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Hmm. West sells System 3 Epoxy, West System Epoxy, and polyester resin. The epoxies usually come with squirt pumps. The polyester usually has hardener in a tube. Polyester usually takes just a few drops of hardener. Epoxy’s are usually 3:1or 5:1. Any of that ring a bell? Did you use fiberglass cloth...

I have a crack in my engine cover. Is there something I can use to fix it?

I replaced the voltage regulator and all is well. Before cranking the voltage at the batteries was 24.5. After cranking the voltage was 28.1 from idle to full rpm. I suspect the voltage regulator was damaged when the black D- wire broke between the alternator and the regulator. It was very hard to c...

I understand the vectors were a flop mostly due to the weight. Can the armor be easily removed to get the weight down? Are they good for parts for a 718?

I checked voltage at D+ terminal going into regulator and it matches voltage at battery, B+, and D+. I also unplugged the voltage regulator and inspected connections which looked good.. This makes me think sensing voltage at regulator is correct. I suspect it is the regulator. Should have one late T...

Can anyone tell me what the D- wire between the alternator and regulator is for? Does it just ground the field winding?

The charging voltage on my 710 is too high. I had a bad battery and checked the charging voltage after I replaced it and found it well over 30 volts. I found a break in the black wire between D- on alternator and D- on regulator and repaired it but that did not lower the voltage. I checked voltage o...

Andre stopped by and worked on my truck for me. He caught up on a bunch of things I should have gotten to but have been too busy. He dis a great job.

I have one in Highlands and another guy here has two

When I am going down a hill using the engine for braking I often turn the key off. The best I can tell this shuts off the flow to the idle jets and stops all backfiring and smelly exhaust due to reversion. Is there any reason I should not do this?

The transmission has a vent that is about 27” up. The rest of gearboxes, I cannot figure out how they are vented.

I do a lot of chainsaw work in the spring when it is warming up but the stations still have winter gas fuel boiling in the carbs is pretty common. I can’t figure how it gets past the check valves in the fuel pump, but you can look in the fuel tank and see bubbles coming out of the suction. The saw a...

So am I correct in thinking the Pinz is “type 1”? If so what do others think about feeding filtered air into the crankcase to get a little more ventilation? Maybe take air from the area by the alternator where it has a little head from the cooling fan?

So my intake manifolds are insulated. I suspect it is carbs, mostly because my ignition is solid and my carbs are decrepit (but rebuilt). It will start when hot but just takes a lot of cranking. I sometimes wonder if I am boiling the fuel in the bowls. I don’tthink it is the coil because once it sta...

Hague’s, Ithink you are right, the oil fill tube acts as an oil separator. The problems are (a) any water that condenses out also goes back into the sump, and (b) there is not enough airflow through the crankcase to flush out the water vapor. I think the big challenge to adding using a PCV system wo...