Welcome to our channel. We specialize in Vintage pre 2000 bikes. "Vintage Harleys are My Thing" as our logo says. It is about Harley motorcycle repairs, fabrication, building tools I need, and of course many friends along the way. I got my first Harley, "Rosie" , in 1974. Still have her to this day. I have run an Independent Bike shop for over 35 years, and have built many handmade Bikes and Trikes over the years.
Now "It's My Time", as it is everyone's time, so "Lets Go" and all get at some of the projects and dreams that have spent way to long on the back shelf of life.
I am not an expert, or an instructor, but I hope you enjoy the content and take what knowledge you will from them. It is not the Gospel, and some of it will be strictly fun projects that I am now taking time to do and enjoy. Time is precious...Life is short, enjoy and appreiciate every minute.
I hope you enjoy our channel, Subscribe, Like, Comment and Share us out there and come back often! Thanks Ralph
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If you check with Pacific Mike he can tell you about the breather gear years.
Big job! She’ll be worth it in the end.
Ralph enjoyed the content. This was the video I had been waiting for. Good luck getting those pistons out. Look forward to the next video.
I'm sure you got them by now but, I would have heated up the barrels & hit the slugs with a quick freeze after a good soaking. This is an interesting project so far 👌
Thanks for the video Ralph, see you next week.
A good video to show people how not to leave a bike sit. Enjoying watching you get Margret back on the road.
Love this content I'm learning alot thx 😊
That poor motor is in bad shape. You should get yourself some Evaporust to have around the shop.
Did you make your valve spring compressor tool . I like it . Looks like heat will be your friend separating the cylinders and pistons .
Great video Ralph. I enjoyed every minute of it. Hey by the way, I placed the order for that sportster countershaft last night!! so I will call you when I get a tracking number on it and see exactly when it’s going to land at my house. 👍🍺 SLICK
Awesome , always, it's getting real interesting , I would've tried a propane torch to those cylinders 🤣, we get ure vlogs down under , on a Sunday morning, I like to watch while I have breakfast 🤔👍✌
Great video, Ralph.
Great vid 😊
Great work! Man those pistons are stuck! Wow. Great video! Be well!
Big project my friend. Will try to stop in sometime soon, been way too long.
Its going to be a big job. Looking forward to see you again. Thanks for commenting.
As for rust removal the best product is evaperust it really works
Just trying a few things before I disassemble. Thanks for the advice. Thanks for commenting.
Stop mix up 1 part transmission fluid and 1 part acetone it's what I've found works more often than not without damaging the parts
Thanks for the tip. I will keep it in mind for the future. Thanks for commenting.
How about lifting the rear tire, put it in gear then work the tire forward and back. I put that'd free up those stuck pistons.
She is stuck worse than that. Thanks for commenting.
I do know that 45% vinegar will find every teeny tiny little cut in your hands..😮
Yes found that out as well ha ha. Thanks for commenting.
Now I used 45% vinegar I got in the jungle site. I left it too long in my tanks and the little pipe that goes underneath to the other tank just rotted right off.. Somebody had put sealer on top of rust in this shovelhead tanks I got with my bike so I mean they're trash but I thought I'd try it but you do after not let it sit too long mine was like a couple days
I have a good friend that is a great cleaning and coating tanks. I take all my tanks to get him to do them before I even think about painting. Thanks for commenting.
The hits keep coming. She is going to need the full meal deal.
The back tyres at least looks good
Yes that is a good part thats left. Thanks for commenting.
It’s a shame some people are such assholes and I enjoy your videos and your bikes look real nice and that one sounds great but I have a question when did Harley start with the computer crap on there bikes thank you keep up the great videos
Thanks not sure what year they started but had ignition modules controlling the ignition, carb bikes, before they went to computers I think. Thanks for commenting.
The rust looks like orange paint at a fast glance
I can guarantee you its rust ha ha. Thanks for commenting.
is the piston to cylinder size relationship why those pistons have so much scuffing?
Yes and improper breakin might have contributed to that. Thanks for commenting.
Nice one! Subbed over from Hippie. 👌
Thanks for coming on over to check me out and subbin up! Thanks for commenting.
Hey bud I got a 1981 FXS a month ago. I have two problems that I need your advice on. First the motor holds 20 to 30 lbs. oil pressure but doesn’t seem to be pumping oil back to the tank just bubbles on surface. Second it has double plug heads it has long shank plugs on left side and short shank on the right side. I have to grind a spark plug socket as thin as I dare and remove exhaust push rod tube clip to even get to the front right side plug. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I also own a 1982 FXS and have none of these problems. As you can probably tell these are my first two shovels. Thanks bud. You take care and ride safe.
Hello John. If you send me an email to [email protected] we can discuss it further and maybe I can give you some suggestions as to where to start to look. As far as it being tight to get at the second plug, that is often the way they are especially if who ever did it did not enlarge the hole enough for a regular plug socket. They probably measured a thin socket they had and made the hole for that, ot that was the OD of the milling cutter used. The area is tight there to begin with there. Sockets often come in different OD's depending on the manufacture. Thanks for the question and commenting.
The engine sounds great
You bet! Thanks for commenting.
Great video and the aftermarket stuff is going to get worst since it is coming from foreign countries and now that Harley is building a plant in Taiwan and they have a plant in India what kind of junk will be coming from them
Aftermarket stuff is getting worse for sure. You pretty well have to buy brand name quality to be sure, espeicially when it is an engine part etc. I have had some complete failures with products that used be a good brand name, and then they switched to overseas production, and quality went done the shitter. Lifters in particular. I will not use their stuff today. Thanks for commenting.
Nothing personal. Just a pet hate of mine that ruined many a hot rod show for me over the years. Now days it’s this LS swap thing that makes me mad. Like I say would you put a Honda motor on yer Harley?? Cool channel though man. Nice work.
No problem at all. Glad you are enjoying the channel. Thanks for commenting
Can tell you like the cheap stuff… coconut oil and a fkn shit box chev motor in your ford truck…. Why??? Hey put a Honda motor on ya Harley mate…. Just blows me away that people want to own the best trucks ever built and put a puss filled boil under the hood
gold wheels , should be a 75th anniversary gem
Yes she has the gold wheels but may change that. Thanks for commenting.
Looks like your favorite hammer is what we called in the Air Force a tinners hammer. From Northern California have a blessed week my friend
Sometime you just need a bigger hammer ha ha. Thanks for commenting and letting me know where you are from.
Well this is going to be quite a project, however whatever it takes to get Margaret back on the road! Have a blessed week my friend
It will be a large task for sure. Thanks for commenting.
É sempre gratificante ver alguém trabalhando bem. Continue sendo inspirador.
Obrigado pelas amáveis palavras e comentários.
What song starts at 18:22Thanks! The rolling stone song
Not sure of the name, I use copyright music that is paid for, it is not the Rolling Stones. Thanks for commenting.
@@itsmytimeletsgo go on blues by BO the drifter! Thanks anyway, took a little digging to find.
How do I wire it ?
Here is a link to a forum that has a picture of the wiring diagram. www.harley-davidsonforums.com/threads/83-shovelhead-solenoid-installation.265177/#lg=thread-265177&slide=0 hope this helps, good luck. Thanks for the question and commenting.
Any shovel is worth saving I got a 68 that's been indoors sleeping what blanket for I don't remember 20 years? I'm 66 bought it when I was home on leave from the Navy in 1978 put at least 150,000 miles on that bike. I got to put a tranny in a 05 I got for a song maybe it's time to put the old flat side on the lift and rebuild her from the ground up . Good luck with your build sir something tells me you got this. 👍✌️ from south Carolina don't chunk the heads Dragon man in Colorado can make them better than new and he can dual plug them .
I knew a man who worked in the a mine. He drove a truck which at the completion of work each day he would wipe his truck with a rag lightly damped with disel. While the other d5ivers' trucks rust😅away, his remained in good condition.
Great story! The coconut oil works well to preserve her, especially here in our coastal sea climate. Thanks for commenting.
Holy crow that's a lot of water, I'm looking forward to follow along with another Shovel head rebuild. Thanks for the shout out Ralph,, 😁
You are welcome Gus. Your'e almost there! This one should be a challange. Thanks for commenting.
sweet truck
Thanks she is a sweet ride! Thanks for commenting.
cool
Thanks for commenting.
oh, man... got any more of those "HIPPIE" t-shirts?
Contact Hippie @hippieschoppercorner he just got a box full of new ones for sale. Thanks for commenting.
@@itsmytimeletsgo thanks, but i looked all over the site and can't find anything like a store. but i'd like one...
@@sleethmitchell contact him here [email protected]
Glad I found your site. Am subscribed and like riding the Shovels too. Always something to work on. Thanx and keep on keeping on.
Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy the content. Thanks for commenting.
Always great information Ralph,love the channel and I enjoy watching. Hippie and Slick both recommend you and so I subscribed. Still waiting on the video on is it Maggie I think? The second one saw the first.
Thanks for supporting my Bros down south, second video is out on Margaret. Thanks for commenting.
I don't know about Margaret her name should be Rita as in Rusty Rita
It is what she was named way back,from what I know, so she will still be Margaret to me. I believe that all bikes have their own personality and quirks.Thanks for commenting.
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Thanks for commenting.
I just pulled a 79 FX out of the bushes from behind a buddies barn, It was covered with a sheet of roofing tin and he religously poured used oil over it. I am hoping I want find the issues you are with Margerette
Good luck with saving another one! They just need patience and care to be brought back again. Thanks for commenting.
Man, that's rough, but hey, everything is fixable. I rebuilt a 3176 several years ago that had been left sitting without a cylinder head on it. Looked very similar! Really digging your channel. Also, loved the family shout out at the end!!
Sorry buddy, had to mute the sound, prefer it with no music...
Suit yourself, Thanks for commenting.