Project XL185/CG250 swap

XLsior · 11-11-2023, 12:06 AM

So to try and cut a long story short in bullet point point form.

Drove van to get hardware supplies...

Van starts surging and manages to make it home and konks out...

Replace fuel filter...still cuts out with splutters...

Replace injectors...still konks out...

Likely culprit mechanical diesel injection pump...aka expensive PITA.

OK Van is out of action....again.

Meanwhile using the purchased hardware to make new beehives...

Shifting beehives around and my lower back tweaks out /pinched sciatic nerve...after `a few days of low mobility> pain is now spread to right side hip and down leg. So less mobile. This is mainly due to a dicky spinal disk that decides to slip out when it feels the urge to do so...

So now my Van is immobile and so am I...

But at some point I'll need to leave the house.

So fixing the busted muffler on the bike is now top priority...

I ordered a stainless steel exhaust kit (ebay) but what was sent did not match the product image...so it was returned and refunded..

But Van injector pump fix is likely a $1500 rebuild...Funds are squeaky tight now...

So the Aussie muffler is going back on.

removed the cheap glass wrap which I will never do again...horrible stuff.

Repaired some new and old cracks in the pipe...

Fresh coat of high temp paint...

Added a lock nut so if the muffler falls off now i'll take is as a sign to save up for a CF Moto 450 MT. (that's probably going to happen regardless)

Xlsior is back to before now...still waiting on that 133 main jet kit...

maybe that's a short story made long... But can't do much other than lying down or sitting still for now...

11-11-2023, 12:06 AM	#21
XLsior Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Australia Posts: 1,298	Tweaked Back and Aussie Muff repair. So to try and cut a long story short in bullet point point form. Drove van to get hardware supplies... Van starts surging and manages to make it home and konks out... Replace fuel filter...still cuts out with splutters... Replace injectors...still konks out... Likely culprit mechanical diesel injection pump...aka expensive PITA. OK Van is out of action....again. Meanwhile using the purchased hardware to make new beehives... Shifting beehives around and my lower back tweaks out /pinched sciatic nerve...after `a few days of low mobility> pain is now spread to right side hip and down leg. So less mobile. This is mainly due to a dicky spinal disk that decides to slip out when it feels the urge to do so... So now my Van is immobile and so am I... But at some point I'll need to leave the house. So fixing the busted muffler on the bike is now top priority... I ordered a stainless steel exhaust kit (ebay) but what was sent did not match the product image...so it was returned and refunded.. But Van injector pump fix is likely a $1500 rebuild...Funds are squeaky tight now... So the Aussie muffler is going back on. removed the cheap glass wrap which I will never do again...horrible stuff. Repaired some new and old cracks in the pipe... Fresh coat of high temp paint... Added a lock nut so if the muffler falls off now i'll take is as a sign to save up for a CF Moto 450 MT. (that's probably going to happen regardless) Xlsior is back to before now...still waiting on that 133 main jet kit... maybe that's a short story made long... But can't do much other than lying down or sitting still for now... Attached Thumbnails
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