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Good to see you're moving about.

Maintenance day on the DR650. Changed oil-filter and flushed the brake fluid. This is dot4. Even in a dry climate, it needs changing. I used the last filter and oil I had. Does that mean it's the end of the road for it and the rider? LOL.

Glad you're better, Phil. That can't be fun.

Jaybee, I think I have around 20 grounds that all run to the engine or to the battery. The ground from the battery runs to the engine block as well as the power distribution center under the passenger seat. There is atleast 6 grounds from the ecu that run directly to the ground post that a battery cable connects to. You would think this was a glass car from looking at the ground system. When I disassembled the 96 mustang, I quit counting at around 30 ground wires. Since then, I have been very proactive with grounds and relays. When I look at factory stuff and realize that everything costs money and they wouldn't do it unless it was necessary, I believe I need it to.

I'm servicing the 2008 Honda CBR600rr getting it ready to sell.

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Surely the owner will be smiling when he sees that.

I have made some small changes to the wiring harness. I wondered if my splices on the power feed to the efi relays were 100%. I removed the splices and put ring terminals on all of the wires and they are connected with a bolt and nylock nut. Then I covered it with shrink wrap. I went for a 60 mile cruise this afternoon. When pushing the wind, (25mph) it hiccuped a few times. With the tail wind, there were no hiccups. I don't have any conclusions at this point so I'm just going to drive it. When I pulled the plugs last week, it looked as normal as I've seen. I have 120 miles on it since the oil pan change and it's clean and dry. I think the seat may be the next task. ?
Matt, I tend to think I have an electrical problem rather than efi. But I'm not sure about anything. As I have said in the past, several times I have said " what did I do".

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 The mustang is starting to look like a car.

I worked on a Honda cbr600rr that sat for too long with fuel in it. It corroded over the fuel pump and fuel gauge connections. I had cleaned them up and reassembled the pump. Back in the tank and no power. I removed the pump and took apart the wire connector. One of the contacts on the wires fell apart. I installed 2 insulated connectors and put the pump back in. Now the bike runs. It was surprising at how much corrosion the ethanol had done to the components. This bike was stored in a garage with pretty consistent temps. It's ready to have body panels installed and find a new owner.

Jaybee, no wideband, Matt, not a bad idea but I still think there is something malfunctioning on the system. I just pulled plugs and checked the spark plug wires for resistance. I didn't find anything, once again. It's not in my behavior to give up but I have about extinguished my thought processes for this.

Matt, if I was close to you, I'd take that old G.P. out of your yard.

Yesterday, I pulled the plenum of the intake and vacuum tasted everything I could. I found nothing. I glued everything back together including the throttle body. It still has the intermittent miss. However, the oil pan is dry. I put about 30 miles on it today ranging from 60 to 80 and there is no regularity to the miss. I have used my Torque program and all of the numbers it puts up are within the Ford obd2 manual that I found. I have wiggled wires, rechecked connections and most items twice. I also think it's weak on power in 5th gear. I'm wondering if the explorer tune was soft because of emissions or fuel mileage. I'm about to make a decision as to pursue or change efi systems.

O&S is very pleased to report that the oil pan on the 48 is dry.

O&S earned the title today. I was going to remove the alum oil pan and install a steel one left over from the 32. Should be 2 hours worse case. Many hours later, the front crossmember has been trimmed in stages. I'd cut some and trial fit. Cut some more and repeat. When I removed the alum pan, I looked as best as I could and I don't think the front seal was leaking, not positive about the rear. After installing the steel pan and letting it run for a while, I changed oil and went for a short drive. I'm cautiously optimistic one more time.

Minor work today. I set the tail pipe height with the truck in the air. When it was on the ground, the pipes were 2" lower than I wanted. That got remedied today. Lower a arms were what I used for height the 1st time. Sheesh, where's the brain power?