A record of some work across several weeks before & after Xmas
After getting the cylinder head and barrels back from bead blasting I cleaned the vast amounts of bead remnants off with copious amounts of brake cleaner and compressed air. I had a lovely chat with a good friend that is a bike rebuilder extraordinaire, and got the valves out (never removed valves before) & set them aside. They were fairly badly coated in bead residue so they went through the parts washer, also the valve stem oil seals were toast but as I have a new set, I just binned the old ones.
I decided this wasn't enough so after consulting the Slim Controller, one by one they went in the dishwasher - head - and then dried in the oven. A spray with the air compressor to dry things out, then another, then an application of metalguard and into the airing cupboard they went for Xmas. They're still there :)
The combustion chambers were rather sooty so I very carefully used a brass brush in my dremel to clean them up. I was particularly careful to avoid the valve seats because the valves can't safely be lapped back in (Vintage Honda Twins forum: "the valves cannot be ground. The hard facing on the seat area is only .0002". Even a light lapping of them can easily cut thru the hard face.")
The valves were all a fair bit carbonised too so I cleaned them up the best I could but they're still not exactly beautiful.
Today I have been addressing the pistons. They weren't exactly clean. Here they are after a first light go over right and left.
I did one piston at a time to avoid mixing things up. First the rings got measured in case the gap between ring & top of gap was too much - but for both pistons it was well inside tolerance, I'm pleased to say. Then the rings came out and went in the parts washer for a taste of the old ultrasonics. Then the piston head & sides got a light going over with a scotch brite brush in my dremel. After that everything got another clean and the ring grooves got scrubbed with brake cleaner
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
Hindus, on the other hand, never had any beef.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
