Showing posts with label motor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motor. Show all posts

11/19/10

weekend progress

well it's a shovelhead again. hopefully be finished this weekend







9/15/10

Buy American... or try to

So, I've been waiting on a back ordered Crane lifter kit for my shovel for about 3 or 4 week. Today I come home from work and was stoked it finally arrived. Anyways, I'm going through the goods and what..? Japan? On a roller? What the fuck? I personally am a big fan of Japanese motorcycles, really anything from dirtbikes, old 4's, to modern rockets... But this is lame. When something is supposedly Made in U.S.A. that's what I expect to see.



8/6/10

clean cases

Well, after a can of engine degreaser, and 3 or 4 cans of carburetor cleaner my cases are ready. I tried some brake cleaner in a couple spots and found it didn't work as well. I've also heard it's harder on gaskets... I don't know. I still have some gasket surfaces to work on, but otherwise this beast is ready for assembly. Also, watch out, all that shit eats paint. And kills you

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After:

8/4/10

summer cleaning


Spent a few hours trying to get my cases clean. Been using Gunk engine degreaser, and carb. cleaner. So far, so good