What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2019]

[fleming442]

Got my gearhead on today. Went to the Dentist's to put a Boost-A-Pump in his pro touring Camaro. But, first we went to Cars and Coffee in Hunt Valley. I was going to take the Pig, but couldn't refuse a blast in the GT350R! He "only" wound it up to 8 (red line is 8500); that thing handles like a slot car.

Then, had to test the installation of the Boost-A-Pump

Yes, those are Shelby Series 1 wheels; he built the car around them.
Then, on to my other buddy's place to help him with his coworker's turd Maxima. Got to witness the new ZR1 in person. One word: BADASS.

Then, off to Mission BBQ for some eats, over to the ice cream stand to meet a GBF member, Partsbox. He got to see the Pig in person, and we chatted a bit. He has photographic evidence. I headed out a little early for the hour drive home. Being out in the heat all day completely zapped me, so I'm sucking up some AC after probably the best shower I've ever had.

 

[DRIVEN]

1989 Yamaha BroHauler. Pissed me off!...Kinda.

Died while I was in the middle of spraying. Turns out it lost spark. Guess I get to diagnose a 30 year old, one-year-only, limited production ATV that I don't have a manual for.
It's overfueling so I'll probably replace the coil and if that doesn't fix it I'm gonna completely disassemble the engine, then sell the whole thing for scrap.

 

[TURNA]

magneto?

 

[DRIVEN]

I honestly haven't spent more than enabout 3 minutes on it. Luckily it died 8 feet from the garage door. I figured I ran out of gas. Dumped a gallon in and cranked it for about 20 seconds-- no love. I could really smell fuel so I threw a spark tester on the coil wire and got no spark. Then just walked away in disgust.
It died like this about 3 weeks ago but I was done for the day. Came back to it a couple days later and it lit right up.
I'll mess with it another time.

 

[joesregalproject]

1989 Yamaha BroHauler. Pissed me off!...Kinda.

Died while I was in the middle of spraying. Turns out it lost spark. Guess I get to diagnose a 30 year old, one-year-only, limited production ATV that I don't have a manual for.
It's overfueling so I'll probably replace the coil and if that doesn't fix it I'm gonna completely disassemble the engine, then sell the whole thing for scrap. View attachment 118169

I think you are wise.

A couple weeks ago a friend of a friend approached me wanting me to fix a non running mid 90s Suzuki Quadrunner 250 ATV that he picked up off of Craigslist for like $300. Pictures of it looked like a hacked together mess. I guess he tried to get it running himself and gave up. I'll admit I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I was wise enough to politely decline that job...

 

[Texas82GP]

I honestly haven't spent more than enabout 3 minutes on it. Luckily it died 8 feet from the garage door. I figured I ran out of gas. Dumped a gallon in and cranked it for about 20 seconds-- no love. I could really smell fuel so I threw a spark tester on the coil wire and got no spark. Then just walked away in disgust.
It died like this about 3 weeks ago but I was done for the day. Came back to it a couple days later and it lit right up.
I'll mess with it another time.

I wonder if it is a heat/resistance issue in the ignition system? In other words, once it cools down, maybe it will fire right up?

 

[DRIVEN]

Maybe. I might mess with it in the next couple days but more likely to be a few weeks. Work gets busy in a few days. I just refuse to do anything before or after work.
You guys think we can stretch this 100 pages?

🍿

 

[pagrunt]

1989 Yamaha BroHauler. Pissed me off!...Kinda.

Died while I was in the middle of spraying. Turns out it lost spark. Guess I get to diagnose a 30 year old, one-year-only, limited production ATV that I don't have a manual for.
It's overfueling so I'll probably replace the coil and if that doesn't fix it I'm gonna completely disassemble the engine, then sell the whole thing for scrap. View attachment 118169

Just start throwing cash & unneeded parts that has nothing to do with the probles it's giving you. Just name it Bro-Hauler hauls, kinda. We got popcorn from another thread to eat up. 🤪

 

[Wageslave]

Wife broke the inside drivers door handle in my Jeep while moving it (cheap pot metal), bought a used replacement on Ebay and found that the one that I bought was chrome (mine are black, didn't even know they made a chrome version).

Well crap, how do i fix this. Took it to work and ran it through the sandblaster to knock the chrome down, then hit the handle with some flat black Rustoleum Enamel paint. It looks good and a fairly close match to the original color of the other handles.

It may be a beater, but by god it's going to look correct.

 

[Turbolq4]

1989 Yamaha BroHauler. Pissed me off!...Kinda.

Died while I was in the middle of spraying. Turns out it lost spark. Guess I get to diagnose a 30 year old, one-year-only, limited production ATV that I don't have a manual for.
It's overfueling so I'll probably replace the coil and if that doesn't fix it I'm gonna completely disassemble the engine, then sell the whole thing for scrap. View attachment 118169

Simple shiz first. Check connections at the Killswitch and the ignition.