What's the damn status of this project anyway? You get me hooked and the leave me stranded at the side of the road. I'm gonna go put air in my tires now.
@@jimt162 I sold them cheap. I was sick and couldnt work on them. One of my many fails. They were nice bikes but rather complicated and heavy to work on. Cheers JT
Hi. So, what was the end diagnosis and outcome? Did you find the problem, repair, and is working? I have an '84 which I think the no spark problem is the TCI. searching to try to figure what to do and if it is something that I can do.
Well long story, I thought the cdi box was working ok but the first venture still ran shitty. I made a bogus compression check which i thought was too low and pulled engine. Short story due to pain and health and motivation at the time I gave up and sold both ventures. I always wanted to ride a nice venture royale for a while. These were nice smooth powerful bikes in their day. It seems to me that once these bikes were left outside in the elements. The cdi boxes leaked corroded and were damaged over the years. To me they seemed fairly over complicated to work on. You can buy aftermarket cdi boxes online (used too) but they were about 300$ then. I may try to get one going again but it would have to be given to me with a fairly clean fuel tank. You can take the cdi box apart like i did and look for any obvious visual signs of damage. Better yet make sure all interlocks, switches and relays are making contact so that all the correct conditions are met to fire the cdi before you blame the cdi. fairly complicated bike, should get a manual, and study it if you got time.
@@sixlegsnimrod Been through this one every which way. Definitely TCI. I opened it up. Waaay worse condition than your video. So the bike is a paperweight and poster board until a replacement is found.
you removed the top baffle which is making you burn hot and fast and dirty instead of setting up the machine to have an efficient secondary burn. i think you took the lazy way out to get it roaring quick, at the expense of efficiency. people place the baffles wrong all the time, and it's completely user error what happens after that. start a fire top down, leave the door open until it gets roaring, then close it up with full fuel and let it do it's thing, with baffles properly in place. make sure the rear blower is installed. this thing when set up correct is a roaring efficient heat machine
for the sake of any future readers of this: it didn't burn clean, because you removed the top baffle. it didn't put out enough heat because you let half the heat go up the stack, because of what you did to the baffle. i didn't see you have the stock blower on it either, that would have utilized the built in air channels to move the heat around the room quickly. user error :)
Thats what I was hoping for with this one.It smokes, smolders, and goes out if the air is closed down all the way, and the secondary burn stops after about 30 seconds. It burns fine with more air but does not put out much heat. Im skeptical that yours burns for that long with any decent heat output. This one will smolder for 6 or 7 hours.
@sixlegsnimrod sounds good. Ya I have a couple old mac 10 10s I'm trying to get fixed up have to replace the crank seals and it's cold here I don't have a heated garage to work in unfortunately
There's nothing better than a nice fire in woodstove to keep a room warm, but I would not have a woodstove in a shop or garage. Not with gas and oil present (fumes, etc.) There's a reason insurance companies won't insure a garage or shop here with a woodstove in it. I never liked it just for the fact I don't heat the shop all day, everyday so wood heat wouldn't be such a good idea. I like being able to heat the shop fast when I plan to be working out there, so waiting for a woodstove to warm up would be a waste of time. I use a torpedo heater to bring the temp up to 65 or so then let my overhead electric heater take over. It works great that way. It takes about 15 minutes and I'm working in a T-shirt for the day when it's in single digits outside!
You shouldn't need to use that fan on your secondary tubes. The natural draft should come in easily and feed those tubes with fresh air to burn up the smoke, which is the main reason you shut down the primary air and use the smoke flame (which is much hotter) to produce the heat. Maybe there is a restriction in the feed tube somewhere?
Had a Blaze King Sirroco 20 in 800 sq ft cabin it heated that well insulated cabin amazingly. Never used electrics. Put wood in twice a day 8 am and 6pm. If I filled the box it would burn for twenty hours plus depending on what type of wood. Oak being the best. I live in the city on and sure miss that chore. The dry heat on those cold days. The house is always cold. With the Blaze king I brought in cold air for the burn, and pressured the cabin forcing the cold out. Was cheap to run. Brilliant stove
@@sixlegsnimrodin order for secondary burn to work good the fire box needs to be sealed good so no air leaks preventing it from doing its thing. A small half inch hole toward the bottom to feed the lower half of the fire is all that's needed when the stove gets hot enough.
It is an old stove, When I first rebuilt it I did not even know about secondary burn I should have sealed it up better then. Now I dont want to redo it. I am just messing around.
The pot will glow red. The sheet metal has been upgraded to a thicker stronger metal. No melting or warping occuring. She is a solid efficient heater. you're just jealous.
Hi, if you weld a piece of plate with a bunch of holes in it to the inside end of the secondary air tube you could achieve a actual proper secondary burn as long as air is being sucked through the hole. This id because the surface area of the edge of the air intake is greater and thats where the secondary burn happens. Best of luck :)
I'd like to bring you "ol' smokey" out of my train room. So named because no matter what I do it smokes the room up. You can never open the door up without smoke! I've burned wood for 40+ years and never had a stove like this one. My favorite, from years ago, was an Earth stove. Man that thing was great. Nice saw!
Anyway yes, im in michigan. Used to listen to JJ, Dick the bruiser, Bullwinkle, the mayor of the fair city of detroit, Al Kaline, and Mr Stess all thru high school and beyond. Great stuff back then.
I have always liked these bikes. I have a 1986 Goldwing aspencade that is in mint condition. I like the older bikes. When you get this bike running you will have a great machine. Good luck and have fun. I am sure you know there is a forum with lots of great info on these bikes. You are a handy guy.
Yes, I always wanted one of these. Ive owned many bikes. This is my 1st Venture Royale. They are new to me. I really like the smooth ride. My 79 and 84 goldwings didnt have half as many issues as this thing. These old ventures seem somewhat problematic, but I still like them. Yes Ive been all over the web sites and service manual for info. This was almost a basket case. alot of issues but I think Im getting close. if the pistons and rings are bad, I might quit. Thanks
Thanks, Ive used jb weld mainly for metal repair. It doesnt seem to stick to plastic that well. I used gorilla super glue to stick the fairing together. Then a thick coat of automotive goop for reinforcement on the backside. The automotive goop sticks like sh-- to your shorts, remains flexible, and is quite tough. Ive used it to repair a lot of plastics
I like this little design But I'll tell you what on my little barrel stove in the garage about 3/4 of the way to the flu. I placed a vertical wall covering most of the back then I added a grate along the bottom with enough room for air to flow down around that wall and up the chimney. I would highly highly recommend it made that thing almost glow. Was quite a pain to get the draft right but I imagine putting a bypass door would alleviate that
The way the fire works now is it burns downward through the grate and along the bottom of the barrel then up the back and it sends a considerable amount more heat through the garage instead of the chimney
A vertical wall blocking the top completely and only open at the bottom at a grate? Im trying to imagine. As long as the draft is strong enough to draw the burn wherever it goes, sounds like it would work.
@@sixlegsnimrod Yeah that's pretty much it and it worked tremendously well. Mine was just a test. I used some sheet metal I cut and a great out of a Coleman grill and it got hot enough to melt both. But when I go back out to it, I'll put a thicker wall in and a heavier grate and it should work quite well. I would like to add secondary air but I don't think there's a need my fire box isn't big enough
These cast iron wood stoves are acceptable for insurance while home made stoves are not! So with a home made stove and your house/shop burns down lots a luck getting your insurance to pay up!
