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Everything posted by gstallons
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The Centauro .....it's lines do nothing for me. The tank , body panels , seat , etc. It's just not there . Any Moto Guzzi requires a lot of thought before major surgery . Personalizing , yes . that's understood .
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I hear ya brother . I have spent a lot on tuition and didn't get a diploma , just a hardass education. With this education you can't tell anyone what did or did not work . They have to find out on their own .
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Like Jim Carrey said in Dumb and Dumber "so there's a chance" !
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a new part doesn't mean a good part .
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Reinstall your old relay and see if the fuse blows when you turn on the ignition switch .
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There is no law these gearboxes crack , they might crack .
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Was this doing this prior to changing the relay ? What year and model ? Which position (from the front) fuse is this that blows ?
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I think this is a crack in the area around the transmission housing . There was no radius at an edge of the housing and a crack developed. A "fix" is a brace that goes from the trans. housing to the bike frame. This will only fit the red frame bikes . Someone on this forum was making and selling them . A "must" for a red frame bike. P.S. this radius BS is hypercritical and I mean HYPERCRITICAL .
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Yeah and everything comes w/a subscription . My SnapOn scanner comes w/a subscription and it works as long as a piece of plastic feeds it monthly as well as service information and shop software. For those working on highway tractors (semi trucks) you have to have a laptop w/software for the truck brand and whatever powerplant there is under the hood. I'm sure Mr. Green would turn this loose for the right amount of monthly subscription plus a $ervice call to fix whatever Farmer Turnipseed did to the equipment .
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In the case of farm tractors , IDK what "repairs" and what level of "repairs" cannot be done by non-JD technicians . On average there are many farmers that can R & R a lot of components on their self-propelled equipment . And by the same notion there are things that do not need to be touched . Their philosophy "turn it up until it black-stacks" will not go too well . I can see a seller not allowing a owner to "fiddle around" with things they don't understand and having a negative result on the performance of the machinery. I would want to know more before taking sides w/this debate . In the automotive world it seems like if you change wiper blades you need to reprogram the PCM .
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Well , GMC , what do you have to report ?
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Stradivarius !
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
gstallons replied to p6x's topic in Special place for banter and conversation
Around this area people are not capable of driving in snowy conditions . I was on I-24 a couple of years ago near Calvert City and it was snow/slush covered road conditions and tractor/trailers and passenger vehicles were going 65 mph. I got off and travelled secondary roads for 45 miles to get home . Keep in mind not everyone on that road lived here but they drove like they wanted to be embalmed here . -
Where I have been on construction equipment , you have to look on the bolt head for markings , 10.8 , 12.9 ,etc. or lines for grade 6 or 8 . There is NO method in the madness.
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I have never had a problem checking for Vref using a test light and I've never suffered any problems. Now I use a DVOM when doing delicate things . You do need 12v battery voltage to do any work you need to connect a battery charger or another full size 12v battery.
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Hmmmm . Somethin' ain't right ! Do me a favor and put a test light in one of the connectors and see if the (incandescent) regular test light lights up and gives you 5v ref. voltage w/your DVOM . Can you post your bike's wiring diagram on here and let everyone have a look ? That cam sensor should read 5v on one terminal of the connector.
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
gstallons replied to p6x's topic in Special place for banter and conversation
I thought you lived in Texas ? -
Does this "scanner" give you a live data stream ? For you to have this many codes , I would suspect a wiring problem . How difficult are these sensor connections to reach ? You should disconnect each sensor and get 5v ref. one one side of ea. terminal of each connector. I don't have a wiring diagram on a 2013 Stelvio so IDK how this is wired or color codes for the wires. Also , Phil's ? about spark and fuel injector pulse . Y or N
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I will have to think about it . I went back to stock clip-ons w/my red frame and had to go back w/a stock length of brake line going down to the tee where the line splits . I had ZERO trouble bleeding the system . do you have the bike on the sidestand and the bars turned all the way to the right ? Are you still using the set-up Phil recommended with the air pressurized cap ? Have you thought of gravity bleeding the system ? Leave the cap off , top the reservoir w/fluid and loosen the l.h. bleeder screw (1/2 turn is plenty) and wait for 10 mins and keep the reservoir full . Watch for bubbles then a steady flow of fluid. tighten the bleed screw and go to the r.h. side and repeat .
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Just to be certain , you are using DOT 4 fluid ? This is not going to affect anything , I just want to be sure. Back in the early 80s when Ford first started using hydraulic clutches on the F series truck you could spend the day bleeding the system . AND there was no method to rely on to get the job done. .
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Naming professions : James Mariner . He is the last of my counsel . He is 90 yrs old and I am not sure he finished High School . This man can explain why one carb is jetted differently than the other on a M/G bike , he can explain steering geometry , anything having to do w/motorcycles . He has owned all brands . His brand of choice : Moto Guzzi . He said one time , every die hard Guzzi owner is some type of craftsman . The owners are an authority on some kind of subject and can/do apply it to their bike. They are not riding a German bike where the owner has his grips installed at his local dealership , has someone else change the oil , etc. There are better motorcycles but Moto Guzzi is bike of choice for a professional .