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One Man Wrenching
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Follow along as I perform DIY upgrades and modifications to Motorcycles and Cars.
'61 Mercury Comet: Getting the Nissan transmission ready to bolt to the LS engine
Modifying the 6 speed manual transmission from a 350Z to work with my Chevy LS engine. Found a great kit with all the parts needed. Follow along as I get it installed.
Kit used in this video: www.fabbotfab.com/products/fabbot-ls-to-cd009-adapter-bundle
Not a sponsored placement. Bought and paid full price from their website.
Kit used in this video: www.fabbotfab.com/products/fabbot-ls-to-cd009-adapter-bundle
Not a sponsored placement. Bought and paid full price from their website.
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61 Mercury Comet - Gathering Parts
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I know it's been awhile since the last update. Fear not, I'm at the "just add money" stage of this project. Slowly gathering all the parts that will be needed in order to make this a drivable car.
61 Mercury Comet - Finishing the Mustang II Front End & Wilwood Brakes!
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Finally hang the control arms, install the springs and the shocks, hang the steering rack, and install the brakes and shiny new wheels! Follow along to see how it all works out.
61 Mercury Comet - Hanging the Mustang II Crossmember
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Now that the frame rails are all boxed in, we move on to fitting the crossmember. One it's in place, we weld it in and move on to the upper spring perches. Follow along and enjoy the adventure.
61 Mercury Comet - Boxing the frame rails
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Before we can install the Mustang II crossmember, we need to box the frame rails. Follow along as I prepare the rails and then weld in the frame boxing kit.
61 Mercury Comet - Front Suspension Removal
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Follow along this week, as I remove the entire front suspension from the 1961 Mercury Comet. Including cutting out the shock towers. Makes for a ton more room in the engine bay, and paves the way for the Mustang II style suspension install.
61 Mercury Comet - Engine Removal and Autopsy
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The more I tore down this motor, the worse it looked. Follow along as I get it out and tear it down.
61 Mercury Comet - Compression Test Failed
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Heck of a way to start a new project. After failing to get the original engine in my Comet to start, I dig in to find out why. Also a bunch of other little bits of progress.
New project car: ‘61 Mercury Comet
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Saw this sweet machine for sale and fell in love with it. It’s going to take me forever, but I’ll try to post videos as I go. This is a very short and sweet intro video, a quick walk around. I’ll babble about my intentions in a future video, when I’m turning some wrenches.
Part 9 - Injector Bungs and Fuel Rails - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 EFI Conversion
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Just a short collection of clips this week. The fuel injector bungs have been welded into the factory intake elbows, and I start making the fuel rails.
My 1991 Suzuki Bandit 400
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Just a quick show around my new bike. Picked it up last summer. It’s a fun little ripper.
Part 8 - Wiring Begins Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion - 1981 Goldwing GL1100
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Sorry about mistakenly uploading last week's episode. This is the proper video file, covering sorting out the wiring of the MegaSquirt 3 Pro into this bike. Follow along as we get the wires pointing in the right directions.
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 7 - Flowbenching, welding & more!
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Little bit of a miscellaneous episode. Got the intake flowbenched. Removed the exhaust and welded in the O2 sensor bung. Came up with an air filter and a way to mount it. Found a home for the fuse/relay box as well as the MegaSquirt brain.
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 6 - Fuel Injector Bungs!
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Spent a day working on the bike. Mostly involved installing the fuel injector bungs. Also installed the 36-1 crank trigger wheel.
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 5 - Making the intake manifold
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After trying many many times to print the manifold as a single piece, I found a new way to print it that's far easier.
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 4 - PARTS ARE HERE!
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Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 4 - PARTS ARE HERE!
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 3
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Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 3
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 2
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Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 2
EFI Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 1
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EFI Conversion Project - 1981 Goldwing GL1100 - Part 1
Indian Scout - Wire Tuck and Big Headlight Upgrade
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Indian Scout - Wire Tuck and Big Headlight Upgrade
Mt St Helens - Highlights w/ a sad ending :(
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Mt St Helens - Highlights w/ a sad ending :(
Indian Scout - Troubleshooting and fixing a check engine light
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Indian Scout - Troubleshooting and fixing a check engine light
Indian Scout RPW Axe Quiet Baffle Install
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Indian Scout RPW Axe Quiet Baffle Install
Indian Scout - Louder Horn Installation!
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Indian Scout - Louder Horn Installation!
Part 7 - Harley Street 500 to 750 conclusion
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Part 7 - Harley Street 500 to 750 conclusion
Does this increase the ground clearance and does this make suspension soft or stiffer?
It simply makes it stiffer. Increases preload.
Probably a good idea to put a rag over the throttle body to prevent those tiny coil on plug bolts falling into it. Also a set of front and rear stands does wonders for stability. Still have to support the middle when removing the top frame.
Thanks, Cheap saddle bags sagged under weight, and the plastic bottoms melted to my top pipe. Gonna try it.
Loved the video and commentary 😀
here in 2024 man video still helping me thanks man !!!!!!!!!
Oh no. I just checked the release date on this video. 😅😅😅😅😂 Yeah well time wise I'm out of date and too late to comment below. 😬Sorry about that 🤣😂😅😐
Green in that shade is a Kawasaki colour. About the hardware, Ukraine is at war. With Putin's co. so you're lucky to get it at all. You could slip the window off and rotate that frame, possibly? You want a good high strength steel band from the axle nut to the front step so it can't hang the wheel up accidentally? It looks like the wheel alignment is totally fudged also. But I'm watching on a wanky cell device so the imagery is probably distorted to F?!
Big, thick melted sole from the Wife on my 73 R75/5. Worked like a charm, no scratches, and total of about 10 minutes of vigorous scrubbing. THANKS!
What did you use to clean the calipers before paining?
Just brake cleaner. Nothing survives that stuff.
Thank you my brother. Just got cloth burn on my chrome exhaust. Just ordered the pads. Fingers crossed.
What happens if you don't use the jack and remove the filter and spark plugs, will the engine fall and could damage something?
The bike will fold up like a pair of scissors. Those two top bars that you remove are a structural part of the bike.
I need to see this series continue 😭
I hear ya. I’ll get back onto this project sooner or later.
Many of us with old bikes were following you fuel injection series. Abandoned?
Nah, just on the back burner. Sorry for the delay on that project.
Im building my own sidecar since i found it its cheaper and now im trying to learn where are the connections i mean where they should be and i also found out that angles are important for your steering so all the rods are adjustable for different lengths for angles now this video really did help after numerous of videos of this 😄 (sorry for any misspelling english is not my first language)
I noticed a serious lack of videos on the subject when I did my rig. Not too hard at all to build the sidecar yourself, next time I build a rig, that’s what I plan to do.
Thank you for taking the time.
Indian Scout shop told me it cost two hour labor at $160 an hour spark plugs are about $20 or so crazy but how long does it take you to do that then is that two hour job as well ???
It’s coming together! Nice engine😀
Great bike, great update! Everything fits very well. I could ride this forever)
I adjusted mine with a pair of Progressive 444s.
What seat is that?
What size do I need for the flyscreen. Klassiek S3 Marlijn Piranha S3
i prefer to pay 😂
Welcome to the pocket rocket club! :D
I'm here in 2024 with this same issue on my Continental GT 650. Appreciate this a lot.
The fly screen do you have enough protection from the wind?.
For sure. No more buffeting. Gives you a nice clean flow of air.
that torn dashboard is giving me the heebie-jeebies
Just ordered wire wheels for my 2019 scout. What inner tubes did you use or did you just order stock ones from Indian? I cant tell from the part diagram if the valve stem needs to be offset when buying aftermarket tubes.
I’m pretty sure the tubes came with the rims.
It’s coming along well!
Where did you get the mirrors and blinkers. I want to get some custome ones that are small like that
Revzilla
Thanks man!
Great set of videos man. thanks for making them. my dumb ass tried mounting a sidecar to my springer softail until i found out that wouldnt work. probably buy a honda or something to stick it on. but these videos have been invaluable.
Could you send me the stl file for the manifold?
Good thing you had that engineer helping out!😊
where can i get rear shocks from? new shocks you can recommend?
Lookin good! A lot of work😀
Where did you even find that gas cap
After Arlen Ness passed away, a lot of his products vanished from the market. Back when I bought it, it was everywhere and I think I got mine from Revzilla.
Waiting for updates first start would be a neat kicker
I may pull it out and wrap it up enough to do that, once the Comet is mobile again.
A few years late but I got the chk engine and no code then it disappeared. Should I be concerned?
This method completely worked! No scratches, and my baby looks like new again. Thank you!!!
Take your dog for a ride. That's funny I bought my sidecar just for my dog. BEST MONEY I EVER SPENT
Awesome cut on the spring 🎉
And the steering lock can easily be smashed
LS swap into a Merc? Abomination. You have 3 choices: winsor/5.0, 460 based, or Coyote. Please dont desecrate a clean Comet with a Chevy Motor. Please.
I was planning to build an LS and swap it into something long before I found this car. It can always have something else swapped into it later in the future. I just love how common and affordable LS engines are. Great power, great gas mileage, light, tons of aftermarket options, tons of transmission options, I can literally get a bellhousing for every transmission out there to hook up to an LS engine. At least it’s still American. I’m not swapping a 2JZ or some BMW motor or some other import option.
Thank you for that!!
what's happening with the bike you were converting to fuel injection?
It’s sitting off to the side. Lost motivation on that project. But it’s still waiting on me.
Kewl! You got the stutter towers out!
So i hadnt messed with a stand alone ecu in a long time, so i thought id go to megasquirt like innthe old days and then i saw their prices which boy howdy i knew inflation was a bitch bit damn! Then i kept coming across reviews and videos like this and came to the fuck this shit conclusion. I was then turned on to speeduino and havent looked back
Man. ... I know you did this a while ago, but thank you. You make great, detailed, informative videos. Nice job. On a side note, is there a better solo seat for the passenger (that might even be for a different bike), but can also work on the Scout? Would love to know. Thx. AW
Pronounced “arrow-mok”
use a blade screwdriver against that inside lip on the wheel cap to install it, that way you don't ding it up. you also use the screw driver to remove that cap. when the time comes.