Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Odd Jobs


Installed a new steering lock on Astrid, so I can street park her when necessary.

Tested the chain breaker, grinding down the post with the Dremel first.  Popped the link out easily.

Weird thing testing the baffle.
  • Earlier, I had started and run Red like usual, no problems.
  • Maybe 30 mins later I installed the baffle
  • I started her and she started ok, but then stuttered and died
  • Kicked a few times to try to restart and she wouldn't
  • Then removed the baffle, but still wouldn't start.  Kept kicking.
  • Swapped the battery after a few minutes of trying and a few kicks later she started
 I think the battery swap was a red herring.  I think the baffle choked the engine off and then the subsequent kicking flooded the engine.  Gonna forget the baffle for now...







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