but a particle accelerator fence, now that would be somethig
mk5000
> --Looks like Bill and
> Hillary Clinton won't have
> animal-rights activists
> nipping at their heels
> after all. PETA people
> were none too pleased when
> word
> emerged that the Clintons
> were considering erecting
> an Invisible Fence
> (underground wiring that
> shocks the pet if it tries
> to cross the line) to keep
> Buddy, their dog, from
> bounding about. "We're
> appalled. We actively
> discourage
> people from putting up the
> Invisible Fence," PETA's
> president, Ingrid Newkirk,
> told us. "They should sell
> some of their china and
> use the money to erect a
> real fence." A spokesman
> for the former President
> says the dog needn't worry
> about any future shocks to
> his system. "There is no
> electric fence, and Bill
> Clinton's not planning on
> getting one. Buddy is just
> going to have to learn to
> stop at property's edge."
From: SDicato (<mailto:sdicato%40aol.com>sdi...@aol.com)
Subject: Re: EVO Sportster starting to get some pinging under
load.....why?.......UPDATE
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Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
Date: 2003-10-18 05:21:50 PST
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>Skiv <pony...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
><http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=545faa42.0310140606.6da00d0%40posting.google.com>news:545faa42.0310...@posting.google.com... >> booboo wrote: >> >> > Billy Beer On me >> >> <spitooo>...damn, that's nasty. You want help or not? >> >> > My M/C has been running pretty strong until about a week ago >> >> OK...we can tell it's an Evo from the subject line. What year? Where >> do you live? About a week ago would be about when the weather started >> to cool off for fall, and if you've had the sled a while I'm gonna go >> out on a limb here and guess that you've never had the intake manifold >> seals and carb spigot gasket changed. It's the most common maintenance >> item on Evo twins and it'll cost you about $10 to fix yourself. >> Leaking seals will lean out your mixture, which will cause you to lose >> power, run rough, and ping under load. >> >> > The plugs are about a year old, >> >> Change them when you change the oil. They're always new that way. >> >> > I am running accel wires which are at least 3 years old, they look >> > good no cracks abraisions. >> >> How do they test out electrically? Usually the wear's on the inside. >> >> > Should I replace my plugs after a year even though they look good?,how >> > about my wires? >> >> See above. Wires and plugs are cheap. Replace the plugs every 3,000 >> miles when you change the oil. Replace your wires every couple of >> years. Trying to get every last mile out of them is false economy. If >> you're really trying to be "tight" then save the old set each time to >> use in case something goes wrong with the new ones, or to give to >> someone who needs to get down the road. >> >> > Is it time to redo my timing? >> >> It *should* be set and forget. Check it. If it's off, reset it. Then >> ride. Check it in six months and see if it's changed. That'll >> establish a baseline for you. >> >> > I am writing this and noticed I have put 5k miles on it sensesummer of 2002 >> > when plugs and timing were set. I had no idea I put that manymiles on it. >> >> That many? In a year and a half? Wow. How did you find time to do >> anything else? >> >> > Anyway as I said they plugs look like new, is it possible they stillneed >> > changing? >> >> Yup. You are assuming that if they "look OK" they are. Maybe so, but >> if so you're the first person I've ever known who could look at a cold >> plug and tell me it was OK, mechanically or electrically. >> >> >Also how often should the coil be changed? >> >> It should be changed when it quits working. Does the bike start? >> >> Skiv :)=)} AH 41 BS 32 SENS IBA >> '89 XL Bobster "StraKat" > >Well it looks like you may be right. I stopped off at a private HD shop >and spoke to the owner he told me to check for vacuum leaks around the >intake manifold by spraying carb cleaner around the intake area and watch >for idle changes. >I got a chance to check it today, I fired it up let it idle and first >sprayed around the intake and the idle went down until it almost cut off, >then I sprayed some around the carb rubber spigot and the idle dropped >again, so it seems I do have worn intake seals as well as the spigot.After >checking I decided to ride around and it ran pretty damn good no pinging >whatsoever today. Today the temp was in the high 50's. The other day whenI >had the ping problem I was riding in low 70 degree weather.would 10 or 15 >degrees outside weather make that much of a difference? Also when I change >my intake seals and spigot should that cure the ping even in real hot >weather under load? > >All that crying it could of been fixed last week