The Diesel Project

[Emerikol]

I can't wait for the story that's going to inevitably come when you pull in somewhere for gas...

"So there I was, putting gas from the green handle in the bike, and this guy jumps off his (insert generic production mid-life crisis bike here) and runs over to me, thinking he's going to save me from myself..."

[Oddball Matt]

Interesting... Because round there the BLACK handle is for diesel and the GREEN ones are for gas!

[franque]

Yep, diesel is always green in the US. It pays to actually look at the pump, rather than just relying on color.

[bogieboy]

Originally Posted by franque

Yep, diesel is always green in the US. It pays to actually look at the pump, rather than just relying on color.

in the northeast diesel handle is typically yellow....just sayin...

[Oddball Matt]

Originally Posted by franque

Yep, diesel is always green in the US. It pays to actually look at the pump, rather than just relying on color.

Oh come on where's your sense of adventure

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by franque

Yep, diesel is always green in the US. It pays to actually look at the pump, rather than just relying on color.

At BP in these parts, the gas is green. Diesel may be yellow. I just look for the greasy one.

To bring home what franque said, regarding actually looking, I sent Creepy Dave out to fill all our fuel cans. Three gas, two diesel. Jason was a new hire at the time and was having a hell of time with a small diesel engine. He called me over to take a look see. I kind of did a “huh”, never saw that before. I opened the tank and took a sniff. Gasoline. I asked Jason why he put gas instead of diesel fuel in the engine. He pointed to the green can said he got out there. I sniffed. “DAVE, GET OVER HERE” Dave could never admit to a mistake. He honestly told me that BP must have had their pumps wrong because he got the diesel out of a green nozzle. Sigh. “Give me your receipts.” I look at his receipts and one is for 15 gallons of gas and one is for 10 gallons of gas. “So, Dave, what color was the nozzle you got the gas out of?“ “Uh, green.” “You just admitted you effed up and the receipts back it up.”

I made Dave get two new five gallon gas cans. Pour the contaminated gas in those and mark them for Flathead Briggs Engines Only. Rinse out the diesel cans and then I went with to make sure he got the right stuff. And finally, flush the fuel system and replace the filters on it.

Dave went to Harold and complained I was being too hard on him. Harold told him to thank me because if the gasoline had ended up in a 360, it would have destroyed a $20,000 Cat engine and he would have fired him.

[bogieboy]

Cheesy, if it werent for the reciepts, we had that happen out here in NY, small town rinky dink gas station, somehow got diesel in the 87 tank, i wouldnt have believed it if it werent for 7 different customers having diesel in thier mowers all in the same week, and all got gas from the same pump... there was just enough gas that it would run in a car (albiet smoky) but not in a lawn mower....LOL

[Oddball Matt]

I remember this one time when me and a buddy of mine were renovating his house. He borrowed this old janky flatbed mercedes that had a couple days MOT left in it and would never pass again off a neighbour to do junkyard runs with. One time we were going for an another run to the dump but had to pop in for a refill on the way there. Shortly after the truck started knocking smoking and bucking like hell, at first we were just "oh it's just crap in the fuel lines this thing's stood under a tree since the last inspection" when all of the sudden I happened to ask him "you sure this thing's in fact diesel?" We looked at each other and burst into a screaming laughter

[lilgman]

My friend had been traveling for 48 hours on his way back here to Africa without decent sleep. He got the colors mixed up and put petrol in his diesel Pajero. He realized the mistake and hoped he caught it in time, but alas his pump died a couple months later. A lady I know couldn't make her standby generator run. We tried all kinds of things to fix it until we smelled paraffin/kerosene in the carb.

[cheesy]

So, slightly back at work on this. Working more on aesthetics until I get the tubes from Tim. The plastic fuel tank I bought is longer than the stock tank would be. So the stepped seat will no longer fit. Kinda glad there, as I’ve always had a strong dislike for those. I was thinking a bobber solo seat, but Mrs. C mentioned that the grandkids will want rides and I also don’t like being locked in one seating position, so went with a cafe’ style seat instead.

Modified the headlight nacelle to accept the voltmeter. Got that to kinda sorta fit. Also got an Autopal 5 3/4 lens that uses H4 bulbs. I’ll be using an LED in that. Scored some LED bullet style turn signals that, depending on how they are wired, can work as tail, brake, TS on the back and running/TS on the front. I have a spare CX taillight that may end up in the mess.

So, I guess I’m going for an off road chopper coffee getter look.

[bogieboy]

dagnabit mike, now i want to build one....you made me google off road cafe....

[cheesy]

Got some stuff done.

Voltmeter in the headlight and handlebars on triple tree.


Side.

[cheesy]

Two mysteries solved today. The fuel tank is Kawasaki. The green color should have been a clue on that one. I wasn’t even close on the headlight. It’s off of a Harley Sprint, aka, Aermacchi. The logo on the speedo face was familiar, but I couldn’t place it off the bat. Took some googling. The bad old AMF days.

[cheesy]

It took awhile but I found what the age of the headlight and what it fit.
https://ridermagazine.com/2018/05/17...on-250-sprint/

[cheesy]

And look what showed up on Chicago Craigslist today.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/m...205262000.html