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U-JOINT PHASEING

Yes… Ran it a good bit today. Got it over near the hot zone….fan comes on and temp drops…will recheck head bolts…& .check valves. I...

As Mark Twain once said “ There is nothing to be learned from the second kick from a mule.” If the administrator wants to ban me… so...

When I replaced the head on the 2005 I rechecked the bolts and found only one that needed additional torque. I thought I may have not...

Retorquing head bolts has been a procedure for many decades with standard bolts. The reasoning behind it is that sometimes there might...

Here is the “I read somewhere “. It was in the RTV900 workshop manual. So I guess I will be rechecking them shortly. I think that...

Got the head and everything back on yesterday. Setting the valves was not fun, but I did it. Cracked the fuel lines at the injectors...

Success ….. but spend a little extra and get one with a raised plug. Banjo

I’m wondering if it would be ok to drill through the bottom of that plug with a drill bit. Really don’t want to as that will put metal...

That’s what I’m working on right now. I found a picture of an after market on eBay that I wish I had bought….insert is an Allen head...

My son has a set of snap on screw extractors that he let me borrow. One of them gets a good bite, but I’m a little Leary of putting...

A picture of that plug would help.

Easy to see there is some sort of insert there. Here is a photo of the sending unit that needs to go in that spot in the old head and...

Ok. First picture is how it came out of the box….in close up I’ve tried to get it out .

I got the new head and gasket set in... started changing all the parts over to the new head....hit a snag. The old head had a sending...