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[cheesy]

Originally Posted by wheelbender6

Ha ha. Took me a minute. The 55 Chevy had no oil filter.

My 52 Chevy 3100 had a 55 six banger that the optional oil filter canister similar to the DeSoto. My 52 Ford F2 came standard with block mounted cartridge canister. It was such a leaky PITA that as soon as I found a spin on adapter, I got it.

[wheelbender6]

My wife's Triumph Spitfire had the canister where you unscrewed it and replaced the element that looked like a roll of toilet paper. So messy!

[Bruces]

Newer cars have them again ,my wife’s HHR does ,our Acura did as well

[Darkrider]

Originally Posted by Bruces

Newer cars have them again ,my wife’s HHR does ,our Acura did as well

I used to curse pretty much any thing that came in the shop with an Ecotec when i was working at the chevy dealer for this exact reason...

[Bruces]

Originally Posted by Darkrider

I used to curse pretty much any thing that came in the shop with an Ecotec when i was working at the chevy dealer for this exact reason...

Yup ,and only 108km and it’s knocking badly even though many are high milers .

[cheesy]

Forty mile per hour flat tire day. Loss of control was instant, the damn ditch was deep, I missed the power pole, and I kept the rubber side down. Shorts on the other hand...

First time Arpok has ever been on a trailer under my watch. The only reasons it’s on the trailer is I flatted less than four miles from home, it was ungodly hot, and I didn’t feel like working on the uphill side of a ditch. I also found the broken board on the trailer.

[Emerikol]

What did you hit that did in both tires? I can instantly tell when the tires on the Ural even a couple pounds of air low. I can only imagine what it feels like when the tires are all the pounds low!

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by Emerikol

What did you hit that did in both tires? I can instantly tell when the tires on the Ural even a couple pounds of air low. I can only imagine what it feels like when the tires are all the pounds low!

Just the front tire but it was fast. The rear just looks flat because I found the ‘almost’ broken board on the trailer with the Ural and finished breaking it.
I shifted into 4th at around forty, hear an odd noise and next thing I know I’m heading towards the ditch with next to no control. Rear tires skidding through wet grass, front brake locked with the front tire spinning on the rim. Just missed hitting the cedar pole with the sidecar.
I thought I might have caught a sharp rock as I had just transitioned from gravel to blacktop. Nope. Crappy tube. No bruising or puncture on the tire. Second one in two months and both newer tubes. So, no more tubes from Amazon.
I went to the local-ish Ural dealer and bought two Parts Unlimited heavy duty tubes. Big difference in the thickness of the tubes. The two that went bang aren’t much thicker than bicycle tubes, about 1mm. The Parts Unlimited tubes are at least 4mm thick and a bear to install. Heavy, too. I’ll take the bear over having to fright change my underoos. The price difference wasn’t that much, either.

[Emerikol]

I know what you mean about the heavy duty tubes. I was riding with a buddy this past weekend, and he picked up a drywall screw in the rear of the DR. It took us almost 45 minutes to get the tire opened up and the tube out of the rim. Really heavy construction, nice thick walls on those tubes. We found the hole, threw a patch at it, and once it was dry we put everything back together. That was a week ago, and I've ridden the DR twice since then with no issues. Those heavy duty tubes are worth their weight in gold. I'm actually thinking about throwing a couple ounces of slime tire sealant in all the tires, just as a little cheap insurance. Glad you came through it with nothing more than an unexpected dry cleaning bill.

[Sport Rider]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Forty mile per hour flat tire day. Loss of control was instant, the damn ditch was deep, I missed the power pole, and I kept the rubber side down. Shorts on the other hand...

First time Arpok has ever been on a trailer under my watch. The only reasons it’s on the trailer is I flatted less than four miles from home, it was ungodly hot, and I didn’t feel like working on the uphill side of a ditch. I also found the broken board on the trailer.

I can top that. Here...hold my beer.

took the sidecar rig, a friend as passenger, and my trailer loaded with coolers full of water over to Raleigh to attend a protest. on the way back the motor starts making hellacious noise. It's shot. No idea yet what the problem is because I've been sitting with my mom in ICU since Sunday when I woke up.

[cheesy]

You win?

Hope things workout.

[Sport Rider]

Originally Posted by cheesy

You win?

Hope things workout.

I started taking all the plastics off and got to where the noise appears to be centralized in the top end. have not gotten it apart for further research.

[cheesy]

I decided I wasn’t going to work on the Diesel Project today. It was deemed a goof off day.

I rode the Ural to my weekend morning fishing spot. Fishing was ‘meh’. Caught a 1 1/2 lb smallie early on and that was it. Took the long way into town and got stuck by a UP train stopped on the tracks, so I scoped out the local coffee shop. It ain’t the The Uncommon Grounds at the old place but it’ll have to do. Ran a couple errands on ARPOK and was done by 11.

Decided to run the cobwebs off both the Solexes for fun. I must have put ten miles on the yellow V3. Ran out of gas, too.

So, we have the youngest grandson, Owen, with us today. I’m gassing up the black Solex when Owen and Mrs. C come out to the garage. Grandma says Owen wants to ride the scooter. So I point to the black Solex and ask “This one?” Owen shakes his head no and pats the rear fender of ARPOK. Owen has never flown solo in the sidecar, so today was the day.
Got his bucket on and told him his job, besides keeping his butt on the seat, was to wave to people we passed. We did a slow ride through the subdivision to see how he’d do. He passed. As we were heading back to the house, we spotted Grandma taking a video of us coming down the street. Owen was ecstatic. I started to get him out of the sidecar and Grandma asks if he’d like to go on a longer ride and stop for ice cream. I didn’t think he’d say no. Off we went. Basically rode my 15 mile ‘Go Fishing’ route that’s a mix of gravel roads and quiet farm roads.

Owen is having a blast. He’s pointing out farm critters, tractors, combines, barns and what not with a big smile of his face. He gets quiet just before we get into town and when I pull into the little ice cream place, he is zonked.

I knock on his helmet and go, “Owen? Do you want ice cream? Owen? Ice cream.” At first he said no, then he woke up and I couldn’t get his helmet off him fast enough.

So, here’s Owen shoving a small ice cream cone in his face.


And, pictures or it didn’t happen, here’s the small mouth.

[Emerikol]

Nice! The mutant isn't quite old enough for anything more than a few of the side streets here in the neighborhood. Not too much longer, and he'll be able to go for longer rides in the beast. Glad you had a good day. With everything going on for you, a day off was richly deserved!

[cheesy]

Good luck.