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[patate657]

Especially if you can't play Angry Birds or Word Puzzles with it.

Looked up the Angry Birds thing. WTF is the world coming to, it’s little wonder that I see less young people working on vehicles and forming rock groups when this s&?t is popular. Pigs chasing birds , i’m lost.
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[Fire-medic]

Looks like a '68 SS/RS they're swapping or rebuilding. The game those couch-potatoes are playing, I haven't a clue.

Our dog likes his Angry Birds plush blanket to sit-atop on the couch. I've watched the grandkids playing Angry Birds, and it's funny to hear the sounds of the game, and to-see those piercing eyes of the Angry Birds going after the pigs. I'm no video games guy though. Now pinball, I like pinball! I had a Bally Fireball game but when it became unplayable, I harvested the playing field and the scoring tower for wall decorations. Like this, but this is not my exact piece.

 

[patate657]

Angry Birds, Bubble Pop and Word Wars are my games. I take Mom to the doctors (Long vists) and I need to kill time. I'm a 'Gotta Do Something Guy.'

 

[patate657]

Looks like a '68 SS/RS they're swapping or rebuilding. The game those couch-potatoes are playing, I haven't a clue.

Our dog likes his Angry Birds plush blanket to sit-atop on the couch. I've watched the grandkids playing Angry Birds, and it's funny to hear the sounds of the game, and to-see those piercing eyes of the Angry Birds going after the pigs. I'm no video games guy though. Now pinball, I like pinball! I had a Bally Fireball game but when it became unplayable, I harvested the playing field and the scoring tower for wall decorations. Like this, but this is not my exact piece.

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Tell us something about the pinball machine you're showing there. Looks interesting.

 

[dannymax]

Yes, I suspect the starter clutch also. Have someone turn the bike over, and use either a stethoscope or a long screwdriver to your ear, w/its tip on the engine case by the starter gear and you should hear it distinctly-louder there.

I still get the occasional nightmare about that long screwdriver catching a fan blade and coming out my other ear!

 

[Fire-medic]

Tell us something about the pinball machine you're showing there. Looks interesting.

There is a story to it.

The pinball was owned by a notorious publisher, Al Goldstein, probably a familiar name to many people who were growing up in the 1960's, especially if you lived in NYC. Al was someone who fought a long legal battle over pornography. He was the publisher of Screw magazine (1968-2003, under Goldstein). It was a no-holds-barred magazine that ran-afoul of the social mores of the time, but in the end, they prevailed, after a fashion, as sex and its promotion became more commonplace. The internet became a treasure trove of it for those who searched for it, and the importance of Screw magazine lessened, greatly.

Goldstein moved from NYC to Pompano Beach FL, where he bought a luxury home on the Intracoastal Waterway, which quickly became a 'must-see' stop on commercial boat trips taking tourists to see the sights. Goldstein often had multiple women who greeted the tourist boats as they cruised-by, and sometimes they wore bathing suits...at his pool . He also had a TV prop (from Spin City) displayed prominently, a giant upraised middle finger, taller than a man, which served as a comment by Al about anyone with-whom he disagreed.



Al loved electronics, of all-sorts, he would buy multiples, and use one, saving the others in their packaging. Periodically, he would call-up a Jewish thrift shop which upon being summoned to Al's waterfront home, would load-up their truck with all the unwrapped gadgets and toys with-which Al surrounded himself. They would go-back to the Jewish thrift shop, and be sold. The operator of the Jewish thrift shop is a long-time acquaintance of mine, and when I walked-in and saw the pinball machine, I decided it needed to go-home with me, if the price was right. It worked, not all the features, but good-enough to be able to play. Into the truck it went, and I enjoyed it as did my friends. Gradually it came to have more issues, and I looked-into getting it fixed, and found that it probably would be a better deal, and cheaper, to locate another than to try to fix this one. (I am not a good electrical technician). I kept the playing field and the 'tombstone,' the vertical scoring area, and junked the case.

Al is deceased, but like Lenny Bruce, whom Al knew in NYC, their influences on sexual mores and folkways, and the federal, state, and local laws concerning pornography were shaped in some-part by the promotion of sex these two men did.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/nyregion/al-goldstein-pioneering-pornographer-dies-at-77.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...f4e61c-68dd-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html
The New York Times had this to-say about Al Goldstein's most-successful business venture:
Mr. Goldstein did not invent the dirty magazine, but he was the first to present it to a wide audience without the slightest pretense of classiness or subtlety. Sex as depicted in Screw was seldom pretty, romantic or even particularly sexy. It was, primarily, a business, with consumers and suppliers like any other.

 

[patate657]

There is a story to it.

The pinball was owned by a notorious publisher, Al Goldstein, probably a familiar name to many people who were growing up in the 1960's, especially if you lived in NYC. Al was someone who fought a long legal battle over pornography. He was the publisher of Screw magazine (1968-2003, under Goldstein). It was a no-holds-barred magazine that ran-afoul of the social mores of the time, but in the end, they prevailed, after a fashion, as sex and its promotion became more commonplace. The internet became a treasure trove of it for those who searched for it, and the importance of Screw magazine lessened, greatly.

Goldstein moved from NYC to Pompano Beach FL, where he bought a luxury home on the Intracoastal Waterway, which quickly became a 'must-see' stop on commercial boat trips taking tourists to see the sights. Goldstein often had multiple women who greeted the tourist boats as they cruised-by, and sometimes they wore bathing suits...at his pool . He also had a TV prop (from Spin City) displayed prominently, a giant upraised middle finger, taller than a man, which served as a comment by Al about anyone with-whom he disagreed.

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Al loved electronics, of all-sorts, he would buy multiples, and use one, saving the others in their packaging. Periodically, he would call-up a Jewish thrift shop which upon being summoned to Al's waterfront home, would load-up their truck with all the unwrapped gadgets and toys with-which Al surrounded himself. They would go-back to the Jewish thrift shop, and be sold. The operator of the Jewish thrift shop is a long-time acquaintance of mine, and when I walked-in and saw the pinball machine, I decided it needed to go-home with me, if the price was right. It worked, not all the features, but good-enough to be able to play. Into the truck it went, and I enjoyed it as did my friends. Gradually it came to have more issues, and I looked-into getting it fixed, and found that it probably would be a better deal, and cheaper, to locate another than to try to fix this one. (I am not a good electrical technician). I kept the playing field and the 'tombstone,' the vertical scoring area, and junked the case.

Al is deceased, but like Lenny Bruce, whom Al knew in NYC, their influences on sexual mores and folkways, and the federal, state, and local laws concerning pornography were shaped in some-part by the promotion of sex these two men did.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/nyregion/al-goldstein-pioneering-pornographer-dies-at-77.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...f4e61c-68dd-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html
The New York Times had this to-say about Al Goldstein's most-successful business venture:
Mr. Goldstein did not invent the dirty magazine, but he was the first to present it to a wide audience without the slightest pretense of classiness or subtlety. Sex as depicted in Screw was seldom pretty, romantic or even particularly sexy. It was, primarily, a business, with consumers and suppliers like any other.

Thank you. Great info.

 

[DreamV4]

I finally got the carbs done and installed. Everything inside looked good. Had them in carb cleaner. Rinsed them out real good. Blew everything out and sprayed

 

[patate657]

Okay thanks. I will be pulling the carbs again and doing all this stuff I missed. I appreciate the info.....

 

[patate657]

Got a new problem. Will be looking into a Master Slave. Seems the one I rebuilt is acting up, so will be putting in a new one this time too.....

 

[Fire-medic]

I usually replace rather than rebuild brake master cylinders, and clutch hydraulics. They're inexpensive-enough, and you can still get them OEM.

 

[DreamV4]

Okay thanks. I will be pulling the carbs again and doing all this stuff I missed. I appreciate the info.....

there are bunch of holes, check diagram and try to find all of them, otherwise you'll become a remover/installer expert.

 

[patate657]

there are bunch of holes, check diagram and try to find all of them, otherwise you'll become a remover/installer expert.

I'm working to be guru on R&R's...

 

[patate657]

I usually replace rather than rebuild brake master cylinders, and clutch hydraulics. They're inexpensive-enough, and you can still get them OEM.

Do you have a link where I can start shopping. I usually use eBay, but I'm game...

 

[Fire-medic]

I often use Ron Ayres Yamaha. While they may not be the cheapest, their service is good.
https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/l/yam/500456a2f8700209bc793130/2006-v-max-1200-vmx12v-parts
Sean Morley can get OEM parts and if you buy from him, if you have questions, he's a great resource, [email protected]

 

[DreamV4]

Got a new problem. Will be looking into a Master Slave. Seems the one I rebuilt is acting up, so will be putting in a new one this time too.....

Most of them only need cleaning. Use 1000 sandpaper inside cylinder. Probably you go down then up with sandpaper: 2000>1500>1000>1500>2000. Go as low as necessary. Check prices on youtube, some of them very cheap like Fire said.

 

[Screwloose]

Got a new problem. Will be looking into a Master Slave. Seems the one I rebuilt is acting up, so will be putting in a new one this time too.....

Probably luck on my part as I've always got away with cleaning up the insides with fine wire wool. Although if they are badly oxodised inside then I would imagine new units would be the best answer.

 

[Fire-medic]

Probably luck on my part as I've always got away with cleaning up the insides with fine wire wool. Although if they are badly oxodised inside then I would imagine new units would be the best answer.

I like a NaHCO3 (bicarbonate of soda) blaster for cleaning carburetors and calipers or master cylinders. Screwloose is probably not going to have access to our Harbor Freight Tools, but I expect that some local to the U.K. tool jobber will carry something similar.
https://www.harborfreight.com/15-lb-portable-soda-blaster-60802.html
It works very-well for cleaning out pits on chromed pieces too. On castings like hydraulic system pieces or carburetor bodies, the white oxidation is easily handled by the pressure pot.

 

[Screwloose]

I like a NaHCO3 (bicarbonate of soda) blaster for cleaning carburetors and calipers or master cylinders. Screwloose is probably not going to have access to our Harbor Freight Tools, but I expect that some local to the U.K. tool jobber will carry something similar.
https://www.harborfreight.com/15-lb-portable-soda-blaster-60802.html
It works very-well for cleaning out pits on chromed pieces too. On castings like hydraulic system pieces or carburetor bodies, the white oxidation is easily handled by the pressure pot.

Correct, I have no access to Harbor Freight Tools. I was hoping after Brexit things would change with being able to buy items from the US without the import duties, but no change for the masses i’m afraid. I’m still trying to get various items such as a Steve Stevens ray gun, Digitech Freqout, the list goes on.

Getting back to the subject, i’ve got tools coming out my ears, so a sandblaster/beadblasted has not been a consideration due to more tools such as a compressor, that would only be used every couple of months. Now I see a portable tank with a pressure gauge. This is more like it, very exciting stuff, i’ll need to look into this further. When you fiddle around with old gear this could be a great addition to the toolkit.

 

[Parminio]

Correct, I have no access to Harbor Freight Tools.

You poor *******.

I have a Harbor Freight exactly 2.8 miles from my house.