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That sucks the big one, I feel for you. Your bike was one of the inspirations for my 86 build. I wish you the best of luck in whichever course you decide to take!

Yessir, 43mm. The 5th gen is 41mm, not sure about the older gens.

VTEC = 43mm

They didn't get beat up, they fell! :cool:

Quick ebay search results: HERE Any 1988-1993 Chevy S-10/GMC S-15/Blazer/Jimmy headlight will fit.

I'm curious to know, after all the heckling, how many people PM'ed you to confirm a purchase?

You and your stickers... :biggrin: I know you put it there because it almost came loose on ya - so it makes sense to me!

Pic of the new LEDs lighting the gauges! Sorry about the cell pic, best we could do at the time. It was plugged into a friends' bike as a check, works great! They are bright enough to see in the daytime!

Here's the pics I promised. Drilling: Old 86 bulb/new LED bulb: Cutting the harness: Pigtails cleaned & installed: With bulbs: I cleaned the harness and wire wheeled all the connections with my Dremel, and cut the old sockets off. Here it is installed waiting to have the wire ends stripped and soldered to the new sockets: With bulbs & gauges: & the old gauges look so much better without the faded cover over them... That's all for now.

It took long enough, but I found a way to get those 5-led bulbs in the 750 housing. I needed bigger sockets to hold the bulbs, and "lucky me" the 86 VFR I just got has the right size sockets. So I cut 5 sockets off the 86 cluster harness, and drilled out the 83 socket holes to .5" to accept the new sockets. Got all the bulbs in and reinstalled the gauges in the tub, then reattached the harness to the back of the tub. I need to cut the old sockets off, solder the new sockets in, then install the LEDs for the indicator lights and the cluster rebuild will be complete. I have fresh pics of this stuff that I will post tonight.

Oh and Tightwad - the plastic molding thing - check out Eastwood.com, they sell resin casting kits that are meant for casting new emblems, fixing tabs, etc. Should work for lots more things, I think it comes with a book about the subject.

I can help with the tig welding, & maybe the tile thing. I also share your interest in building a helicopter, oddly enough... :biggrin: Can't wait to see those washers start rusting... and I bet your mirrors wobble and shake now(more than before). For just a couple dollars more you could have bought a cutting board and a cheap hacksaw, and had a better setup.

Well now, how's that for progress? :biggrin:

Anyone got a paint match for the sand/magnesium color engine parts on the 86's?

How's this coming along Tim?

Well sir, it's been a while... have you any updates for us to drool over?

Sure, I cut the peg off with a bandsaw, cleaned up the rough edges with a grinder, then bead blasted them and sprayed them with 3-4 coats of Rustoleum Satin Black. I got the pegs from a member here, I don't remember the exact amount, but I remember it was a little more than I had hoped for. Keep your eyes on ebay. Not sure if I have another shot, think I do, but I would have to dig around.

Yo ushould mount the pregnant snake just to throw these guys for a loop! :biggrin: ps- stop leaving your tools outside in the dirt - they are getting rusty!

No, not really. I did manage to break a bolt off in the motor... one of the upper mount bolts. :biggrin: It's soaking in PB Blaster while I get my hands on a left-handed/fluted drill bit... :blink: The motor has been brought to new-looking condition thanks to a small can of S100 Engine Brightener - that stuff is amazing! (and expensive!) I have another box of parts that I need to glass bead blast, then repaint. Got new o-ring seals for the water pipes on the motor. Got more exhaust ideas. I also bought a bunch of LEDs to replace all the bulbs in the gauge cluster, but they don't fit the sockets on the harness, so I'll have to fiddle with the harness and cut/solder all the LEDs in... Fuel oil for the garage(yes, I have a heated garage) will have to be rationed to the days that I'm feeling really inspired/motivated this winter... it's going to be a long, cold winter and the oil has never been so damn expensive - talk about "burning your cash"! :mad: I am still hoping to be done by spring though. :biggrin:

Yes and no. I didn't like them blocking the wheel, so I was going to remove them, but then bought a second set and chopped them so I could use the hard bags and have the wheel show. I switch back and forth between the two, depending on whether my wife comes with me or not.

The hot glue will probably work, it won't melt in the airbox(the foam would melt first!). I used high temp black RTV silicone.

Aww, you shoulda left it! All these shlubs go and hack their exhaust shorter to make it look more "racy", unknowingly throwing their torque and low end power in the gutter... you coulda tuned that baby for some real high rpm power!! :blink: