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Wilson do you have a small orifice? Just asking for the crowd.

Wilson, your A coil should not ice up at all. Coil should never reach freezing. Your problem is either air movement past the coil or it's level of refrigerant. Check your filter. If that's clean and blower is normal it's probably refrigerant. Do not use high efficiency filters, they plug too fast and restrict air flow. In spite of the claims of filter manufactures, furnaces are not meant to filter out your household air, the filter is there to protect the blower motor. Also, each refrigerant has a spec for which compressor oil it runs with. You cannot put modern refrigerants in with older non-specified oil or it will eventually wreck your compressor. This was in effect in 2006 when I was doing it and has not changed.

My old boss gave me a 70's era True Kegerator that had a non-working condensor fan. I replaced the fan, POR15'd the inside of it to stop the rust, and bought a keg of Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat (KC microbrewery). The lesson I learned is, microbrew beer starts tasting a little "off" after about a month. Drinking a keg of "porkchop in a glass" beer by yourself in a month is no easy task when you're old with a job and kids. When you finish that keg you will discover that your pants all magically shrank. So, when people ask why I have Michelob Ultra in the kegerator instead of a more exciting "good beer" it's because the mass produced beer can go 3-4 months without the taste changing (so I don't NEED to drink it constantly), and I need LIGHT beer in that thing or I'm going to weigh 250 lbs.

yes sir i understand that..... it has a new filter, I'm not qualified to work on home units, but i know all the mechanics.... but i finally located the issue.... the back door was left open... from my threads you can guess who did this.... sigh.... if this happens again, she will be paying for the repairs!!!

All the above. I also carry a sand anchor you would use in a small boat. Where we get stuck in the loon s#+t there usually isn't a decent tree to hook a winch to. I plant the anchor in a beaver dam or in the scrub and winch out. Very light. If you're interested I can post a picture when I get back home.

There are two types of metering devices. So when the refrigerant turns from a gas to a liquid it is metered through a small orifice. There are fixed metering devices called a "piston" or there are "txv" metering devices that are adaptable. So they will be able to make up for under or over charge systems alittle bit. And they can actually adjust when it is required for more or less cooling capacity. So if you have a txv in theory if it required it to open all the way sayinf it was really really hot and humid if it was undercharged it could then freeze up trying to keep up with the exessive heat and humidity.

sigh.... when are people going to learn honda atvs are not boats ..... lol!

Sorry guys. Was at disney world with the family all last week. Just got home yesterday and have been in recovery mode lol. Ice on the indoor (evap) coil can be caused by just a few things. Low refrigerant charge/ excessively clogged air filter or air flow restriction of any kind/ or it can happen of the condensate drain clogs. I have had condensate drains clog and un-clog themselves before. But i would bet you are getting lower on refrigerant charge. If you have a txv metering device on your system it is possible to continue to work again for short periods of time or until it gets really hot and humid again and not be able to keep up. My .02

I thought you were going towards “we’re building a kegerator out of the old one”

I understand that. Prices are just ridiculous lately. We are going over our expenses and tightening up our spending. At least I haven't seen a big increase in Glenlivit.😉

I really should refrain from answering because we never use our central air. I'm too much of a tightwad😳😉. JK. Our house is shaded most of the time on a north facing hill so we get the cool breezes coming off the woods behind us. We do run a 6000 btu window unit in the bedroom. What's the saying? When the weather is hot and sticky is no time for dunking dickie but when the frost is upon the pumpkin tis the time for dickie dunking. 😁

Good day! One of our hunting party just bought a new fridge and will be bringing the old one to the hunt cabin. This means we don't have to keep all of our perishables in coolers. Keeping it in coolers didn't kill us, but it will be more convenient to put it in a fridge.

had something odd happen. i lost ac and air flow from the exchanger (blower / circulating fan) the a/c unit runs fine, but the evap iced over... so i cut the unit off, and left the blower fan on to defrost the evap .... now it's working fine, i just replaced intake filter, and i haven't had any issues till now no doors or windows open, at least not that i know of.... I've went and checked over everything i could ... and can't find a reason why the unit would ice over, the air coming from the vents smells like the inside of a freezer, so i still have the unit off, with just the blower fan running... and the drain is clear, @SlammedRanger any ideas to why this would happen in just a few hours ? I've seen this happen with cabbed equipment.... but not on a house central heat and air system.

hunters aim to the right! lol!

uh hu..... i hear you, your most likely in better shape then most of us .... lol!.... if i had to guess your issue might be over work... i recall very well those days of burning the candle at both ends..... and i miss those days, maybe what i have now is a slow steady flame.

I could use pics. I keep telling myself "Don't go in the gumbo unless there's a tree close by" but I'm stupid and forget that I told myself that, so I get stuck in the middle of nothing and have to call someone to pull me out. TWICE this has happened in the last week. And that's with no rain for almost two months....... Raw talent to get stuck in the middle of a drought.

That's a good idea! I'm not normally in an area where that kind of surface is around (enough) but I can see the application of it. I'll have to keep it in mind.

I just had to replace one as well. 11 years old. My grandfather installed three phase for his shop and thus had a three phase unit on the house. My AC guy said it would be January at the earliest before he could get me a three phase unit. Wait for a compressor was six weeks with no warranty and was about $1300. New single phase unit was $2800, kept my old air handler. I have an 80 year old AC guy here who is a whiz. I asked him if I had to change everything out with the new Freon and he laughed and said no. New unit works fine. Old one croaked the Thursday before July 4th

i checked the breakers and fuses... all good, but i sure am baffled, i wish i had taken a few pics of the ice built up on the line going into the house, it had to be ice a 1/8 to an 1/4 inch thick, i just hope the compressor wasn't damaged, it's just plain hard to keep a check on everything all the time, but hopefully... i caught this issue in time, and it's now on my list of things to watch over.... which now has to be about a mile long.... sigh lol!

haha! I'm a tightwad to why i ended up with vast fortune ... yeah right.... in my dreams .... sigh.... i have plenty of shade trees, but with a house just a hair under 5000 square feet... (only cool the down stairs) I'm sure that has something to do with the unit going abit nuts on me... but i have temp gauges all over.. and the upstairs never gets higher the 82, plus the attick fans help suck out the heat, running two a/c units would be about 400-500 a month 800 plus in the winter, that's why i had the furness installed, by far the best money (well likely ) i ever spent.... i know one thing, I've got to trim my budget more now then ever..... I'm seeing more $$$ going out then coming in... can't win for loosing.... lol!

i did think of that but it's back on and running perfect... the inside humidity is 37% cycles off and on like normal.... nice and cold.... i did have another motive behind this, where the heck is slammedranger!

Low refrigerant can cause this. Or so I've been told. I would think excess humidity it the air would cause the evaporator coil to ice up too. Like waiting until conditions in the home are unbearable before turning on the AC.

We tend to ride 1/4 mile, then sit and BS and drink beer for 30-45 mins. Gone all day, probably don't actually ride 4-5 miles LOL

most of the above stays stocked on my bikes, not alcohol <<< that can sometimes produce a need for all those other items ;)

What about a First Aid kit along with all the other stuff mentioned, plus a good light🙂

I ride a Honda. It's the other makes my tool kit is designed for. Various straps, ropes and shackles usually drags 'em home when they break down.😉

Cooler full of beer in case we cross paths and want to sit next to the path and chat (we will want to do this).

I recently picked this quad up and upon inspection found it had some unique custom work. I'll post some pics of the most obvious mods and see what you think. I'm still laughing at what I'm finding as I tear down further. The 1st picture is the custom table cloth seat cover. 2nd is the custom pull start. 3rd is what seems to be the battery box. 4th and well my favorite, custom battery relocation and filter delete. Guess they figured it needed more minerals or just increased air flow. Did you happen to see the custom battery connector? Priceless! Not to mention all the wood screws holding plastics and some red lights installed in the frame. And finally, for this discussion, tilt steering. The steering rod is bent back right at the top clamp almost resting on the tank. Now it does run and drive after ingesting large amounts of dirt. It does knock louder than the landlord on rent day though. They were asking 1500 and I handed them 800 and they accepted. The only reason I bought it was because I knew parts were available and fairly cheap. What do you think? Good or bad deal. RKDad

Just remember, the Colt is just a fancy expensive club if you don't have ammo😁 Another thing to consider is, if you get to that point you're not going to "Mad Max" it ie take on the world by yourself. Plan on being able to pick up some strays who likely haven't prepared as you have. You're going to have to have help to watch your back while you sleep. Of course, you better choose VERY carefully when allowing stupid people (who haven't prepared) into your fold. Luckily most of my buddies FINALLY got it over the last decades so I should have a pretty good group if it ever comes to that, which I hope it doesn't.

yep... Lawd yes.. zip ties !! learned that one early on when a tree branch that I thought I could clear, and or smash under the paws of my mighty honda beast..would up catching the underbody splash guard and ripping it from the bolt bracing.

After my friend passed away a couple of weeks ago, his family took a few of his firearms and sold the rest. He had a little over 126K rounds of ammo. Local (sleazy) grocery store owner apparently made a deal on all of the ammo AT THE FUNERAL. That's just poor form, but some people will cast aside human decency to make a buck. He has a gun shop attached to one of his grocery stores, so I'm sure the ammo is now on the shelves with a 400% mark-up over what he paid for it. Afterwards I made sure to have a chat with my kids about "If I suddenly die, you either ask one of my shooting buddies or do thorough research online before you sell ANYTHING". I'd hate to think they found some ammo with price tags still on it and sold it for what I paid for it ($10/brick 22's, $8.88 Winchester 9mm 100 round packs from Walmart, etc)

I'm going to give it my best. I've built plenty of motors in my day but this will be my first complete bike rebuild. RK

well the front is breaking up as is moves in.... so i don't believe much from this... and the bar has remained steady.

Don't waste your money at Harbor Freight , last year when my Dodge compressor went out I needed a new set of gauges , so bought a set from them , never made one complete fill with it , blew an o-ring on the fitting , took it back and got credit --- NAPA was where I got the one I have now from

No car a/c's have what is called an accumulator. Probably spelled that wrong lol. But the theory behind that is when the rpm's are spinning super fast it doesnt just get like super crazy cold a/c. Since the compressor on a car is directly effected by engine rpm. A txv is an adjustable metering device. It meters the liquid refrigerant back into the condenser to turn back to a vapor.

Well here's progress so far. I got the case split and everything out. I have to admit, I thought the motor would've been in worse shape than it is. Bearings are all in great shape, most damage seems to be in the top end. Think I'm going to take cylinder to a local shop and have them hone it. I have a hunch it's beyond oem spec. If so I will keep it for when I put a bore kit in it. Sending out crank today for a refresh. The oil tank and cooler are next on the list. The tank was full of dirt and metal so I'm sure the cooler is packed. I used kerosene in the tank and it cleaned it right out. My ultra sonic cleaner isn't big enough to put he oil cooler in so I'll fill it with kerosene and let it sit then blow out and see how it works. RK

You definitely would keep your money on that one. After I looked at it closer the other day I noticed the crank had no color at all. It has maybe 25% more side to side and zero around the crank. Have to send it in to get a new rod as the wrist did a number on it. I think the cam chain is good. I used a little tool I made to count how many turns it takes to pull the tensioner all the way in. Then installed it and rotated the motor a few turns then checked how many turns it took to retract the tensioner. 9 1/2 turns from full extension and only 6 1/6 off cam chain. Seemed to have plenty of adjustment left and the guides look almost new. It felt good, but when I took it out there are 2 link that bind pretty badly even after trying to loosen it up in and ultra sonic cleaner using 50/50 simple green/water. So I will be looking for a new chain regardless. Thanks for the part number, going to get on that. Not sure on the cylinder yet. It's going to need honed out to see how much it will need to be bored. I want to stay in OEM spec for now and ride it that way next summer before changing thing up a little. Some before and after stuff. If I understood correctly I can go .025 over bore and still be able to use oem size piston? Should be getting a hone in a few days so I can see after I spend some time on it I got a few pics of progress so far. I will put them up as soon as I get home tonight. Thanks RK

I would bet my last dollar the crank is completely fine. The blue on the rod is 100% normal. If there was no up and down play in the big end it would be good to go. Your knocking i would almost guarantee was a stretched timing chain. While you are doing this rebuild i suggest doing the crf450r timing chain upgrade. Requires no modification but is alot stronger then the factory chain. If you have any questions feel free to hit me up! I have alot of custom mods done to my quad aswell. But not that type of custom lol

Just had to replace one of our ac/ heating units , was 12 years old , complete unit as it's freon was obsolete , new inside air handler /heating strip and the outside coil and compressor , 5 ton Heil was $6,400 installed , had to go to Mississippi to get it as units are hard to find right now from what my ac guy said

She done. This thread helped a ton. It helped with the particulars of a rookie putting it back together. Appreciate the thread. @shadetree @Fishfiles @toodeep Thanks guys 65334690922__9DCF01BC-6668-4AFC-81B0-06B8A0947193.MOV

What a fun nite we had! I’m away all set up for couple weeks Elk hunting. Can’t pull trigger till opening day on 17th. So we went scouting etc yesterday. Came back in the evening & had few adult wobbly pops. My buddy owns a new to him 97’ 400 with my 300 oem carb on it. He was poking the bear saying how bad his would beat mine in a race, as I have spent more $$ on mine than a new Rubicon 500. So as U see in the pics it was from camp to the tree line & back. We ran three times. Twice I was in 2wd & once locked up in 4wd. I made his 400 look stupid !. Then… to top it off I was trying to pull a tree out for firewood. I couldn’t drag it out even locked up. He razzing again & said his 400 would pull it out… DARN!! Our first nite here & he pulled for all his quad was worth & either blew rear end or u-joint. She was spinning in 4wd wide open throttle & BOOM something greneded!!! Only has fwd now!! So Moral if the story is…a fully built ATV will WIN! Bahahaha. Sorry I have no video!

wheeler if you ever choose to sell that 300 plus beast.... contact me 1st!!! lol! do tell me you won something out that drag race other then rights to do the repairs on his.

I may need a front case(engine) if the JB Weld doesn't hold on the crack in the bottom. Oil drips out. Doesn't seem to be under pressure. 2000 TRX450ES

Yup! When we get home, & tear it apart to see what broke, I’ll surely help him out! Haha.

yup..... bout like it was here when we had our bunch... some would just have to get stuck.... some would sit back and laugh, and then there were those of us who went and helped, and had a great time getting out hands dirty, and covered in mud.... lol!.. those were great times!

when to say when .... when i drank i missed that part. lol! and learned a lesson very well.

@_Wilson_™ no it's just the rotation that happens. We've had dry times this summer and now we are in a wet time. But certainly nothing like happening in the Gulf area.....

you shouldn't need any tools with such a new bike...ahem don't forget the go pro, for the videos! uh hu i couldn't agree more.... lol!

Oh no select fire for me either. Just wastes ammo lol. My friend who just passed away (from the clot shot I suspect) had a lot of Class III stuff back when I was younger. Of course, that stuff is horribly expensive now, and he sold his to buy a lake house probably 20 years ago. The stuff was fun to shoot, but there are a lot of other things I would buy if I wanted "Ridiculously expensive toys with no real utility". Just feeding one now is cost prohibitive, not even bringing in the $xx,xxx price tag to get one and the NFA paperwork involved. The ban era stuff I was poking fun at are the "no flash hider, no bayonet lug" as if those make things mass killing machines. Stupid politicians.

Well I can say you have a unique 400EX...lol Hey if it runs and drives I would say you did pretty well....always a plus..