Don't qj come with raised towers you can use? Or are the lift points too far apart to use the towers?
What did you do in your garage today..?
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No raised towers. Just the standard rubber blocks which are flat and too large to mate with the jack points.
Hockey pucks would work. I'll pick up some lift pucks and try the perpendicular method.
Relax
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GVH
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It was the driveway but trailer upgrade. Old tongue was nasty since purchase. New tongue and installed Jack. Went from 4 foot to 5 foot. Two 3/4 bolts a rear needed grinding off otherwise not to much swearing. Anyone wants the old 2 inch ball 3 inch wide coupler with bolts and washers for free.
MCT
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Nicely done.
In my case, I have to drive on some 2 x 6 strips just to get the QuickJack under the rocker panels.
Gaoler
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'Nice sunny day with a few free hours to kill, why not go for a little scoot..?
Get all suited up, get onto the FJR, turn the key and hit the start button...
Whir... Whir... whir... whir...
Well damn... wouldn't you know it. My ten year old Original battery decide to choose today to run out of magic smoke and begin pining for the fjords.
So, 'off to Kelly's for a new box of magic smoke..!
'Tight fit, but only took a few minutes to get the new on in there... 'Fire'd up nice afterwards
Get all suited up, get onto the FJR, turn the key and hit the start button...
Whir... Whir... whir... whir...
Well damn... wouldn't you know it. My ten year old Original battery decide to choose today to run out of magic smoke and begin pining for the fjords.
So, 'off to Kelly's for a new box of magic smoke..!
'Tight fit, but only took a few minutes to get the new on in there... 'Fire'd up nice afterwards
I have learned my lesson....set bike outside, fire it up...then gear up.'Nice sunny day with a few free hours to kill, why not go for a little scoot..?
Get all suited up, get onto the FJR, turn the key and hit the start button...
Whir... Whir... whir... whir...
Well damn... wouldn't you know it. My ten year old Original battery decide to choose today to run out of magic smoke and begin pining for the fjords.
So, 'off to Kelly's for a new box of magic smoke..!
'Tight fit, but only took a few minutes to get the new on in there... 'Fire'd up nice afterwards
Scrambler left me many a time all geared up, only to hear the starter going crazy with the battery dead...
Great suggestion, but the area that is allowable for lifting on the Odyssey is about a 2"x2" opening in the plastic...so would need something way smaller of a foot print.
I did this as well. Had no idea the kit existed until my second filter purchase and I commented how annoyingly expensive the filters are and how crummy the system is while at the parts desk.
Not having to go out of my way to a JD dealer for a new filter is another plus.
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Did an oil change on the bike. First one that I did hurriedly in the late fall didn’t take. The new oil filter then had two o rings on it which I didn’t notice at the time. After leaking a long streak of oil down my driveway and along the road, I had low oil pressure. Once I put down some zorball, replaced the filter and refilled the oil, things were fine.
MCT
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Reminds me of the AME who worked for Transport Canada and also for the flying club I instructed at.
The O-ring fell out of the aluminum oil filter housing prior to installation. The pilot lost oil pressure shortly after takeoff.
And she also left a wrench on the engine's air intake of the Challenger aircraft.
She got a desk job thereafter and hell DEI wasn't even a term three dacades ago.
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Yep with spring comes all those fun jobs.....just when you thought you wee busy with snow on the ground. Just wait
Agreed, no surprises but typically would have spread them out. But either the weather or the day does not cooperate with my schedule
