Diesel RVs: RE: [diesel_mercedes] BSA Club Memorial Ride

I had a good time .

Saturday I took my Mercedes Diesel Sports Coupe out for a jaunt with my English car buddies , in the parking lot after breakfast but before they all showed up , I replaced the rubber elbow on the rocker box that connects the vapor pipe to the air cleaner , I replaced it back when first I bought the car using an after market item , this time I bought the correct Mercedes part and Lo ! it no longer pops off the breather nipple when I exceed 100 MPH so I am very pleased with it .

I'm @ 453 miles on the tank full of fuel and noticed some crud in the clear plastic intake screen to - day so I removed and cleaned it out and will run the car out of fuel again trying to get all the remaining crud out of the damn tank

.

At least it's running very nicely although one of the Brit guys said it smokes pretty much all the time , just not badly like it used to .

The low fuel lamp isn't yet lit but I expect it to come on to - morrow , I have a nice CLEAN plastic can of fresh Diesel fuel in the trunk for when it sputters and dies.......

Sooner or later (hey,I'm not dead yet) I'll stop getting crud in the filters , then I'll replace the IP and prolly the injectors (again

) too .

For anyone considering buying a Motocycle , you get a LOT for your money with a Ural .

-Nate
Bill wrote :

Thanks for the update(s). Bill in Oregon

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From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 4:46 PM
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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] BSA Club Memorial Ride

It was nice ,I got there a bit early and looked at the many beautiful old British Motos , BSA's , Nortons , matchless , Royal Enfield ("Built like a gun ") and of course , lots of Triumphs , plus a smattering of Japanese and European Motos , I even saw one Aprilla (wow) , a BMW twin and some old fool on a Ural Solo , oops wait , that was _me_ .

I was hoping to see some V.J.L.A.'ers and L.A. Cretins but didn't . as I left at 10AM on the dot I may have just been to early .

The weather was perfect , about 75° F with very mild breezes , a few fluffy clouds far above , not much traffic in the mountains so on and so forth .

The Ural was running sweetly , I've been running it on Union 76 ' Racing Gasoline ' 98 octane , non leaded , not legal for street vehicles in California , best of all it's translucent BLUE un like the normal California MTBE ' motor fuel ' crap that's _YELLOW_ and about as good as the urine it resembles for making Gasoline engines run .

Yesterday I replaced all the old cracked 7MM fuel hoses and the two clear plastic micronic fuel filters , there was no dirt in the old filters but they were no longer bright yellow in the filter medium so out they went .

This is the first ride I've taken since January of this year when I did a major service of all lubricants , filters , valve adjustment and so on for the Norton Club's annual New Year's Eve Morning ride .

I have been worried I might have to give up riding because of diminishing musculature and increasing upper body pains , on the ride out to the meeting point I was considering skipping the ride completely but in the end I rode part of it then came home and took a nap , felt *much* better (! and happier too ! ) so after an hour's nap I got up and worked a few more hours before packing it in for the day .