Tinkicker

Oxy Acetylene is my friend...and constant companion. My most used tool in my box is my 2000nm 3/4 drive twin hammer air wrench weighing in at 12 kg and a 30mm socket is considered small. Largest socket in my box is 65mm. The firm provides stuff larger than that. I do have torque wrenches from 4nm right up to 400nm. But I rarely bother using them. The tightest torque I assisted in setting was in a final drive for a ships anchor windlass. That was an 18" diameter ring nut and was torqued hydraulically to 22,000nm. We had to hire in the equipment and have the machine shop make the "socket" specially. It was pretty scary. You could almost feel the stresses in the air.

Yup. This is the daily bread of the tinkicker day to day grind these days. Impressively large, but no soul.... And yes, engines do have a soul. Be kind and whisper nice things to them and they do respond... And we have the ooopah loopah of the engineeringworld. Yes it was actually one of mine arriving on the trailer. Boring... 6 inch diameter pinion shaft snapped like a carrot because someone forgot to grease the prop shaft. That will be £75k please.

That part is called a nipple. The part number is likely 1368533EQ0 but do check against your vin number.

In a bit of a nostalgic mood. It struck me that after probably 1000+ diesel engine overhauls, I probably rebuilt my last one, just gone three years ago. I made a move to cut out the daily grind of a commute and now work 5 minutes from works car park to driveway. In winter, I have to actually drive the long way around to at least get a bit of heat in the car engine. Not good for it at all. I have to make sure it gets at least one long trip a week to rid the oil of a buildup of moisture. Where I now work, my employers overhaul transmissions and axles from heavy construction and mining equipment, so no chance of ever overhauling one of my beloved diesels ever again. For some reason, they are scared to death of them... Dunno why. Wish they would, the transmissions and axles, even if impressively huge, are boring as hell. But no. They have heard horror stories with competitors trying the engine route and getting burned. Shame because I have set up a few successful diesel overhaul shops up for various employers over the years. So a life with my beloved diesels. My first diesel engine bought around age 8 and in very short order, taken apart and put back together again. I remember it was a birthday present and cost £5. And my last, 50 years later; which was completed just three days before I started my new job. That overhaul cost £52K and is currently towing Airbus A380s and Boeing 787s around the tarmac at Heathrow Airport. CAT C18 twin turbo of 1150hp. Twas quite the responsibility. If I got something wrong, and it blew itself to bits, it had the potential of bringing down the firm. Buying the new parts for another full rebuild would be well over £120k as well as penalty clauses. Big toys mean big rewards and bigger risks. They were not best pleased that I was leaving for pastures new... Would I still care enough to do my best? Of course. A lot of friends jobs were in the firing line. A few of whom I had known for over 30 years. So far as I know it is still out there, but my old firm decided not to try break into the big boy market and stick with bus and truck motors. They found being so over exposed a very disturbing experience. I bet they were counting down the days to the day the warranty ran out.

Had a new roof put on the bike shed, so everything had to be put in my other sheds and the VFR stayed outside under a tarp for the day. Bike shed has one of those 5 tier shelf racks, a 4 tier smaller rack and two long shelves, all crammed solid and stuff stacked on the floor too. Came to put stuff back in and started throwing all the paint tins with 20% paint left in them, and the 25 litre drums half filled with distilled water from my electroplating experiment when I restored the VFR. Two trips to the tip later, I had disposed of all the "essential" crap that I had hoarded over the last 10 years or so. I no longer need the 4 tier rack, and the fitted shelves are bare... Everything to be kept fitted very comfortably on the 5 tier shelving. I can move easily around the bike again.. Why the feck do we do this? Hoard stuff that "might come in" one day? I have 4 other sheds, similarly filled to the rafters with cobweb riddled crap. I see further visits to the tip in my future and the staff asking if I am just a homeowner, or should I be using a trade account? Of course, next week I will be in dire need of something that I just junked.. Guaranteed.

Sunday, sat the missus on the back and proceeded to ride around 30 miles or so to a cafe near York. Both to further settle the missus in, but mainly to test the new reg rec. Arrived at cafe, removed seat and had a suspicious sniff around. No smell of burning. Reg was hot as expected, but not too hot to touch. Arrived home without incident and I no longer look at that right seat cowl with deep suspicion. She is feeling pleased as punch with herself. I think she even enjoyed the ride out.

Here is a good place to start. Sorry it did not post clearly, but it is out there on the web. GS500 wiring diagram.

Public service pic. Could not find any reference to a GS250E. The GS250s were all Ts and cruiser styled.. I gather the bike in question is actually the GSX250E? In which case, for the OPs titillation, this is what it looks like.. GSX250E GS250T

If you are fancying a ride out around these parts. Be aware, very heavy police presence in Selby, Goole, Howden areas. Dozens of cars and vans seen this morning. Edit. Also, heavy agricultural activity. It is harvest time.. This means a lot of spilled diesel on the roundabouts.

The scene.. One of the new style petrol stations with a sizeable supermarket tacked on to it. The Rant. The brain dead, self absorbed as*holes who are filling their car up in front of you. They put the nozzle away and walk into the shop to pay for their fuel. They cannot be arsed to pull forward into one of the dedicated parking spaces and free up the pump for the next customer to use. Never mind, the jerk off will only be a couple of minutes. Deep breath...and relax. They then proceed to do a big part of their weekly shop. You are stuck. You cannot go forward because the as*hole left his car in the way and you cannot go back because of the cars queued up behind you. 15 minutes later, the walking piece of excrement saunters back out to his car with a big bag of shopping, gets in, F**ks about with something in the car for a minute or so, then drives off.. What would the penalty be for getting out of the car and ripping his bushy, metrosexual beard from his smug face? Deep breath... And hold...... I am trying hard to become the best person I can be and always attempt to cultivate inner peace and tranquility. But I face trials every day.. And its usually a smug, metrosexual git with a beard.

At the moment I am viewing this weekend lost to a monumental hangover..... Missus.. Ooh I forgot to put your supper in the air fryer. Do you want another while you wait? Of course a movie was started and the "another" turned into "another" and hence one more. Then it transpired that my supper had gone cold and needed warming up..... Lets have another while we wait...

Yup. The missus used to work with a woman whose " hobby" was driving around with her husband, viewing houses on a weekend. They had no intention of moving, they just enjoyed poking around other peoples homes. Very odd.

Indeed. I would be very interested to look in.

Boat. Makes a boat shaped hole in the water that you attempt to fill in with money....

My days of boat ownership in this country are over unfortunately. My modest 22ft sports cruiser, heartbreakingly sold in 2015, taking into account berthing fees, maintenance, insurance, lift outs ect when divided by the number of nights spent aboard in a year cost about £300 per night. We just do not get the good weather. Add in a Chevvy V6 ,4.3 litre petrol engine barely above idle at river speeds, sipping fuel at 3 -4 mpg and it got way too expensive for an ordinary bloke on ordinary wages. Bought it when in management on very good money, realised that the stress was going to kill me and went back to my core trade. A fitters wage just did not make keeping a boat, even a very modest, 20 year old one a realistic proposition. Shrek at the helm. Boat was a de stress tool. I am no longer stressed and owning the boat became my main source of financial stress. Pic taken about 12 months before I made the decision to sell. It sold within a week and I was heartbroken... Still, my head was glad it was gone. Trundling up the river ouse towards Linton Lock from Naburn. That little trip probably cost over £60 in fuel even with throttle set to around 1250 rpm looking at the tach, barely above tick over.

I am rather smitten..

Engage a motorcycle accident specalist solicitor. And do it now. I spent 18 months on crutches with much metalwork in my leg. Metalwork removed 12 months later.. NHS physio gave me a faded photocopy of exercises to do. They did not work. I was still limping badly. Solicitor sent me to a high end private physio who hooked me up to various electric shock machines and all sorts of moving tables twice a week. A month later I was back on my feet... The other party picked up the tab.

Fitted the new Electrex reg rec this afternoon. The original connectors and block were showing no sign of overheating, but I cut it off and fitted the heavy duty one supplied by Electrex, crimping and then soldering the terminals as per Electrex recommendations. Main failure mode for these reg recs are crimps coming loose and the wires overheating. Liberally smeared with Arctic MX4 thermal paste twixt frame and rear heat sink plate before bolting up. Should keep it a few degrees cooller. Regulated voltage lights on at 3500 rpm 14.65v. Lights off, 14.85v. Of course, I have the original living under the seat, along with the allen key to remove the side cowl. Just in case... You know how my luck goes..... As an aside, to save you a bob or two, you know I am well aquainted with finding obsolete bits n bobs, ferriting about in the obscure bowels of the internet armed with part numbers... Electrex VFR750 reg rec. Electrex part number RR58. Honda part number 31600MY7305 Cost £92. Electrex CB500 reg rec. Electrex part number RR58. Honda part number 31600MY7305 Cost £60 Same reg rec fitted to dozens of Honda models....

Unfortunately I no longer belong in this self obsessed world. Do not think i am suicidal or anything, but this world is far different to the world I grew up in. In some ways I am glad I have at the most another 20 years to suffer on this shithole of a planet. A couple of instances just on the road today. 60 mph limit. A twat decided he or her had all the time in the world and proceeded along at at 35 mph with half a mile of traffic behind him, trying to get to work on time. His or her time is obviously far more important than the 200 people stressed to f**k behind him/ her. A roundabout. Five out of six cars could not be bothered to extend a finger and flick on the indicators to give the other drivers a clue as to their intentions. I freaking hate the self centred world we now live in.

AR80 in Oceana (pacific) markets were water cooled..... Try the Malaysian ebay... I have bought a few unobtainable in UK parts for little yeller from Malaysia. Alternatively, why don't you just send the cylinder to PJME for a new liner fitting? He will supply the correct piston.

Missus had her first ride out of the year on the back of the VFR. Took her to Breighton Airfield for a full english and an hours worth of watching the aircraft while we ate. She thoroughly enjoyed herself and said that the 40 mile, ease her in gently run; left her wanting more. Goodo. Of late, the reg rec has been often in my thoughts re the VFR. I have no reason whatsoever to suspect anything awry, but I learned long ago, never to dismiss nagging thoughts. They are a renowned and pretty much only VFR failure point, so when I got home, took a look and found it had been replaced at some time in the past. The label proclaimed the replacement to be manufactured by Sun. Never heard of them. So a new Electrex Mosfet reg rec is winging its way towards TK towers as we speak complete with new terminals and connector block to do the solder mod to the connections. Still have plenty of thermal paste left over from when I built my latest PC. BTW the Viffer is running absolutely lovely since I stuck the carbs in the ultrasonic. Smooth as a billiard ball dipped in whipped cream.

Wow. You have the heart of a lion to walk by a canal and have a sandwich. I am mentally scarred from indulging in such an innocent pastime....

Take plug out, put bike in second gear and try to push it. If the engine will not turn, it is seized. Try pushing it with clutch in to get some speed and then let clutch out. It may unstick the rings.

As a general rule, the ECM needs to see crank position, engine speed, cam position, throttle position and engine temp to fire the injector. Check ECM ground cable.

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