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« Last post by Huzo on December 17, 2025, 09:01:47 PM »
LOL, sorry for the distraction, ignore the maroon in the corner............. . Playing around with the idea of an "April Fools Joke" Seemed funny yesterday 
Actually, I think you meant “moron in the corner…”
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« Last post by Bulldog9 on December 17, 2025, 08:39:57 PM »
Update: Ranger Raptor is off the table, and as the only real truck option I considered, I'm back to finding an adequate "Toad" in the next year or two. The Tundra stays and will likely be with me till the end......... So, we are back to a Toad........... I've always wanted one of these cars since the commercial......... .... It is #1 in the running. https://youtu.be/voP3U83kigk?si=ImC9cVYbePn4_z57
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« Last post by Bulldog9 on December 17, 2025, 08:25:30 PM »
?!?
I'll take the ZF 8-speeds that are in our Jeeps and Land Rover over any automatic I've never owned or driven before thanks...
Having driven vehicles with both of these transmissions, I will say again that I think the zfh speed is one of the finest automatic transmissions ever made. Of course it is much better executed in sports cars than it is in trucks, but it's a solid unit. That said, the 6-speed and the Tundra is an outstanding transmission with perfectly spaced ratios and very solid upshifts, especially in tow haul mode. They can be made even crisper and more deliberate with a tune, But if I put the transmission in S and use the tow haul mode, it really wakes everything up and is a ton of fun. I hear you Steve, the tundra is a fantastic truck, especially in the TRD pro trim with the true dual exhaust. Spend 8 hours in the truck today. Delivering kitchen cabinets and appliances to a friend's house to help them out. Had a blast every mile.
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« Last post by ray bear on December 17, 2025, 08:01:43 PM »
Re shimming shift drum on my eldorado 5 speed , the consensus seems to be approximately give or take a 1.00 mm shim at the front of the selector drum (clutch end) and then adjust the rear shims to allow drum to spin with no end float and measured with no gasket insitu . and then make adjustments to shims to centralise the sliding collar between 1st and 2nd , this I have done but to obtain that setting I have had to put 1.15 mm of shims in the front of drum which may be too much but sliding collar is central to 1st and 2nd in neutral and I have an equal clearance between the dogs of collar and 1st and 2nd dogs when engaged in each of those gears so forks are not bound up on collar when engaged and the fork is free to move in the sliding collar , the box snicks nicely between all gears and seem great just my front shim seems to be larger than the 1mm that most people speak of . what have others ended up with on front of drum shim. results were acheived with input and out put nuts secured and gasket in place and have read peter ropers and greg bender charlie cole greg field and karl hartmeyer literature , My Question is what dimension approxamately should the front shim normally be thanks Ray
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« Last post by TN Mark on December 17, 2025, 07:43:37 PM »
The Eldorado leather bags arrived at Cadre yesterday. They sent them out to me today. The bags will look great under the Christmas tree.
The Cadre team is so great to work with.
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« Last post by sign216 on December 17, 2025, 07:25:51 PM »
So pulled out my snowblower to get it ready for this winter (yes, a late start). It's a 25 yr old Tecumseh side valve. Wouldn't run. Had spark, and would fire briefly w a spray of engine start. Carb float bowl had no fuel, or just a little. Fuel line appears clear. Pulled off carb and float, and checked the float valve. Seem fine. The fuel tank is only 4 inches higher than the carb, so there's no a lot of gravity assist for the fuel flow, but it worked fine for years and years. Engine would work, somewhat, if I tipped the blower at an angle, so that the fuel tank is a little higher.
Like I do w all my vintage machines, I added an inline fuel filter w a clear body, so I could see the fuel flow (or lack of it). The filter was saturated w fuel, but no dirt, and there wasn't any fuel flow. As a last resort, I changed the filter for a new one. Now I got flow, and engine ran. The old filter was 5 to 8 yrs old. Perhaps over the many summers the wet filter pulled water from the air, and swelled the fibers shut. I don't know. But now changing my filter ever year or so is in my maintenance regime.
Joe
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« Last post by Huzo on December 17, 2025, 06:30:48 PM »
I have black wheels on my V85 and I hate them, they show everything and it's impossible to keep them black.
I used to have black ones too..😔
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« Last post by yackee on December 17, 2025, 06:24:06 PM »
The dyna coils are very solid and mount very easily under the left-hand side cover, with just drilling a couple of holes. I have found that creating space under the tank by removing the stock coils, which are very large and fail very quickly if you leave the key on by accident, has some advantages. The cost of the dynas isn't that much.
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« Last post by kingoffleece on December 17, 2025, 06:20:10 PM »
I bought 4!
You know I want another V7!
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« Last post by kingoffleece on December 17, 2025, 06:19:23 PM »
Shoot me a PM when you get to AZ.
Let's try to make it happen.
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