Just had an online conversation with Mike last week discussing a particular part. He is a weath of knowledge and always willing to share as well. Great guy. Thanks for commenting.
Always very interesting content , watching your methodical approach is good , I tend to be a bull at the gate , and break a lot of stuff unnecessarily , ps ,that bible of yours Ralph, may be worth converting to pdf and making available as a download for a $$ , anyway, looking forward to your next vlog 👨🎓👍✌
Thanks and patience is the key to saving old parts and bikes. You got to go slow and easy ha ha. Yes my "bible" is worth its weight in gold to me. I had a great teacher and thankfully I wrote most everything down so I would have it for years to come. Before the internet you know. Little did I know that 35 years later I would still be using it a lot. Thanks for commenting.
Glad to see Margaret getting ready to go back together Ralph. Really excited to see your direction for the old girl. I got my softail fired for the 1st time in at least 8 years. She puked a lot lol. Keep up the great content Ralph
Gald to hear you got her running. It is always a special feeling when you get something running that hasn't run for years. Others may not get that but we do. Good luck with it. I am forming a plan for Margaret, I am sure you know the feeling that the more you look at it .... it will tell you what it is meant to be. Thanks for commenting Hip, appreciated!
Your good at homemade tools, how about a thick steal plate that bolts on like a cylinder hear and has a large jack screw in the center that will push down on the piston.
I thought about that but knew she had to come apart anyway. It is sometimes hard to push the piston down depending on where it is stuck in the stroke. Thanks for commenting.
Good morning 🌅, A wealth of knowledge, great content very enjoyable to watch it whilst I’m having my brekkie in the morning, as it is a bright and sunny day here today in the Correze in France, I’m going for a ride, on my Deuce 1550 , 2003 , keep up the great work,
@@itsmytimeletsgo good afternoon, just been for my ride out , approximately 50 miles, It doesn’t sound a lot. I did stop for a midnight lunch a nice big salad, salmon, prawns, avocados, et cetera., a cold small beer a coffee, ☕️, then a trundle back, my bike got wet, Sack la blah blah, And of course, me, First time being out in the rain for probably about 7 to 8 years, and first time on this bike as I’ve only had it for 2 to 3 months, Now I’ve got to go and polish it else it will have watermarks all over it , at least it’s great being back on the bike again, over in France,
They have been a god send for me. So glad I took the time, when I was younger, to write it all down and save it. Lots of things on the internet now but there are also lots of things that are not. They have saved me a few times. Thanks for commenting.
Hey Mr. Ralph, My name is Pete. I live down in the lower 48 as some people call it. I’m from Sylvania, Georgia. We’re approximately 80 to 85 miles northwest of Savannah, Georgia. I’ve been watching your channel for a couple of months now. They have been very informative and helpful with the older bikes. Thanks and hope you have much success with your channel !
YES SIR RALPH.. I JUST STUMBLED ON YOUR POD CAST. I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU THEN I SEEN BARRY BUTT. THEN I KNEW IT WAS YOU .NICE WORK. GOOD TO SEE YOUR STILL IN THE GAME JAMI GAUDET...
I will be doing things in between, as well, because as we all know ... it takes time to start from the bottom and address all the issues. Hope you stick with us. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting. So kool.
Thanks Billy it is appreciated. We all have to do our part if we can, we just can't have as many as Slick . He thinks its a race. ha ha Thanks for commenting.
Hay Ralf thanks for the awsome videos I find them to be both interesting and very informative and you have a very pleasant deminer as well! I'm from Victoria Australia bye the way!
Really great to see people restoring these older motors instead of replacing major parts, I know at some point resurfacing etc is needed but once they're gone that's it, well done sir.
I agree 100%. Got to try to save them if I can. Yes refurbishing is required for many parts but you are right. Once they are gone ....they are gone forever. Thanks for commenting.
Yes she will not be easy but she will ride again. 5 minutes away? You will probably drop by when she begins to come together. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
Watching from Minnesota, great to see you putting the time into those old bikes. Life long rider 44yrs myself, and counting more (59yrs old), grew up on those 70's shovels with both parents as riders. Great to see the time put in!
Man I really appreciate your videos, I appreciate the music too you pick some of the best music. second you should take all your notes you have put it in a book and then sell it, so everybody else can have your notes as well😊
Glad you are enjoying the videos and music as well. Sometimes hard to find something that fits. I use my notes all the time, lucky I did that many yers ago. Thanks for commenting.
Nice video Ralph, very informative!!! I can’t believe your still going on and on with my hands getting dirty joke!!! I may not rebuild engines from the bottom up like you do, but i’ll have you know, every antique bike i own I personally service and repair every thing on them, i even rebuild topends, when needed!! despite what you may think about OL SLICK getting his hands dirty or not, I wouldn’t dare have an old timer touch my bikes, I’ll fix it myself, and if i don’t know how i’ll learn. Remember you were “young” once too!! Just a really really really long time ago!! 😂😂😂😂😂 just messing with ya Ralphy boy!!! Great video great series!!! Keep up the good work, your channel’s really taking off!!! Congrats!! 👍🍺 SLICK
I know you work on them Slick just fooling around with ya. Good for you doing that and you build a relationship with each and every machine. They all need personal love and care. Yes we are growing, I can't believe it, and I am overwhelmed by the support from others out there. Keeps an old guy going. All the best to ya!! Thanks for commenting.
I like learning from you about the shovelheads. I'm taking my time working on 72 xlch. Never been in one before. They appear to be fairly straightforward.
When I was a little kid (55 years ago) my Dad bought a 1936 John Deere Model B tractor with stuck pistons (that’s what happens when you don’t put a can over the exhaust pipe). He had to take the block to a machine shop to get the pistons pressed out.
I keep watching guys with these "new battery powered impact wrenches" and try to decide if I should buy "a set" or just keep truckin with my old air powered such tools. It seems a hard choice.
I was the same way until I bought one. I would never go back to air as the battery powered ones are so convenient, and powerful. No hoses etc. Just pick it up and blast it ha ha. Thanks for commenting.
Hi Ralph. I could be wrong, but I do believe that the last year of the 74" cylinders had 80" castings that were only bored out to 3-7/16" while the 80" is 3-1/2". In other words, the cylinder walls might be thicker then the earlier 74's. If that's the case, you might have a lot more meat to work with when cleaning them up. What do you think?
You maybe right. I never thought of it that way. But makes perfect sense. Hoping I only have to go .020" max though, we will see. Thanks for the info, and commenting.
17 rollers on the crank bearings ( three cages) and 14 on the pinion bearings (2 cages). Hope that is what you are looking for. Thanks for the question and commenting.
Some things just take a little patience to get but worth it not to beat and pound on things if you are tyring to save them. Thanks for commenting Tbone.
The flywheels on that 54 KH that had been flooded were toasted, 1/4" layers of chunky rust scraped off, tapers were rusted out, it must have sat much longer with the water in it, the pinion race was beyond re use as were the rods and 3 shafts, the timken case cast insert was still good miracuously. the entire transmission was ruined also, I'd say you got luckier than I did.
I have a 1986 sportster. Had work done to it. Ran great for 4500 miles. When it develope a pop miss fire. Not sure whats going on. Wont even run now. Just pushes back hard if you try to start it. Like a valve closed. Im just frustraited. I ask WHY. Dont worry. It was a Harly machanic that worked on it. Any advice😢
Sorry don't have a quick and easy answer for you. Might have to pull a head and have a look. Check to see if you have any pushrods loose, if you have adjustables, to see if it might be a valve. Thanks for commenting.
New guy from middle Tennessee. I just can't understand why someone would store a bike in a wet invironment. I just got my ugly '67 rigid running again after the previous owner had it stored in an open air lean-to which also had various farm critters in it. Everything on or in it had to be rebuilt but I'm 500 miles into it now after I went through it and I think I'm good to go.
Ha Ha Ha A.M.I. Kurt was a mountain of a man wasn't he?, saw him packing a 4 cylinder motorcycle engine under 1 arm like it was nothing. Do you still have your sign board?
Good to be at the bottom. No where to go from here but up !!
You and Pacific Mike are my heroes..
Amen brother
Just had an online conversation with Mike last week discussing a particular part. He is a weath of knowledge and always willing to share as well. Great guy. Thanks for commenting.
Always very interesting content , watching your methodical approach is good , I tend to be a bull at the gate , and break a lot of stuff unnecessarily , ps ,that bible of yours Ralph, may be worth converting to pdf and making available as a download for a $$ , anyway, looking forward to your next vlog 👨🎓👍✌
Thanks and patience is the key to saving old parts and bikes. You got to go slow and easy ha ha. Yes my "bible" is worth its weight in gold to me. I had a great teacher and thankfully I wrote most everything down so I would have it for years to come. Before the internet you know. Little did I know that 35 years later I would still be using it a lot. Thanks for commenting.
Glad to see Margaret getting ready to go back together Ralph. Really excited to see your direction for the old girl.
I got my softail fired for the 1st time in at least 8 years. She puked a lot lol. Keep up the great content Ralph
Gald to hear you got her running. It is always a special feeling when you get something running that hasn't run for years. Others may not get that but we do. Good luck with it. I am forming a plan for Margaret, I am sure you know the feeling that the more you look at it .... it will tell you what it is meant to be. Thanks for commenting Hip, appreciated!
@@itsmytimeletsgo 💯 %
I like your channel ,watching from Kamloops,B.C. Canada
So gald you are enjoying it. Always nice to hear and gives me reason to keep on going. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
Your good at homemade tools, how about a thick steal plate that bolts on like a cylinder hear and has a large jack screw in the center that will push down on the piston.
I thought about that but knew she had to come apart anyway. It is sometimes hard to push the piston down depending on where it is stuck in the stroke. Thanks for commenting.
Good morning 🌅, A wealth of knowledge, great content very enjoyable to watch it whilst I’m having my brekkie in the morning, as it is a bright and sunny day here today in the Correze in France, I’m going for a ride, on my Deuce 1550 , 2003 , keep up the great work,
Thanks and sounds like a great day for a ride. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and comenting.
@@itsmytimeletsgo good afternoon, just been for my ride out , approximately 50 miles, It doesn’t sound a lot. I did stop for a midnight lunch a nice big salad, salmon, prawns, avocados, et cetera., a cold small beer a coffee, ☕️, then a trundle back, my bike got wet, Sack la blah blah, And of course, me, First time being out in the rain for probably about 7 to 8 years, and first time on this bike as I’ve only had it for 2 to 3 months,
Now I’ve got to go and polish it else it will have watermarks all over it , at least it’s great being back on the bike again, over in France,
@@Hog-g2z I got caught in the rain last week on my trike and I hate cleaning as well. ha ha Nice to see you are back on the road again!!
Make copies ..of those notes ..bind them ..they would sell ..👍👍👋👋
They have been a god send for me. So glad I took the time, when I was younger, to write it all down and save it. Lots of things on the internet now but there are also lots of things that are not. They have saved me a few times. Thanks for commenting.
Hey Mr. Ralph,
My name is Pete. I live down in the lower 48 as some people call it. I’m from Sylvania, Georgia. We’re approximately 80 to 85 miles northwest of Savannah, Georgia. I’ve been watching your channel for a couple of months now. They have been very informative and helpful with the older bikes. Thanks and hope you have much success with your channel !
Thank you for letting me know where you are from Pete. I always enjoy that. Glad you are enjoying the channel and Thanks for commenting.
YES SIR RALPH.. I JUST STUMBLED ON YOUR POD CAST. I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU THEN I SEEN BARRY BUTT. THEN I KNEW IT WAS YOU .NICE WORK. GOOD TO SEE YOUR STILL IN THE GAME
JAMI GAUDET...
Like I always say "ain't dead yet". Barry is a superstar and we always have fun together. Thanks for commenting.
Last bike I restored was a 1970 shovelhead, worth every penny, keep them on the road. Have a blessed week my friend
Yes I feel it is well worth the effort to save them for future generations.Thanks for commenting.
Watching from the Bahamas. Enjoy watching your videos.
Gald you are enjoying them. Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from. Nice riding weather down there I am sure.
Really enjoying this series! Looking forward to the rest of the rebuild. Cheers from the UK. 🇬🇧
I will be doing things in between, as well, because as we all know ... it takes time to start from the bottom and address all the issues. Hope you stick with us. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting. So kool.
Man that was stuck reminds me of a 427 Chevy I got out of a boat an built for a drag car years ago good content
Yes they were in there, but taking my time saved the cylinders. Thanks for sharing and commenting.
Love your work ethic and philosophy on saving old iron. Keep up the great work up there! Billy(AKA Rich Billy)
Thanks Billy it is appreciated. We all have to do our part if we can, we just can't have as many as Slick . He thinks its a race. ha ha Thanks for commenting.
We need more people like you, Ralph keep the good work up love the videos
Thank you so much. Gald you are enjoying the channel.Thanks for commenting.
Good Point Ralph...."Nobody's going to save them but us"
You got that right and I feel that someone will appreciate that we did, in the next 50 to 100 years. Thanks for commenting.
hats off to you ralph. i have never seen anyone go to such lengths to save a motor
I believe they all need to be saved, if I can. Not enough time to save them all but hopefully I can continue to save a few. Thanks for commenting.
Great to see you restoring the old shovel...good luck from Ireland!
She needs some work but I am certian she will ride again. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
I’ve really been loving your channel. Thanks for taking the time to do these. 🤙🏻
So glad you are enjoying it, always nice to hear. I hope to keep them coming. Thanks for commenting.
Hay Ralf thanks for the awsome videos I find them to be both interesting and very informative and you have a very pleasant deminer as well! I'm from Victoria Australia bye the way!
You are welcome. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
Really great to see people restoring these older motors instead of replacing major parts, I know at some point resurfacing etc is needed but once they're gone that's it, well done sir.
I agree 100%. Got to try to save them if I can. Yes refurbishing is required for many parts but you are right. Once they are gone ....they are gone forever. Thanks for commenting.
Hi from England Ralph, just to say , loving your videos, thanks very much.
Gald you are enjoying them. Hear that from others give me drive to continue. Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from.
Hi from Thailand. Thanks for a great show with real content.😅
Thanks and gald you are enjoying the channel. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
Great vid! So nice to see this done right. When it’s done I’d trust that motor to take me anywhere! Thanks for sharing! Be well!
Thanks for the kind words. She should be a runner when she's done. Thanks for commenting.
Enjoying this series Ralph,you’ve got your hands full. I can’t wait to see the final result!!
I only live five minutes from you in Coldbrook
Yes she will not be easy but she will ride again. 5 minutes away? You will probably drop by when she begins to come together. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
Ralph, thank you for doing these videos. I look forward to your posts every week. It’s a noble thing bringing Margaret back.
You are welcome. Thanks for following us along, appreciated. She will ride again.Thanks for commenting.
RALPH I AM WATCHING FROM GREAT BRITAIN. LOVE THE VIDEO'S..
Thanks! Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from.
Watching from Minnesota, great to see you putting the time into those old bikes. Life long rider 44yrs myself, and counting more (59yrs old), grew up on those 70's shovels with both parents as riders. Great to see the time put in!
I am trying to save as many as I can. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and comenting.
Man I really appreciate your videos, I appreciate the music too you pick some of the best music.
second you should take all your notes you have put it in a book and then sell it, so everybody else can have your notes as well😊
Glad you are enjoying the videos and music as well. Sometimes hard to find something that fits. I use my notes all the time, lucky I did that many yers ago. Thanks for commenting.
Hard oak wedges work great for taking the lower end apart. Nice video
Thanks for the tip and sharing with others. Thanks for commenting.
I like your channel 👍. I'm a shovelhead man. Regards from south in Norway
Glad you like the content. Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from. To cool.
Love your stuff Ralph I am an old friend of Hippie (Jet).
Thank you very much. Always nice to hear. Hip is a great guy!! Thanks for commenting.
Ralph you make it look so easy. Great video my friend.
Its not rocket science just time and patience. Thanks for commenting.
Hello Ralph-I’m in Kentucky-found your channel through Hippie and Slick
Thanks for checking me out and letting me know where you are from. Thanks to Hippie and Slick for shouting me out! Thanks for commenting.
dig your content man ! respect from RCS prince Rupert British Columbia Canada
Glad you are enjoying the channel and thanks for letting me know where you are from.
Glad to see it came apart reasonably easy.
Just had to take my time with her. Thanks for commenting.
Love your little slide hammers.
They are very handy and I use them a lot. Thanks for commenting.
from indiana really enjoy your vids keep up the good work thanks
Glad you are enjoying the channel, always nice to hear. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
It’s nice when you have the right tools
What I can't afford I try to make. Some you have to buy and they make your life a lot easier. Thanks for commenting.
Loving these videos from Tennessee I am, Have a great day man.
Nice to hear you are enjoying the channel. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and comenting.
Like the Tools having what it takes in tools priceless
I agree. Thanks for commenting.
Great work there Ralph.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.
My bike is very shiny. But it never went through a fire, didn't spend half it's life outside uncovered.
Gald to hear you are taking care of it. Thanks for commenting.
Nice video Ralph, very informative!!! I can’t believe your still going on and on with my hands getting dirty joke!!! I may not rebuild engines from the bottom up like you do, but i’ll have you know, every antique bike i own I personally service and repair every thing on them, i even rebuild topends, when needed!! despite what you may think about OL SLICK getting his hands dirty or not, I wouldn’t dare have an old timer touch my bikes, I’ll fix it myself, and if i don’t know how i’ll learn. Remember you were “young” once too!! Just a really really really long time ago!! 😂😂😂😂😂 just messing with ya Ralphy boy!!! Great video great series!!! Keep up the good work, your channel’s really taking off!!! Congrats!! 👍🍺 SLICK
I know you work on them Slick just fooling around with ya. Good for you doing that and you build a relationship with each and every machine. They all need personal love and care. Yes we are growing, I can't believe it, and I am overwhelmed by the support from others out there. Keeps an old guy going. All the best to ya!! Thanks for commenting.
Again. Looking and learning. Thanks!
Glad you are enjoying the content. Thanks for commenting.
I like learning from you about the shovelheads. I'm taking my time working on 72 xlch. Never been in one before. They appear to be fairly straightforward.
Sounds like a great project. Thanks for commenting.
Awesome content from 🇬🇧
Thanks and glad you are enjoying it. Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from.
Great Stuff!
Thanks appreciated. Thanks for commenting.
When I was a little kid (55 years ago) my Dad bought a 1936 John Deere Model B tractor with stuck pistons (that’s what happens when you don’t put a can over the exhaust pipe). He had to take the block to a machine shop to get the pistons pressed out.
Great story. Yes things can be stuck pretty good if not covered up when stored. Thanks for commenting.
I keep watching guys with these "new battery powered impact wrenches" and try to decide if I should buy "a set" or just keep truckin with my old air powered such tools. It seems a hard choice.
I was the same way until I bought one. I would never go back to air as the battery powered ones are so convenient, and powerful. No hoses etc. Just pick it up and blast it ha ha. Thanks for commenting.
Ron here and watching from Indiana. Kinda close to Indianapolis
Glad you are enjoying the channel. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
Wisconsin
Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
I see you have both HD tool #1 and #2 on the bench (#1 big & 1 small Hammer).
Sometimes you have to bring in the big guns lol. Thanks for commenting.
Hello from indep mo
Welcome and Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from.
Hi Ralph. I could be wrong, but I do believe that the last year of the 74" cylinders had 80" castings that were only bored out to 3-7/16"
while the 80" is 3-1/2".
In other words, the cylinder walls might be thicker then the earlier 74's. If that's the case, you might have a lot more meat
to work with when cleaning them up. What do you think?
You maybe right. I never thought of it that way. But makes perfect sense. Hoping I only have to go .020" max though, we will see. Thanks for the info, and commenting.
Ralph, are those 17, 18 or 19 roller bearing cages?
17 rollers on the crank bearings ( three cages) and 14 on the pinion bearings (2 cages). Hope that is what you are looking for. Thanks for the question and commenting.
Dont like to ssy i told you so..... But i knew you would get it!!!!!!! So.. told you i had faith in you...still do!!!!!
Some things just take a little patience to get but worth it not to beat and pound on things if you are tyring to save them. Thanks for commenting Tbone.
The flywheels on that 54 KH that had been flooded were toasted, 1/4" layers of chunky rust scraped off, tapers were rusted out, it must have sat much longer with the water in it, the pinion race was beyond re use as were the rods and 3 shafts, the timken case cast insert was still good miracuously. the entire transmission was ruined also, I'd say you got luckier than I did.
Sounds like quite a mess. Mine is bad but restorable for the most part. Thanks for commenting.
I have a 1986 sportster. Had work done to it. Ran great for 4500 miles. When it develope a pop miss fire. Not sure whats going on. Wont even run now. Just pushes back hard if you try to start it. Like a valve closed. Im just frustraited. I ask WHY. Dont worry. It was a Harly machanic that worked on it. Any advice😢
Sorry don't have a quick and easy answer for you. Might have to pull a head and have a look. Check to see if you have any pushrods loose, if you have adjustables, to see if it might be a valve. Thanks for commenting.
New guy from middle Tennessee.
I just can't understand why someone would store a bike in a wet invironment.
I just got my ugly '67 rigid running again after the previous owner had it stored in an open air lean-to which also had various farm critters in it.
Everything on or in it had to be rebuilt but I'm 500 miles into it now after I went through it and I think I'm good to go.
Good for you for keeping at it and now riding it! That's what it is all about. Thanks for letting me know where you are from and commenting.
You ought to take all your notes and publish them make a few extra bucks for your pocket
Haven't really got time to do that but a good idea. Thanks for commenting.
Ha Ha Ha A.M.I. Kurt was a mountain of a man wasn't he?, saw him packing a 4 cylinder motorcycle engine under 1 arm like it was nothing. Do you still have your sign board?
Yes he was and a great teacher and I was lucky to have him when I went to AMI. Yes I do. Thanks for commenting.