Recent content by DaveKamp

I had a C5-C6 discectomy and fusion due to a long, slow, and gradually more painful collapse about 12 years ago. In the 10 years leading up to the collapse, I stopped bicycling, then stopped wearing a helmet, then stopped motorcycling... I had nerve pain through my left arm, shoulder and neck...

I need to do that, too, Crow~! Thanks for the news!

I had a '99 Silverado that had trans probs- that was a 4L60E, and the failure was the reverse/OD ring fractured. The only symptom I got, was that it had no reverse... I had to put my daughter at the wheel, and get out and PUSH it backwards to get it out of a parking space. The bill was rather...

Welcome, Curb! How's progress on your 'stripper' going??

I had my first motorcycle LONG before married and kids... and frankly, between work, kids, neck surgery and changing houses... I had to go without riding motorcycles for a somewhat longer span than I wanted, but hey... Look at your babies. Close your eyes for 5 seconds and imagine they're...

Sorry to hear we lost Maurice... I'll miss him, too... He was 1000 miles across Australia to you, he was at least 10,000 miles from me, but he was only a short walk from the kitchen fridge, to the computer on my desk... I'm thankful to have all of you guys, blokes, mates, and pals on my desk...

Saga said: "I really wish we'd have more interaction with people who live different lives than the way we live. I think that would solve a lot of our problems." This is a theme of conflict historically proven as the fall of basically every structured civilization. Study ANY one... and you'll...

Hmmm... My slave cyl has a slight leak... the kind that... the more you use it, the less it leaks... so the seal is worn out... and I've got a kit here, but haven't done the job yet (I'm seriously low on 'round tuits'). But Tory... you've given me a little inspiration here. Did you take any...

"Wondering what I should do with the cam halves?" They need to be incorporated in an Objet d'Art.... I lost an oil seal, and melted down a set of MerCruiser upper drive gears three-and-something decades ago... I saved the gears, as they were quite literally stripped smooth. One day I was...

I'm with Joe... pull the heads. If you don't see anything glaringly obvious, bring both cylinders to TDC, and see if they're at the same height. Hydrolocking does two things: 1) washes down cylinders and 2) ruins connecting rods and pistons. Aside from the broken plug tip, you could have...

I LOVE the over-center (er... under-center) geometry of that gas-spring. I'm gonna steal that idea! I'm seriously considering building a new cabinet that has a laminar airflow path across the glass to reduce erosion. I go through windows just wayy-too-fast for my liking, and always find...

Hi Duster! Yes, there's LOTS of them out there... literally hundreds of different types, some will fit, but I'm pretty certain that with the interior space, some won't. WHICH one did you buy, how well did it fit, and how well does it work? Does it require a mechanical fan, or is it...

I really don't want to put it this way, but you're entirely misguided on this, Joe. You don't need to run ANY fuel into the engine to get ice. Aircraft engines running 110LL suffer carb ice, and it ain't because that 110LL is 'bad'. It is, in contrast, very seriously quality-controlled. The...

Anyone care to suggest what source and part number (*or a link to) best for the '84 Aspencade? The OEM part indicates BULB (12V60/55W) 34901-MC7-601AH, which appears to be a common H4 base, so at least from base-forward, they'd fit, but obviously the layout of LEDs on the column has direct...

Sweet Classic! Welcome from the East Coast of Iowa! I'd keep the classic Vetter on... but to each his own! DK :-)