I 100% agree with you. Half * indeed. Silicone.... jb weld....what the F**k. Might as well have chewing gum and an old bottle cap.dem0nk1d wrote:I would think by having so much open volume behind the plug, you would loose a great deal of that needed crank case pressure. Genius yes, but ghetto fabulous for the win! I was always taught if you do something 1/2 a**ed then don't do it at all. Do it right the first time. Even if it takes a tad bit longer.
Not to mention that an unmodified quarter does not even fit
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If US currency MUST be used, This is the proper way to do it.
First of all, to deal with that extra space that the oil pump/plug takes up, I recomend Pennies.
Seventeen was the magic number for me.
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And nobody likes dirty money....so I cleaned my money in the blast cabinet.
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It is Important to have Clean pennies for the next step. Solder the pennies together
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Next I measured the opening for the oil pump and then measured the diameter of a us quarter ( .030" over the size of the opening)
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Four quarters with .030" off the edges (just beyond the ridges)
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Now for the cover, a gold sacagawea dollar.
Drill a hole in the baby sacagawea baby's head as shown
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All done .....and it only costs $2.17
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See how it can swing out of the way just perfectly....best mod on my scooter yet!
Tune in next week when I will be making xtra base gaskets out of twenty dollar bills
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