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12-12-2019, 02:25 PM
Those old plasma TVs are horrible noise generators. They spew a load of RF interference to radio communications.
My next door "neighbor" had one that totally wiped out my amateur radio operations. Would have been tolerable but it was like his security blanket and it was turned on 24-7. I asked if he could give it a rest at any agreed time. He said no way. I explained that his interference was illegal and I was trying to be reasonable.He still refused. A phone call to the FCC field office brought out an inspector. A week later the neighbor received a warning letter. It promised fines if he continued to operate the noise generator. Now, the neighbor wants my help. Being a nice guy, I bought him a new OLED TV in exchange for the plasma thingy. I could have pushed the point as it was simply on him to stop.
We became pretty good friends too. You could have picked up that TV in the trash,but after I was finished, a simple repair was not
happening.
More than the typical trash picker would care to fix
True story, but you know I am just having a little fun here
My next door "neighbor" had one that totally wiped out my amateur radio operations. Would have been tolerable but it was like his security blanket and it was turned on 24-7. I asked if he could give it a rest at any agreed time. He said no way. I explained that his interference was illegal and I was trying to be reasonable.He still refused. A phone call to the FCC field office brought out an inspector. A week later the neighbor received a warning letter. It promised fines if he continued to operate the noise generator. Now, the neighbor wants my help. Being a nice guy, I bought him a new OLED TV in exchange for the plasma thingy. I could have pushed the point as it was simply on him to stop.
We became pretty good friends too. You could have picked up that TV in the trash,but after I was finished, a simple repair was not
happening.
More than the typical trash picker would care to fix
True story, but you know I am just having a little fun here
Last edited by Jesse Open; 12-12-2019 at 06:54 PM.
12-12-2019, 08:49 PM
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Here is a little ritual I go through when I attach the engine mounts to a twin, I set the engine on my big band saw table or my drill press table as shown. I exert down pressure while taking up the last half thread or so of the bolts. Snug them while maintaining the pressure, then torque them to 20 inch pounds all around. They are even with no rocking after that.
Even Steven, no rocking.
Even Steven, no rocking.
hey Dave, I'm happy you got that 60, you did a good job on it, here's a little funny story about that 60>, about 2 months ago I PM'ed Gary, I asked if he had a 90Ts he would sell, he said no but he had the 60. I wanted it but I passed on it, I wanted a bit more power for my 4 Star 60, but I did have that 60 in the back of my mind for the next few weeks. but I am very glad you snagged it.
boy, I wish Gary had a low time 100iL twin up for grabs for $100, I'd give him another $200 for the shipping
Gary, do you have another FA 100 carb body you want to sell ??
Jim
12-12-2019, 08:50 PM
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hey I thought this was a Saito page, that drag racing chick is back ??? what's going on
Jim
Jim
Last edited by the Wasp; 12-12-2019 at 08:54 PM. Reason: well the wife's cat (Skippy) has not talked to me in 8 months, now he's yelling at me about my spelling ????
12-13-2019, 02:16 AM
12-13-2019, 03:19 AM
Dave , gary has a good point about the firewall, do you think you are getting a bit pernickity about torquing the engine down on the mount?
12-13-2019, 06:46 PM
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Pete, I thought the story was about a double shot sling-shot
got me a Saito FA91 setting by my monitor right now, and it's lighter and more powerful than that old smelly OS 61FX
Jim
Last edited by the Wasp; 12-13-2019 at 06:54 PM. Reason: I had to edit so I can boast about my Saito FA 91, oo yeeaa
12-13-2019, 08:35 PM
12-13-2019, 10:01 PM
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12-14-2019, 05:42 AM
You can Dave, there are a few ways.; takes making a special but fairly easy adapter. Ever seen a major problem in that location from not using a torque wrench though?
BTW, I too have always tweaked those sheet metal feet for flatness.
Last edited by Jesse Open; 12-14-2019 at 05:53 AM.
12-14-2019, 06:39 AM
12-14-2019, 09:24 AM
safe bet to always correctly torque a critical fastener.
Laughingly, last week a friend couldn't get a fa100 to run right at the field he was stressfullly trying to maiden.
He had the cowl off and was trying to get to run ("tuning") and it was running like crap( very UN Saito like).
I observed daylight at the cylinder base to case flange.
All four had fasteners loosened to the point of a weeping opening between the cylinder base and crankcase and it was running that way.i
Tightened em up and presto! Normal tuning and running
lol.
Now when I looked down from my Panhead perch at a stop light and saw the same thing happening to my rear cylinder and it dancing a jig and reel with the piston causing the lay back dip at the top of the stroke....
That was noteworthy of a opening of the ignition switch.
Post haste.
Darn repoo chinesium jugs.
Couldn't find American castings last upper end repair...
Bottom line.
Torque practicing is just plain smart.
Some things benefit from a little stretching.
Sometimes even the human grey matter.
No spec for that though.....
12-14-2019, 09:31 AM
although I don't take that stuff with my RC motors as seriously. My Harley-Davidson vintage engines always get torqued properly at the cylinder base bolts, head bolts , crank pins etc. Anything with a spec will see a crisscross torque pattern. I have seen more than one chinesium cylinder fail by the dog ear breaking off from metal fatigue or who knows what. Always a
safe bet to always correctly torque a critical fastener.
Laughingly, last week a friend couldn't get a fa100 to run right at the field he was stressfullly trying to maiden.
He had the cowl off and was trying to get to run ("tuning") and it was running like crap( very UN Saito like).
I observed daylight at the cylinder base to case flange.
All four had fasteners loosened to the point of a weeping opening between the cylinder base and crankcase and it was running that way.i
Tightened em up and presto! Normal tuning and running
lol.
Now when I looked down from my Panhead perch at a stop light and saw the same thing happening to my rear cylinder and it dancing a jig and reel with the piston causing the lay back dip at the top of the stroke....
That was noteworthy of a opening of the ignition switch.
Post haste.
Darn repoo chinesium jugs.
Couldn't find American castings last upper end repair...
Bottom line.
Torque practicing is just plain smart.
Some things benefit from a little stretching.
Sometimes even the human grey matter.
No spec for that though.....
safe bet to always correctly torque a critical fastener.
Laughingly, last week a friend couldn't get a fa100 to run right at the field he was stressfullly trying to maiden.
He had the cowl off and was trying to get to run ("tuning") and it was running like crap( very UN Saito like).
I observed daylight at the cylinder base to case flange.
All four had fasteners loosened to the point of a weeping opening between the cylinder base and crankcase and it was running that way.i
Tightened em up and presto! Normal tuning and running
lol.
Now when I looked down from my Panhead perch at a stop light and saw the same thing happening to my rear cylinder and it dancing a jig and reel with the piston causing the lay back dip at the top of the stroke....
That was noteworthy of a opening of the ignition switch.
Post haste.
Darn repoo chinesium jugs.
Couldn't find American castings last upper end repair...
Bottom line.
Torque practicing is just plain smart.
Some things benefit from a little stretching.
Sometimes even the human grey matter.
No spec for that though.....
If any of you who can't abide with the OEM gas specific carburetors on your FG series engines have not thrown them in the recycle bin yet. Let me send you a empty box with a enclosed mailer inside.
I think they work great. Have a couple fa motors I would like to run on gas.
Any takers.... Pm me an address to send the box to eh?
And a size for the box lol. Take all you got!
12-14-2019, 10:39 AM
Saito parts dont deserve that! 😁
12-14-2019, 04:08 PM
although I don't take that stuff with my RC motors as seriously. My Harley-Davidson vintage engines always get torqued properly at the cylinder base bolts, head bolts , crank pins etc. Anything with a spec will see a crisscross torque pattern. I have seen more than one chinesium cylinder fail by the dog ear breaking off from metal fatigue or who knows what. Always a
safe bet to always correctly torque a critical fastener.
Laughingly, last week a friend couldn't get a fa100 to run right at the field he was stressfullly trying to maiden.
He had the cowl off and was trying to get to run ("tuning") and it was running like crap( very UN Saito like).
I observed daylight at the cylinder base to case flange.
All four had fasteners loosened to the point of a weeping opening between the cylinder base and crankcase and it was running that way.i
Tightened em up and presto! Normal tuning and running
lol.
Now when I looked down from my Panhead perch at a stop light and saw the same thing happening to my rear cylinder and it dancing a jig and reel with the piston causing the lay back dip at the top of the stroke....
That was noteworthy of a opening of the ignition switch.
Post haste.
Darn repoo chinesium jugs.
Couldn't find American castings last upper end repair...
Bottom line.
Torque practicing is just plain smart.
Some things benefit from a little stretching.
Sometimes even the human grey matter.
No spec for that though.....
safe bet to always correctly torque a critical fastener.
Laughingly, last week a friend couldn't get a fa100 to run right at the field he was stressfullly trying to maiden.
He had the cowl off and was trying to get to run ("tuning") and it was running like crap( very UN Saito like).
I observed daylight at the cylinder base to case flange.
All four had fasteners loosened to the point of a weeping opening between the cylinder base and crankcase and it was running that way.i
Tightened em up and presto! Normal tuning and running
lol.
Now when I looked down from my Panhead perch at a stop light and saw the same thing happening to my rear cylinder and it dancing a jig and reel with the piston causing the lay back dip at the top of the stroke....
That was noteworthy of a opening of the ignition switch.
Post haste.
Darn repoo chinesium jugs.
Couldn't find American castings last upper end repair...
Bottom line.
Torque practicing is just plain smart.
Some things benefit from a little stretching.
Sometimes even the human grey matter.
No spec for that though.....
I don't give a dead rats patoot how well an FG carb works with gaspoline, kerosene or urine. Much less about ugly, leaky motorcycles that were outmoded and ancient on the day when they were thrown together by Mutants from Milwaukee.
Perhaps you can relate to Dave your method for torquing the Saito 60T cylinder base flange screws. The screws I was referring to.
LOL
Last edited by Jesse Open; 12-14-2019 at 04:19 PM.
12-14-2019, 07:40 PM
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Geez a load of totally wasted verbiage to simply state that you completely failed to grasp what I had said.
I don't give a dead rats patoot how well an FG carb works with gaspoline, kerosene or urine. Much less about ugly, leaky motorcycles that were outmoded and ancient on the day when they were thrown together by Mutants from Milwaukee.
Perhaps you can relate to Dave your method for torquing the Saito 60T cylinder base flange screws. The screws I was referring to.
LOL
I don't give a dead rats patoot how well an FG carb works with gaspoline, kerosene or urine. Much less about ugly, leaky motorcycles that were outmoded and ancient on the day when they were thrown together by Mutants from Milwaukee.
Perhaps you can relate to Dave your method for torquing the Saito 60T cylinder base flange screws. The screws I was referring to.
LOL
ugly, that's why they are so cool, like a Willy Jeep 134 flat 4, love those engines
Jim
12-14-2019, 08:32 PM
I can tolerate Jeeps though! Ha ha ha
I have a friend who has 175 Jeeps from WW2 issue to 1960. Forty or USI of the 134. I have rebuilt several engines for him.
BTW, Over torqued is often more dangerous than undertorqued.
At the shop, we electronically torqued and recorded nearly every engine we built after 1991.
Every fastener was torque striped as well.
We had several specialized adapters to facilitate torquing hard to access fasteners.
Last edited by Jesse Open; 12-14-2019 at 08:39 PM.
12-14-2019, 11:57 PM
Geez a load of totally wasted verbiage to simply state that you completely failed to grasp what I had said.
I don't give a dead rats patoot how well an FG carb works with gaspoline, kerosene or urine. Much less about ugly, leaky motorcycles that were outmoded and ancient on the day when they were thrown together by Mutants from Milwaukee.
Perhaps you can relate to Dave your method for torquing the Saito 60T cylinder base flange screws. The screws I was referring to.
LOL
I don't give a dead rats patoot how well an FG carb works with gaspoline, kerosene or urine. Much less about ugly, leaky motorcycles that were outmoded and ancient on the day when they were thrown together by Mutants from Milwaukee.
Perhaps you can relate to Dave your method for torquing the Saito 60T cylinder base flange screws. The screws I was referring to.
LOL
The Mutants you speak of were my relatives. Citizens.
The products their intellect and hands produced were and are superior on the world stage. Won wars for me. Gave me freedom to go down the road on those ancient outmoded time machines. I am amazed and thankful for ugly motorcycles.....
Help Dave with the torque adapter eh.
I am too verbiage heavy for technical writing.
Still want a couple of them FG carbs now that they got mentioned again. Probably give a dead rats patoot or two for a couple!
LOL
12-15-2019, 04:00 AM
Melt them all down and make Saito glow engines.
I will send you a pair of those gasper carbs. But I will need to put the in a 600 ton press so they will fit in an envelope.
I will send you a pair of those gasper carbs. But I will need to put the in a 600 ton press so they will fit in an envelope.
Last edited by Jesse Open; 12-15-2019 at 04:03 AM.
12-15-2019, 04:07 AM
Neither do Super Tigre carbs. Super Tigre carbs are no problem at all. They were fine before the seller sent them.
My eight year old son had them figured out in a few minutes. His little ST-15 ran like a SWISS watch.
Last edited by Jesse Open; 12-15-2019 at 04:10 AM.