Pacific Mike calmly negotiates the Evo intake manifold install and never loses his calm demeanor. Me... I'm using expletives tightening the first bolt....nice work Mike! "And there we have it..." 🙂
@@pacificmike9501 have you used the stubby 1/4” Allen you can put in a socket to tighten those? I used a 1/4” “bit” with the 1/4” open end and it worked prime. Then I wasn’t trying to reseat in the bolt every 1/16th of a turn.
Thank you for all your knowledge I was able to do a complete top end cylinders up with a mild cam lifters push rods with your help and a good manual. It runs like a champ now I just have to go easy with it for 1000 miles. I’m so blessed and so happy to be done. I’ve had thisbike 31 years finally got a rebuild. Thank you so much. God bless 🙏 we will see you out on the road
Loved your comments about your Dad using your small hands. That's exactly the way I learned how to work on stuff. Dad could fix anything. So glad he taught me. Thanks Mike!
HOWDY Mike, Intake Manifold installed on the 'EVO' STROKER I use the shortened ALLEN-WRENCHES myself ... but NEVER a cut-off straight section = Great TOOL Suggestion ! Thanks COOP ...........................................................
I understand the part about you wanting the bolts to seize. I bought my wide glide and on the 3rd ride the bolts on my intake vibrated out. I was stuck on the side of the road 95 miles from home with no bolts or wrenches.
Just me but I install intake manifold finger tight and mount the carb, and the breather system/backing plate and then tighten everything. Great thing about your videos ( besides the excellent content by a knowledgeable source ) is learning a different way to do a procedure.
Another Great Video... Thank you so much for this great video Mr.Mike... i am going to install base gaskets that are leaking and now my head gasket blew out yesterday just wow... anyway it is a 1990 FXRP... i replaced the base gaskets 35K ago and it is leaking again...
Protractor carpenters use to get the pitch of roof or plumb a wall , never thought of using it on the intake. You do a great videos in detail , I have a 3/4 long allen and i can use a box wrench on it works great for the intake . Oh you have one 2 lol
Looks good Mike, and I've said it before, the engine too but I accidentally deleted the text when I wanted to add something else last time 🤭 I'm a disaster with computers and phones. I'm still an old school boy 🤣🤣 thanks for posting.
Hi Mike thank you for your channel .! I was just wondering if you could tell me how do you remove the threaded adapter this screwed into the bottom of a Harley-Davidson fuel tank. It's the piece of the shut-off valve threads to. Thank you
mike do you find your job theraputic to a certain extent, i find if you specialise in just one manufacturer life becomes so much simpler and less stressful and you can kind of become at one with what your working on .
Mike, when you use the protractor to measure the alignment of the intake manifold, can you do it with the bike on its side stand, or does it need to be standing straight up, like on a lift? Thx.
Very nice video. I am curious what the degree tool you used to help make sure everything will align properly and who make one like it or something similar.
If you show each little piece, it takes quite a while. I could do it quickly in a day, not show anything or paint anything. Would that be more enjoyable?
Hi Mike I have a question about one of your older videos "Installing the Intake Manifold on the Stroker". After you tighten the flange bolts all the way should there be any movement in the manifold ? I'm thinking not because it needs to be leak proof. I may have gotten the wrong seals. I don't know if you will get this this because it's such an old video. Anyway, keep the rubber side down!
@@pacificmike9501 gosh thanks Mike ! I even used a vintage tool of my Dad's (He was an aerospace machinist) that worked as an inclinometer ( I didn't even know what it was till I saw you use your tool LOL. But for some reason without much pressure the manifold still moved fairly easy after cinching the bolts down. Going to get new seals in the morning and try it again. Thank you !
@@pacificmike9501 I got it done Mike thanks to your help ! I used my Dad's "dial/leveler inclinometer" just as you did and it turned out to be the very best way for me after trying several different ways. Also my factory manual instructs to install the flange bolts "dry" just as you do. When all else fails read the directions" LOL Different strokers for different jokers I say ! LOL
@@pacificmike9501 True, but they usually mess up the contact surface. For the "open" hole where you slide the bracket in I would probably use a washer for distribution of the surface pressure. With the other holes it gives a lot of extra friction, so it stays for sure. Washers aren't always good. I lost my main brake cylinder some days ago due to washers 🤣😁😂. It was "hectic".....
@@pacificmike9501 I really like your videos. I get calm and organized when I see them. I've worked with cars and bikes for 45 years and finally I've started to calm down. Thank you 🙂
S&S makes manifolds in different dimensions for different length cylinders. SScycle.com. That should get you there on the Internet. Or, you could talk to an S&S dealer. I think you could find it online. I believe they publish their chart.
1/2" allen wrench is a pretty big tool. I don't think I even have one. I was just speaking of the small ones we use on Harleys. I think a 7/16" is the largest I have. It fits the lug bolts on my old star hubs.
@@pacificmike9501 all imperial stuff is very expensive over here and hard to get, sometimes we just sand sides of a metric one to get the job done, and when you order stuff fom e-bay you get something that isnt imperial and also not metric LOL
The world has been trying to standardize for many decades, which of course, drives all of us crazy. We all like what we're used to. My Ford doesn't know what it is. We live with it.
Yes, bunches of them. When Evos first came out, the manifold was made of a little "y" shaped casting with a "rubber" molded elbow on each end that bolted to the heads with a paper gasket on each end. The elbows were referred to as, "compliance fittings." They failed miserably. Ram Jett Products, my good friend Roger, designed and produced a one piece manifold and shipped bunches, I mean large numbers of them, all over the world. Those manifolds worked very well due to some superb engineering addressing expansion and contraction. But then, Harley designed a good manifold that worked well.
@@pacificmike9501 thanks Mike that’s me happy as I have just bought one from Germany to help solve the air leaks that’s confusing my SU carb. If id seen your video before I could have sorted all the issues lol ! Cheers from UK.
The best way (especially on a Evo or Twin Cam), is to remove the sparkplugs and compare them. One dark, one light, 99% of the time, it is a vacuum leak.
