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Thanks for your post. I rode allot of elsi's in my day. Hard to believe that they are 50 last year. My first 125 has always been my favorite. 74' at 125 pounds and 13 years old racing at Riverdale Raceway. Then to 250 then 450 Maico. Bikes of today eat the old ones. I could go on forever.

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CUCV alternator rebuild kits, anybody?

Welcome Back! After sitting did the engine labor to get stated, having any fluid in the cylinders can hydrolock the cylinder as fluid will not compress and some of the time can crack the piston lands between rings trying to relieve pressure to get piston cycling. Having air bubbles in the...

Does anyone on the forum still sell the kits?

Progress moving forward one step at a time gets to the finish whether you are tortoise or hare. Running the engine with new fluids and frequently will get the machine back into a mechanical rhythm, and keep a vigilant eye on the fluids for any changes until your confidence in that area meets...

Pulling and reading plugs helps with looking at condition of each cylinder. Leakdown always helped me with ring sealing, broken rings, broken piston lands from overheating or over revving. If the air is leaking into the intake when intake valve closed, worn, bent, burned valve. Same with...

Visit again for tool fab, great idea.

Yep looked up an older thread and Sharecropper did all the heavy lifting. Thanks the information is still good but a little increase for time, 8.5 years. :) Having an existing account helps also. Great place for what I am always looking for.

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Glad you are making excellent progress on your pickup. Having prior mechanical experience helps bigley on anything that has been sitting a spell or old, like when things were simple. The carburetor may need to be cleaned several times before you can get all the passages clean. I always use...

That small of a crack can be easily fixed by welding. I have repaired bellhousing cracks that were fully separated in 2. I have another military case separated at the rear adapter flange that lost the upper bolts and left the bottom 2 that broke out. It is beyond repair but hopefully all the...

Ummm, WOW! If I was only 3K miles closer.

Enter your pickup into the vehicle of the month, everyone would love to see her. :love:

Welcome aboard Jake! You do not get to see em like that very often just resting in a field of dreams. :) Yes indeed its a great pickup. And looks like someone took great care of the pickup. Must be on the dry side of the State. I just want to add a word of caution. Newer old gasoline is not...

A wordsmith, people looking at your thread and giving suggestions to a probable cause become the badguy. I will say what works for me may not work for you. You decide to pick words instead of observing the content of the post. I quote said that I prefer Delco glowplugs, never said that was...

Yes they can be intermittent as they begin to wear from non greasing issues. They can open up clearance one or both sides and as the propeller spins it will spin balance to the center and will act normal. I see it more on stock non greaseable u joints front axle shafts and as the front...

Have you done a wet test on the trouble cylinder. The same with the adjacent cylinder with the low 280 reading? Wet test and dry can narrow down the symptoms to specific causes. What I see as troubling as the glow plug is "melting" many glow plugs and the piston is not having any damage as...

Square tires from sitting over the winter? How much use does the truck get. Age of tires become a hazard also after many years in the weather. Could also be death wobble from many things from one thing or combination of several. Do you think it is engine related; motor mounts check out ok...

Outstanding update!