Getting them OUT beat me, I simply couldnt...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 24, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  8. MUTT
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    easy way to ad available starting volts?

    to that, i'll heartily agree. And when the young lady who owns the bike gets fired up, an ignition upgrade & a yics tool ill be selling her. But a...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 22, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  9. MUTT
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    easy way to ad available starting volts?

    Patience, please: IM a nitwit when it comes to computers. I note on my friends 81 Seca the starting circuit dosnt interrupt the headlight...
    Thread by: MUTT, Feb 22, 2006, 20 replies, in forum: XJ Modifications
  10. MUTT
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    shorter shocks, boosting starting voltage....

    a while back I was on the List here looking for shorter shocks- a lady friend got an 81 Seca & it was too tall, even w/ a cut down LePera seat. I...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 21, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  11. MUTT
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    carb tuning problems

    just a thought: oft times gas tank caps have tiny vent holes...these get plugged, sometimes with wax....as you burn fuel, air cant get in the tank...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 20, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  12. MUTT
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    reassembeled, front wheel dragging bad....81seca 650

    I took it apart again & examined things.....now, according to my Haynes, there is one speedo cog, over that a tin retaining ring, then the grease...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 13, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  13. MUTT
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    reassembeled, front wheel dragging bad....81seca 650

    i just jacked the front of the machine off the ground, and eased off the axle pinch bolts, then loosened the axle nut from its Haynes recommended...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 11, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  14. MUTT
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    reassembeled, front wheel dragging bad....81seca 650

    had a hell of a time getting one of those fork caps off, and figure out a method, which ill delineate on another post. But I just replaced the...
    Thread by: MUTT, Feb 11, 2006, 7 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  15. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    bought the wheel, finally, to a Yam shop & the guy had the bngs out 5 min. & 15 bucks later. Yam wanted over $30 for the same as replacements, I...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 10, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  16. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    thank you very much for that heads up, its off to Harbour Frieght I go. Its an odd, tpo me, way to set up wheel bearings: for instance, the...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 10, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  17. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    let them soak w/ real penetrating oil- not wd 40....theyll free up, cheaper than new ones, by the sounds....
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 9, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  18. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    you chaps are "tits up" - Ill inform as to bng prices & so forth....mutt
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 9, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    Thank you very much...this days post bought my long anticipated Haynes. Before I button everything up, ill grind reliefs in that central...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 9, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  20. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    Ah! But then you are applying force to the inner race, for all intents & purposes, destroying the bearing. Rats, I hoped to clean them & repack,...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 9, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  21. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    Well, thats what I cant figure- I cant bring force to bear to push a bearing out: to do that, Id have to be able to strike the outer race from...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 9, 2006 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  22. MUTT
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    wheel bng mystery, and fork tube bafflement.....

    Where o where is that Haynes manual? Jeez. My young friend, who owns the bike, ordered the CD but that hasnt arrived as of yet. The story thus...
    Thread by: MUTT, Feb 9, 2006, 15 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  23. MUTT
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    changing steering bearings to tapered bearings?

    Ive just replaced the hammered ball bngs head bngs in my friends 81 XJ 650 Seca this very day. I thought theyed be a easy (cheap) replacement, but...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 8, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  24. MUTT
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    shorter shocks, boosting starting voltage....

    Re: 11.5 in shocks..... Thx for that. The bike is a Seca, I guess they made them only a couple years, or shipped them to the States, anyway. It...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 2, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  25. MUTT
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    shorter shocks, boosting starting voltage....

    Re: 11.5 in shocks..... !! Didnt think of Sportsters! Thx fer that idea.......that lil bike wieghs 500 lbs!?? Well be in Az this weekend, at a...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 2, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  26. MUTT
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    shorter shocks, boosting starting voltage....

    Re: 11.5 in shocks..... well, the bike already has a La Pera shaved custom seat, so lowering the seat more isnt a possibility. The ground...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 2, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
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    Oil Pressure / Oil Temperature Measurement

    Ah, yes....i remember reading that startling fact in the owners handbook that came with her machine...is there a threaded plug from the drilling...
    Post by: MUTT, Feb 1, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  28. MUTT
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    Oil Pressure / Oil Temperature Measurement

    well, step a is to have a place to take off the pressure reading. If your bike has an oil pressure light, then the thing to do is to find that...
    Post by: MUTT, Jan 31, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
  29. MUTT
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    shorter shocks, boosting starting voltage....

    Hello, gearheads: I joined up here because a young friend, new to bikes, bought this low miles/gorgeous 82 xj650 Seca- its the red one in the pic...
    Thread by: MUTT, Jan 31, 2006, 10 replies, in forum: XJ Modifications
  30. MUTT
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    DIY Fuseblock

    http://www.wiringproducts.com/?target=dept_11.html i use the fuseblocks shown here, with the clear plastic covers- i just make one side...
    Post by: MUTT, Jan 31, 2006 in forum: XJ Modifications
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