ya I couldnt understand that either, why on the transmission especially.

Problem is although this bike ran beautifully, it had a lot of band aid fixes. Both shops that did the motor basically said the top and the lower didn't need to be done. Probably a lot of parts I'm replacing still would have been fine. But it's just easier to replace now rather than having to tear down again.

@daygersden it's an excellent way of thinking of it

It's definitely easier to do it that way with a twin cam because of those studs.

Ya I had to pull the cover just to check. I thought it was a clymer manual that I read it in. I didn't see any difference on each side of that gear. But figured I'd check it out while I was waiting for the cover fasteners.

Thanks, hope it helps you out. Your best friends during a restoration are the service and parts manual, especially the parts manual. Don't know if this applies to and 1980 but in some cases parts can be for a early or late model year. Good luck.

Your supposed to take the non seam side and place that so the pointing part of the crimper hits it. The other way just crushes it with out actually sealing it.

Two actually.. Lol

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Moving forward

Better safe than sorry.

I didn't really know myself and you get so much conflicting and wrong info on these forums. So I thought it was best to just call Weisco and get the right info.

@daygersden I'll say

Ya they seem pretty sturdy. Didn't realize Lowes and home depot sells that brand.

@daygersden yeah I look for them last night and Lowe's home Depot etc had them I've only had the slip joint pliers for many many years I even bought a new pair probably about 5 years ago as I kind of worn the teeth out of the old one.

@MoeLarrycurly1 I was in Lowes this morning, think you can only order online. Didn't see any in the store

Germans make some great tools. Even thought this was a little pricey it did save me a few hundred bucks. Don't have to buy the tools to lock the pinion gear, take off the nut and unpress the gear. I'll have to keep this in the box as those tips due to their size are probably easily broken.

We started off with a 50 ft lead, he chewed thru it a couple times, so we switched to a 15ft wire lead. Problem us when he's playing with the two older dog that wire lead can get wrapped around them and don't really want to see any of them hurt, so we switched to the short lead. He tries every thing he can to find a way out of the fence. I've got a shock collar based on a GPS system to hopefully keep him in the yard.

@daygersden we only have one dog at a time. I can see the other dogs getting caught up in the long rope leader Manny runs with.

Chickens over the winter don't really lay eggs, and as they age they lay less and less.

@daygersden I didn't know about the winter that they didn't lay eggs. But as everybody in most anything as it gets older it gets slower lol

@MoeLarrycurly1 ya, chickens only have a certain amount of eggs they produce in their lifetime.

@daygersden that I never knew either....

We had a snow week or so ago but only amounted to about 1/4 inch and melted by the afternoon.

All three tools a machinist on ebay is making them. All three for around a hundred. Can't justify the Jim's tools of around 5 hundred for tools I'll probably never use again.

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No screws on these. Just a center spring loaded pin

Tried that, couldn't really grab onto it very well.

@daygersden yeah sometimes it's just luck. I've got it on the first couple of tries other times I came back later and tried it again

@@MoeLarrycurly1 the new snap ring pliers should be here tomorrow, so I'll know then what the next steps are.

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Problem is there's so much after market shit that just doesn't fit right. Lot of these companys list stuff for a 76 and either don't care or ignorant of the fact that there is and early 76 and late 76. Some will list the Harley part number which you can check against the parts manual others don't.

@daygersden yes

@@jackhughes6844 ya just finished. Put the original cups in and the new nacelle fit perfectly.

@daygersden glad it all fits correctly. 👍

I try to keep it ad clean as possible. I hate working in a dirty environment, especially when dealing with engine parts. The cleaner parts are the nicer fit you get. I seem to be having a few set backs, kinda putting me behind where I'd like to be.

@daygersden Well it's kind of like an operating room it does to be clean as possible. So you don't get stuff in the motor 🤔😮. If I was smart I would have power washed the bike before I worked on it but I kept riding .. right up till the day it snowed

I had to power wash mine because the chain oiler was wide open with no line to actually oil the chain. I shut it down off when I bought it, but because of the oil leaks it had there was oil and grime everywhere underneath the bike. Not sure why Harley went from a hard line on the oiler like the panhead had to just a rubber hose. That current design is terrible. I might see if I can find the 65 hard line on ebay and retro fit it to the Shovel.

@daygersden Well my chain oiler is shut off and I've isolated the primary it's now separate which I usually put about 6 oz of fluid in there primary fluid or straight 30 weight oil. But the crankcase breather grows across from the left right side to the left side and that's kind of blows right there I don't know if that's correct it blows right onto the chain about an inch from the chain going to the rear wheel. I mean you put your hand down there that motor breathes pretty good when it's running

Thanks, it's a long process

@@MoeLarrycurly1 here's where I got mine, price pretty reasonable. www.thegoodoldmotorcyclepartscompany.com/ They also have and ebay store, that's where I bought mine. I also think the ebay store is a little cheaper than their web site.

@daygersden Thank you so much

Surely no problem, good luck with the wiring.

OK

It looks like it was most likely loose rockers on the lower part of the front end. When I took the front end apart they basically just flopped around. At the same time I replaces the races and the neck bearings.

I still think it could use some cleaning..lol

@daygersden you have a lot more patience than I do I might power wash mine when I'm done when it gets warmer just the motoring track. I also to sandblasy up the motor I'll give it well

For some reason I could not get those dampers to seat, looks like they were probably original and should be replaced anyways. When I have time I'll spend some time on the old ones.

All but two are from my muscle car days. Mostly for a 93 Callaway corvette supernatural 400 and a 99 Z28 with LS1 motor with 150 shot nitrous.

@daygersden wow it looks like you've had some really cool automobiles. I work for a guy that was a hydraulics engineer here in town. And he would often buy a house and then I would do the work. He was head of the Corvette club here in South bend Indiana for many years. At one time he built a dune buggy which he was into doing dune buggy stuff it had a gasoline motor if I remember it was a kit and you could put in any motor you would get the basic dune buggy kit. But it would drive the motor would drive the gasoline motor would drive hydraulic pumps and that's what propel the tires. But he found out the insurance on selling kits such as this was astronomical. But he was a smart engineer in hydraulics

@MoeLarrycurly1 when I bought this house I couldn't fit both cars and at the time had 5 bikes. Since I didn't want to leave the cars outside I had to sell them. My old house the garage was 3 stories 3 bays. Full basement and 3rd floor workshop. Cars were stored on the second floor. Wish I had that garage at my current house

@daygersden Well I moved here in roseland Indiana. In 1979 I moved out of the big city south of us. I bought that house when I was a junior in high school but about once a year the house would get broken into while my wife and I were at work cuz we work third shift. After three or four times of that. We were tired of it we moved up here to Rosemont you know he has about 607 people in the town. Only paid $19,000 for the house or they're about but it has about a third acre. The house was pretty bad The whole town of Roseland pretty much was efficient village. But the lake to the west of us was drained for the toll road system. And the interchange. In about 27 years ago I tore that house down and built this house. One March day I just started cutting the roof off. The wife got worried so I went and bought a 30x60 tarp and threw it over the top. In the end we cut up a whole house and stuck it in a dumpster and then we started building and going upward and build a two story. Mainly it was friends from the neighborhood the kids that grew up around here. They were mainly in construction that time. And they would bring some friends that would want to come and work nobody ever got paid they were just nice that they did that. My wife and I at the time work first shift and we got home and we started doing second shift on the house. And we'd work till dark or past. Then in '05 I tore down the little teeny my leg garage and actually build a 24x36. And they're already was built probably a 20x20 behind it attached to it and I bought the house in 79. When my son was little in 1984 we built a little addition on the back of that of probably 15 by 15 just to hold all my bits and bobs. As I tended to do a lot of work on the side plumbing heating and air roofs whatever anybody wanted. But I kept a regular job during my working career. Mostly doing maintenance. My favorite they didn't pay much was it the local museum. And several churches and the hospital.

Ya, didn't feel any burs on anything. They look worn so probably just as well I replaced them.

Thanks, but I don't think you really need to do that ( at least not yet) but appreciate the offer. I'll take a fresh look at it tomorrow. Not to mention it's freaking cold out to be loading a bike in a trailer..

Ya it might face down I’ll have to look at a past video when i worked on the headlight and the new hand controls.

I couldn’t find anything on the wiring diagram,but it looks like a quick disconnect terminal. I’ll have to do a little detective work to find out.

@daygersden Well when I get done eating separate I can go out and take a peek on the 1970 I think it was the same thing that's all taken apart I'm working on the transmission and the wiring and other stuff can't go anywhere now 20° and snow

@@MoeLarrycurly1 ok that terminal post is upside down..lol.I just looked at and older video that I made. its like 10 degrees out with 35 mph winds .. with a zero wind chill

@daygersden that's cold

@daygersden I think that white connector or white wire is what sends the power to ..the there ain't too many white wires on the bike there's the white for the headlight. But this one's the white one that's going to the coil.. comes from the center of the stop switch or run switch

I believe the 12 ton I bought with the welded jack base came in one box, the other one I remember came in two

What year sportster? Thanks for watching and subscribing.

@daygersden '83 xlh, stroked to 1350.

Nice I've got a 98 883 taken out to 1200.

Slow and steady.. Lol

their basically both the same frame except fort the top piece..

Ya think they forgot to include those spacers. Funny these fork tubes are about 1/4 inch shorter than the stock ones.

@daygersden quite possibly..

sounds like and idea, I'll have to look into doing that