This week I made great progress on the fuel tank. I really like how it’s taking shape and I’m enjoying the sculpting process.
I used some black spray paint as an indicator for the contours.
It’s taking on the shape of a Cobra head…
Enjoy the video and keep on hackin!
The 250cc Yamaha Virago I worked on a year ago hasn’t been driven much because it has always ran poorly. The clean out I did back then helped a little but it still had problems taking throttle off idle when cold. It was running too lean. Not enough fuel in the air fuel mixture. I had read about people opening up the idle or “pilot” jet on these 250cc bikes and I thought I’d give it a go. Well, I’m pleased to report that it worked!
This is where the pilot jet screws into the carb body, inside the float bowl.
I used a small beading needle to ream out the hole in the jet.
This is the hole after reaming.
…and here’s the video! Keep on hackin. 🙂
I made a good bit of progress on the Honda VF700S this week. I managed to get the clutch lever working as well as the front brakes. The calipers were seized but I got them freed up and working. I also got a good start shaping the gas tank.
The video pretty much explaines it all so enjoy!
Keep on hackin!
Recently we had a four foot wooden fence built around our property to keep the dogs in and allow them a larger area for excersize. The lumber that the builder used came in only six foot precut lengths so they had to cut away 24″ from each piece. This left over a large pile of cut offs to find a use for! Since we had to move the garden a few feet to make way for the new fence we decided it was a good time to fence it in and use the left over lumber in the process! I bought some 3″ firing strips, a bundle of mason’s wood stakes and a box of 1 1/2″ drywall screws to assemble the fence. We set up a work area and got down to business assembly line style!
This video is the debut of our new Hack A Week format. We have a new intro, outro and always an out take or two at the end so don’t miss it.
Thanks for watching…
Keep on hackin!
This week I mounted the booms that I assembled in part 1 to the main chassis. I also soldered the connectors on the ends of the motor wires and speed controllers so that they can be connected together and eventually get plugged into the Hover Fly Board.
Thanks to a few donations to Hack A Week via PayPal, I have ordered a radio and receiver which should be here in a week or so. When it arrives I can get down to the final wiring and programming of the speed controllers and then we get in the air!
Enjoy part 2 and.. Keep on hackin!
