Sign O' Things To Come?

Took my redslut from the (unheated) garden shed as winter seems to be gone.

she fired up pretty much directly (each year I hit the starter a few times, then wait 5 minutes and she fires up) and I let her idle.

saw a small puddle building, shut her down. coolant....

Traced it to the top of the thermostat, where the coolant hose connects to it.

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Loosened the clamp ever so slightly, the leaking sped up. Tightened the clamp (about half a turn) and it stopped and it stayed dry with the engine running the next 5 minutes.

???Anyone had this and found that there was more to it than just a loose clamp???

Saving up for a DMR front suspension kit, so a new thermostat and/or (SAMCO) tubes is not in my plans.....  :wacko:

Other than that, cleaned all connectors

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wrapped the VFRness wires

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the clutch cover yukked up of course after a winter in the cold

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But a short ride on a dyke took care of that!

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That's not unusual.   Over time virbration can loosen things up slightly.  Coolant hoses deteriorate from the inside out - presuming they're the hoses it was born with,  after 17 years they're past their prime.  In similar situations I've done the same - tighten the clamp slightly and keep an eye on it.  If it persists, it might be time for new hoses. 

But a short ride on a dyke took care of that!

I don't recall anyone ever saying that before! :goofy:

If it looks half decent, I will ride it....

Coolant hose rubber eventually dry up and shrink a bit after some years on a bike motor, so the hose clamps on them loosens up as a result, so it's normal to have to tighten them up to stop the resulting leaks.

But a short ride on a dyke took care of that!

I don't recall anyone ever saying that before! :goofy:

Your  not  from  around  here  are  you  ?

Did you use that thumb to fix her Dutchy?

But a short ride on a dyke took care of that!

I don't recall anyone ever saying that before! :goofy:

Your  not  from  around  here  are  you  ?

I've clearly had a sheltered upbringing.

Please explain to Dutchy what English slang for dyke means. I tried to ride a dyke once, no joy.

Please explain to Dutchy what English slang for dyke means. I tried to ride a dyke once, no joy.

I've met a few on the rugby pitch before but was never drunk enough to try to ride one!

Dutchy,

Here's something to look into:

http://www.dykesonbikes.org/

A local bike group here in the Bay area.

Just in case you run into such a gang on your next trip to the US.........

Dykesonbikes? Only in the US! LOL

Is there a double entendre forum on this site . . . ?  :goofy:

Leaky  Dyke  ?

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Should  have double  bagged  ...

Not leaky but reinforcing/heightening....

Long term, we Dutch are in a dead end street.....

A large part of our -reclaimed- land is effectively a large river delta (the Rhine and la Meuse) where in olden times, sediment would settle from the rivers.

As we "dyked" in the rivers, the "dry land" is effectively sinking, whereas the bottom of the rivers rises (with the sediment that would normally be spread out...)

So we have to dredge and build (higher dykes and areas that are allowed to flood) for rising water levels/more extremes in rainfall over Europe/glaciers melting.

So far we can manage this through engineering, but look 100's years ahead and one has to wonder.........

The land "sinks, we are in some places already this much below sea level...

MC content!!!!!

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that is metres, not feet.....

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So  your  saying  your  a  "low  level dyke"  ...