Intermittent issues like this are the hardest to find because they leave no trace after the fact. There are many suspects within the fuel and elect...

Blake - You are correct, some time this winter you need to disconnect the battery (to prevent shorting out the diode board), remove the engine's fron...

I take a slightly different approach. I'm not saying it's better, just different.... ► Jim and I agree, it is the kiss of death to leave ethanol fu...

Never seen what you describe, but while investigating other gas cap trivia, it was discovered that a lot of the screw-on (VW and Audi) and twist-on (T...

Link... He's opened his clock to replace the two 100 micro farad capacitors. He gingerly pries the aluminum bezel open by going slowly around the r...

► Instructions for removing the SHED system: Fuel "starvation" could have several different causes... 1. Fuel not getting to the carbs Have yo...

Well since I helped you, why not help us with a link to the website you found ?? You're not the only one with a clock that needs repair ! 😛 Tha...

I have no experience with bikes over 100K miles, and would defer to Scot on that. However, on an R100RS with 85K, I was able to cure a very uncomfo...

I once started a hobby in watch repair... which didn't last long, but I did learn some basics. The quartz movement has only something like 7 moving...

I'm very familiar with heated grips, but I don't believe I've ever seen the OEM BMW heated grip kit, only the aftermarket heater kits. So take this ne...

Right. Except I eliminated valves and head gasket with the leak-down test - which allowed pressurization of the crank case, not air escaping from valv...

It's being held at Blackshear State Park in southwest GA. NOTE: Most definitely call the state park office and talk to the local rangers.... Hurri...

There's only: rings, valves and head gasket 2 things come to mind.... • Liquids, being incompressible, they may have blown the head gasket • A g...

First of all, place a test lamp between the 2 electrical leads in place of the horn. Push the horn button and make sure the lamp lights up. Sometimes ...

When I got home, I pulled valve cover and lots of oil spilled out - more than I’m accustomed to seeing from these engines - even when parked on the si...