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In other news... I've determined my motorcycle responds a lot better to a wrench than my 8.

I got nearly everything done today except replacing the front fork seals.
Cleaned both air filters, Oil change, F+R brake pads, removed all painted body panels, replaced spark plugs, deep creeped carbs and sprayed some into the cylinders also (it says you can use deep creep as an engine fogger too.)
Drained the gas tank (way harder than your would think)

I think that's all. Hm. And I managed all of this myself. AND the bike started and ran at the end of the day. I forgot that 92 octane eats a Styrofoam cup in about 55 seconds.... oops!

So... the big question now... do I take my bag of body faring and gas tank somewhere to be painted? Or try it myself...................

 

you can always try it yourself, and if you **** up.... take it somewhere that can fix it?


Do you gamble?

 

My RX8 is my daily driver... if that's not gambling, I don't know what is.
But no, I like Casinos for one thing... most have a bar somewhere inside.


But if I do it, buy all the supplies, put in the hours and such, and I'll really pissed if it doesn't work. Plus I only paid 1500 bucks for the bike... its a rare bike (unpopular) so I don't want to put any money into it really. Which includes a paint job...

I think I have my answer - next question (again) who knows how, or knows someone that knows how, to paint fiberglass?

 

i know some people, ill see what they are up to...

 

Cost is clearly a big factor.

Thanks TM

 

Why didn't you connect both PC's wired to the router and then just FTP to the static that the xbox had? I don't understand why you would run your xbox to your PC.

 

Because my PCs are on different levels in the house and since this is a rental, I didn't want to run Cat5 cable through the walls.
The router is upstairs next to Yulia's PC and my PC +Xbox is downstairs.
Instead of spending more money on a wireless device for the Xbox(s), I'm just using the RJ45 port on my PC to stream audio/video to the Xbox(s).

Attached is my network layout (yup... couldn't sleep).
If you have a better idea on how to setup this network, I'm all open ears.
Remember, I want to have Yulia's PC wired to the router because she does video conferencing with her daughter daily using Skype.

 

It works...but unless you found some really cool high speed internet down there it really didn't matter if she went wireless or wired. You posted your speed a while ago I think but Im too lazy to go look at it. But let's work under the assumption that you have 10mpbs internet service. Even a WirelessG card is 5 times faster. As long as you don't have signal drops from the wireless it will perform well enough to do video. Now...as to your current setup. As long as the Linksys that you have doesn't have wireless you did it right. You would need to bridge the networks together though so that your xbox could get to the Internet.

 

But that is my issue.
If I bridge the networks, I lose internet connectivity on my PC.
I believe its changing the default connection to the wired when I bridge it.
But its not like XP where you can right-click on the connection and choose "set as default connection".

 

2 different IP blocks?

 

Steve,

I pulled the clutch pedal on Red. I'm only doing that one. The 08 gets babied.

How can I get it to you.

Thanks for the tips Jon. I got the clip off ok, but mine was on the wrong side also.

 

Maybe that is how they are in all the cars, just seems like a stupid place to put it.

 

I was looking at the bracket. The reason this is spot welded is so that the metal is not overheated to change the temper of the metal. If you overheat the metal or do not cool it properly, you will make the metal too soft or too hard. This will make the metal brittle and cause it to fail. I don't see a lot of movement between the 2 welded pieces, because they are tightly held in place with the 2 metal and 1 plastic bolts.

Are you sure that you can properly weld this without changing the temper of the metal? That's critical!

 

Here is what the pedal looks like when it "snaps":


You can tell that even though the two pieces are secured by the bolts, the metal will tear around the bolt.


As far as how to properly welding the two pieces.... that question is for Steve.

 

So I've been reviewing the "Clutch Pedal SNAP" thread to see if I can find how others are welding the pieces.
Here is a post from someone who received Ray's (BHR) reinforced pedal assembly:
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=271

Steve... does this seem like something you (or your shop) can do?

 

Yeah, I was going through those posts also. It appears this is common enough to be a threat. And it would be hard to see.

 

It also appears to occur more with anyone above 47K miles (a post I read from Ray) or anyone who upgrades their pressure plate.

 

Yeah - that would be a TIG weld (stick welding for non welding gurus - one hand holds the electrode, and the other hand feeds in the material)

I've never TIG welded, but I will get one of the welders by trade to take care of this for us. It won't be a problem at all.

Doc - When do you leave for El Salvidor? I may be able to swing by and pick it up on one of my trips to Berea.

 

I leave Friday night (3 am Saturday morning).

 

I can always swing by on the way home from work. Really not doing anything except Tuesday this week so anytime you're gonna be around after 6 I can swing by. Gotta return some stuff to Autozone anyway.

 

Steve,
If you're going to be passing through Akron, give me a call and we can meet somewhere and I can give you my pedal.
If not, I can probably make it down Fri or Sat.

 

Doc...I can also swing by the Mayfield office if you want. I need to go down to Akron anyways and return my drink mixer...I mean catch can.

 

Well... then Ryan can give his to Doc, then Doc can give them to you, and then you can give them to me, and then I can give them to Steve...............

 

Why does it feel like Im gonna get freight trained on this one? :P

 

Well, looking at the schedule, I'll probably get to them the weekend of the 6th, 7th, and 8th - So if I could could them all by then, that would be great.

John or Ryan, if you could grab doc's that would be good, and we can arrange logistics from there.

So far people who want theirs welded are:
Jon
Doc (1)
Ryan
Myself
. . . John?
anyone else?