What did you do in your garage today..?

Tomorrow afternoon is looking like riding weather so I prepped both bikes for a ride.
Also put the summer tires back on one of the cars and did a front brake job on it at the same time.
Note - I did NOT put the snowblower away as doing that plus installing summer tires would surely trigger a snowstorm.
 

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Hardwrkr13 said:
Tomorrow afternoon is looking like riding weather so I prepped both bikes for a ride.
Also put the summer tires back on one of the cars and did a front brake job on it at the same time.
Note - I did NOT put the snowblower away as doing that plus installing summer tires would surely trigger a snowstorm.
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I'm also hoping to get out for the first ride tomorrow afternoon. Fingers crossed. Agree about the snowblower.
 
Finally warm enough to work on the F’d150 electrical gremlins (they real hate the cold)

Replaced:
  • Cab light rocker- switch cracked in cold
  • Replaced l-rear door latch - integrated door close switch pooched, confusing BCM
  • New heater blower resistor - good for a few years in cold climes.
  • Repaired trac control rear diff wiring harness - common failure due to ice buildup.
  • Diff lock vacuum valve - cold cracked.
  • Disabled BCM control to cargo light, changed to manual switch so BCM freak-outs won’t drain my battery.
  • New radio, OE died. Put in a 9” android unit and canbus module and tailgate mounted backup cam. (awesome upgrade)
Waiting on new mirrors, both sides held together with duct tape as they lost their fold hinges to cold crack.
 
Moved the tractor for garage to barn, have to give the snowblower some TLC and put the loader again.
Started prep on the zero-turn but unlikely I'll be cutting grass anytime soon, property is soggy and have a million branches to deal with.
 
Checked valves on a friends drz400s.

Stripped down the 500 to install a BBS billet kill/start switch, and prep for an LED signal flasher, and integrated taillight kit coming from TacoMoto.


Loaded the elctrical connectors with di-electric grease. Some were looking green, and oxidized.

Cleaned the frame grounds too.

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matt365 said:
Checked valves on a friends drz400s.

Stripped down the 500 to install a BBS billet kill/start switch, and prep for an LED signal flasher, and integrated taillight kit coming from TacoMoto.


Loaded the elctrical connectors with di-electric grease. Some were looking green, and oxidized.

Cleaned the frame grounds too.

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That reminds me I should check the connections on my 300. I packed them with grease as soon as I took delivery of it but it's been 8yrs since I looked at them. Another bonus of a basic carbed bike is I only have like 6 electrical connections.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
That reminds me I should check the connections on my 300. I packed them with grease as soon as I took delivery of it but it's been 8yrs since I looked at them. Another bonus of a basic carbed bike is I only have like 6 electrical connections.
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I should do the same on my 2017 te300.

Basic bike. Not much to break.

I was surprised how bad the connections looked on my recently acquired 2020 500 excf. 130 hours, 5,800km on it.

I'm so deep into it already, I should just check the valves for peace of mind.

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What a PITA to get the valve cover off on the 2020... apparently the previous version was easy. Head redesign. No space. Had to swag the wiring harness out of the way.

Tolerances are good.

In .006" (.15mm)
Ex .006 & .007 (.15 & .17mm)

I'm used to exhaust valves being around .012" on other bikes, since the heat makes the tolerances close up. Not on the 5-hundo...

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