How do you make it rain in California?... buy a speedster.

TRP,

Don't go up Highway 17 lookin for a $7.39 stubby wrench!

Ha! It's on East Dunne in Morgan Hill. Between Hill Rd and the Mormon Church. I'll find that sucker!!!  

Don't feel bad, Ted.

Somewhere between Carlisle, PA and the Tappan Zee Bridge, on a remote section of I-78 in New Jersey, probably once sitting on the shoulder of a bumpy downhill section, sat a ramp for Pearl's car hauler trailer.

My son and I both double-checked everything on the trailer when we left the hotel in Carlisle, but when we got back to my house, after the 7 hour trip, one of the ramps (a big, ugly, heavy thing) was missing.  I got the car off of the trailer (we always have spare ramps) and ended up wasting half of the next day welding a new, replacement ramp together.

There, you see?  Speedster replicas are just like car hauler trailers.  Things fall off both, sometimes.

Wow! Hahahah.  I guess I don't feel so bad now.  Im just usually so careful not to lose tools. I've had this set for so long it bums me out to lose a wrench so carelessly.

Jim Kelly posted:

A warped flywheel can cause driven clutch disc springs to fail.  It's always a good idea to surface the flywheel on a clutch job.  Long-term slippage can also heat the springs, making them brittle and easier to break.  If your flywheel is bad, you'll know before long, launching or not (just kidding about the launch).  In my case, cockpit problems were the culprit, but I was a mere callow youth at the time.   

The heat checked flywheel can cause the clutch to chatter which will break the springs in the disc. If everything is right you shouldn't have any trouble with a sprung disc. Any one that knows a lot about clutches will tell you there is absolutely no reason to run a solid, unsprung disc on the street. They are harsh, tend to chatter and transmit lots of driveline noise. The same thing goes for a solid disc with no marcel in it. These are for road racing or drag racing only. If you look at the outer edge of the disc, between the two linings you will see a slightly waved plate separating the two halves of the disc. This is the marcel or wave plate that cushions the disc and makes the clutch much smoother.

Phil IM356D posted:

Sorry to see the tranny build take this turn.  I will likely do another build some day and I'm definitely interested in a 5 speed. Egos are a delicate thing.  If the tranny Guru is that sensitive I would not want to do business with him.  As a Doc I get advice from nurses, technologists and colleagues all the time.  A wise man considers all advice and then decides.  To dismiss a suggestion out of pure arrogance is foolish.  There is always more than one way to skin a cat  (I hate cats).   I'm sure the tranny Guru is swamped with work.  I believe him.  Good thing since he won't be getting any referrals from this site.   

Hey, I love cats!  And dogs too for that matter, unless it's a doggy car.

Robert M posted:

Ron O posted:

Teby S posted:

Robert:    

Good thing you didn't attempt the double water bottle set up..

Tebs

 

I'm going to have to do some major research before I tackle that one.

Check with this guy, he knows how to get a couple water bottles on a bike:

Nice jugs!

My experience has been otherwise, Frank; I've always found an unsprung disc worked fine on the street, without any of the issues mentioned as long as the flywheel surface is true/not overheated, the release bearing was working properly, the bowden tube had the correct amount of bend and the cable guide tube was well greased and secure. It's lighter than a sprung disc, too. 

TRP posted:

As I was cleaning up my tools I figured it out. 7/16 box end 'stubby' wrench! I am in the midst of relocating the oil cooler and fan. I had to remove the remote oil filter.  When I reinstalled it I wedged a wrench in the fender well to hold one nut on the bracket while I used a ratchet on the other side. In my hurry to leave this morning I forgot to unwedge it. I guess it worked its way loose and went bouncing down the road. Because of my OCD - I went to look for it. No luck. Pretty stupid of me so that's what I get. These are the things that make me crazy. I will go look for it AGAIN! 

Serves me right for not using metric!!

HEY ALL:

Funny thing...........As I was driving on East Dunne up in Morgan hill  I hear this: 

"ting  ting ting ting ting....... THUNK!!!     

Ummmmm.......... TED??     

I found your 7/16 stubby wrench........

Damn thing stuck there all the way back to Fresno!!

What are the odds?

What's your address,  I'll send it back to you...........I have no use for it because I use METRIC...

tebs

Teby S posted:

TRP posted:

As I was cleaning up my tools I figured it out. 7/16 box end 'stubby' wrench! I am in the midst of relocating the oil cooler and fan. I had to remove the remote oil filter.  When I reinstalled it I wedged a wrench in the fender well to hold one nut on the bracket while I used a ratchet on the other side. In my hurry to leave this morning I forgot to unwedge it. I guess it worked its way loose and went bouncing down the road. Because of my OCD - I went to look for it. No luck. Pretty stupid of me so that's what I get. These are the things that make me crazy. I will go look for it AGAIN! 

Serves me right for not using metric!!

HEY ALL:

Funny thing...........As I was driving on East Dunne up in Morgan hill  I hear this: 

"ting  ting ting ting ting....... THUNK!!!     

 

Ummmmm.......... TED??     

I found your 7/16 stubby wrench........

Damn thing stuck there all the way back to Fresno!!

What are the odds?

What's your address,  I'll send it back to you...........I have no use for it because I use METRIC...

tebs

 

 

Sorta new guy or not...........that was FUNNY!!!

I agree Robert.  Tabby does come up with a good one every now and then.

Ok, Tebby, well done!

Very clever.....very well done  Teby...........Bruce

HA! I wish that was my wrench. Mine are all black anodized. Which makes them super hard to find in the bushes / middle of the highway.

My wife just texted me: 

Wife: "What did you order? The FedEx guy just showed up with a box marked "HEAVY" and I had to sign for it."

Me: Nothing?... oh! WAIT!... Have 'em put that in the garage.

Wife:"What is it?..."

Me: "It's complicated... I paid for it a long time ago... I've been paying for it... for a while... I'll explain later..."

Wife: "Is it car parts?..."

I'll spare you all the rest...  but it looks like the 5 speed arrived!

Thats a photo of the box when it left LA 3 days ago. Ill see how it looks when I get home.

Me: "It's complicated... I paid for it a long time ago... I've been paying for it... for a while... I'll explain later..."

Sounds like you may be paying for it for quite a while still...

My wife assumes every box I get in the mail is related to the Speedster... She's right about 100% of the time

Do the instructions look like this?

Not that heavy though. What's it weigh? Maybe 85 lbs?

Woo hoo!!!!