"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
06/17/2018 at 09:50 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
06/17/2018 at 09:50 • Filed to: None | 1
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To entice you into clicking this post, it starts with cuteness and concludes with a Vespa wrenching question.
Toby says hi! He had a rough day yesterday, as he made the ill-advised decision to hunt, kill, and eat several honeybees. He was mopey last night but appears to be himself this morning.
It is a lovely morning here in Central California. I am sitting by the pool at my outside bar/built-in grill, having coffee. Toby just had breakfast.
It is peaceful and quiet here. We have amazing trees, and the birds are the primary sound. The koi pond I built, which is behind the canopy you see in the photo, is bubbling away. It’s nice. Yesterday afternoon, it was a bull riding rodeo in that pool, but that is a different story.
SQUIRREL! Toby is currently going crazy following a squirrel along our fence line as it walks along the power lines strung behind my property. He killed a rat once, and is determined that one day, one of these squirrels will fall so he can kill it. I am rooting for him, because squirrels are assholes. We just had to have our internet fixed because they chewed through the lines. They eat the fruit from the lemon and orange trees everyone has here, and throw the hollowed out peels in my yard. Little bastards.
I finally got my Vespa sorted out and running right. As it turns out, my carb needed cleaning, I think because of the time it sat, and the air filter needed to be changed because the old one was soaked with gas. My fuel line was very brittle and had torn, so that needed replacing as well in the course of removing the ridiculous EVAP system. In addition, the head on the wire that attaches to the spark plug had come loose.
But it started and ran great after I got all that done Friday night. So I rode it across town to C&C yesterday, and it ran great. As I was leaving, it died, and when I looked, sure enough, the cap and line had worked its way off the spark plug.
I got this resolved pretty quick, but it feels like this thing is not very secure. Any ideas on securing this critical connection? Thanks!
PyramidHat
> ImmoralMinority
06/17/2018 at 10:02 |
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Where are c&c’s held, there? Woodward? River park?
DipodomysDeserti
> ImmoralMinority
06/17/2018 at 10:08 |
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Happy Father’s Day! That sounds like a relaxing breakfast.
Try pinching the metal piece inside of the spark plug boot with some needle nose pliers. That should give it a better fit. Or if there is tension on the wire try rerouting it or securing it firmly away from the plug (with zip ties or similar) so there’s no tension near the plug.
Svend
> ImmoralMinority
06/17/2018 at 10:10 |
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Hi guys.
You succeeded, I clicked on the post (damn I’m so week willed).
I hope both of you are okay, and your settling into a new rhythm with the necessary lifestyle changes.
I wish I had a pool I could dip into, just sit at the side with my legs dangling inside and a nice coffee. But no, I’m having a difficult time trying to sleep before heading to yet another nightshirt. Booooooo!!!!
shop-teacher
> ImmoralMinority
06/17/2018 at 10:33 |
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Sounds like you’ve done some darn fine wrenching, my friend! Try what Skychismo said first (it probably will). If that doesn’t work, then replace the plug wire. They’re generally pretty cheap.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ImmoralMinority
06/18/2018 at 05:33 |
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cable tie around it?
maybe it needs a new lead?
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ImmoralMinority
06/19/2018 at 09:24 |
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Toby looks like he’s part coyote.