THAT took a lot longer than I thought it would.....

[Bill_Rockoff]

When I replaced the carbs in May, I didn't know that new carbs sometimes needed the float levels adjusted.  Mine peed fuel on my Penske shortly before Boone, which probably contributed to its sudden loss of damping.  By the time Andrew and I got to Boone, the FJ was handling like a pogo stick.  Expansion joints would have me galloping like I was riding a horse (I should have let Nancy & Jeff try it, they would have been able to compare accurately.)  I understand it was amusing to watch.

Immediately after Boone, I took the carbs and Penske off.  I pulled the float bowls and made a guess at a better float level, and I took the Penske to Traxxion Dynamcis for a rebuild.  They say that the seal could be expected to fail given the mileage I put on the shock, but it was PERFECT before the fuel leak and completely done in shortly afterward. 

This is maybe 10 hours worth of work altogether, but it takes a long time when you can only give it an hour or two at a time.  Meanwhile, a whole summer passed.  I spent a bunch of time replacing Miata cooling hoses after one of them burst in the parking lot at work.  (ANOTHER thing that took a lot longer than I thought it would.)  I spent a bunch of time working on my house, which somebody just bought on Friday.  And then it took a whole Sunday to get the carbs mounted with the stock airbox, and to find a place to mount the reservoir for the Penske.  First time, I aimed the fitting toward the front of the bike and looped the hydraulic line around.  This time, I aimed the fitting back, and there was too much line to let me stick the reservoir by the battery box; I had to mount it under the subframe rail on the right side.

I finally got it wrapped up and out on the road Sunday afternoon, if only for a mile.  I probably need to dial out some of the preload, and boy did I ever get rusty.  But, it should be ready for Tellico.