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  2. Posted · Edited by freebo86

    3 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

     

    Here we go , an oil thread !!!! Going to pop some corn , BRB !!!! 

     

    Wish I had the link to my synopsis of oil labels ,  the code is about money , pay the $10 a liter and that code will protect you and me !!! 

     

    No no. Were keeping this a fixing thread lol not Oil. I gotta fire this thing up! 

     

    Checked the official Shell website. It's good. Plus WallyWorld is $24 for that same jug. So Rotella it will be. Gotta save some funds these days.

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    4 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

    I'll pay you the difference to run Honda oil , so I don't have to hear it , if , heaven forbid , it fails , LOL 

     

    You better stock up on oil , cause I think it is going to make a dramatic price increase  in the not too far future , might be a better investment than gold , buy a 18 wheeler full !!!!  ----  The Green New Deal is coming to a Providence near you soon 

     

    2 hours ago, _Wilson_™ said:

    conventional, same as rotella t4. both are great oils.


    Maybe just go with Rotella then? I’ll be able to get 2 changes out of that 5L jug. Price seems right, @Fishfiles is a believer. @retro hasn’t seen anything yet on oil might be a touchy topic for him! 

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    1 hour ago, Fishfiles said:

    I'll pay you the difference to run Honda oil , so I don't have to hear it , if , heaven forbid , it fails , LOL 

     

    You better stock up on oil , cause I think it is going to make a dramatic price increase  in the not too far future , might be a better investment than gold , buy a 18 wheeler full !!!!  ----  The Green New Deal is coming to a Providence near you soon 

     

    Your stressing me out! I'm so excited to fire this thing up, but at the same time frightened to what actually occurs.

     

    is GN4 Synthetic or Conventional?

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  6. Posted · Edited by freebo86

    15 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

    Freebo ,

    Not that I don't have faith in you , I just don't want something to not go right for you and the oil be a reason for bickering about it , LOL 

     

    I can't believe how much you'll have to pay for Rotella up in the Great White North , that link you posted was like $37 for 5 liters , which is $7.40 a liter , I am gettingT4 for $15 a gallon , I think a gallon is about 3.75 liters , which is $4 a liter  ,  that's  1/2 price ----  What's does  Honda oil go for up there ?  ----   $10 a liter would be my guess 

     

    Hehe.

     

    That Rotella is $32 plus tax for 5L. That is actually somewhat cheap for this quantity based on everyday prices. May dip ON SALE for $25/5L.

    GN4 I think they want $39 for 3.78L (1gallon) - your guess of 10$/L is close.

     

    Keep in mind this is Canadian funds I'm referencing. This is the land of cheap Medicare not oil or gas.

     

    Side note; dropped the cylinder off should have it hopefully later this week. Shop is too busy for a quick turn around.

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    2 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

    I think if I were you I would stay with OEM Honda oil  

     

    No faith in me? 😄 Haha.

     

    40 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

    I use Rotella T4 for break in, and then run the synthetic Rotella T6 after break in.

     

    The magic words you're looking for are "JASO MA" on the bottle.  If the oil weight is in the specified range (30 or 40 weight) and it is JASO MA rated, you can use it.

     

    Rotella is cheap, easy to find, and works great in all my Hondas.  The T5 synthetic blend does NOT have JASO MA on the bottle, but the T4 in the white jug, and the 5W40 T6 both do.

     

    Thanks! Well that Rotella stuff T4 is cheaper than OEM GN4 from Honda. Almost $15 and more quantity oil for the money. If I can use this stuff for my Break-In I'd be happy save at least a couple of bucks.

    https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/rotella-t4-conventional-diesel-engine-oil-15w40-5-l-0287930p.html#srp

     

    Any issue in sticking with Conventional even after the fact or do I want to then switch to synthetic?

     

    1 hour ago, Fishfiles said:

    I am not scare to use non-Honda oil , but when it comes to washing the jug after a bore job I am scared of the grit  ,  I  fill the sink with hot water and Dawn , wash and rinse it good , blow it off with air , wash it again in the Dawn , blow if off again , then I spray part and brake cleaner on it and blow it off again , then wipe a film of motor oil on the cylinder wall 

     

    Thanks for the tip. Super washing and cleaning will happen!

  8. Posted · Edited by freebo86

    9 hours ago, retro said:

     

    Conventional motor oils are refined from crude oil extracted from the earth. So are crude-based.... synthetics are polymer chains (esters generally) created by chemical processes.

     

    Are you installing a new cylinder, or did you have your cylinder rebored & honed to fit an oversize piston kit?

     

    LOL you first sentence confused me even more! But my cylinder is being bored and honed, being done today actually.

    Oversize OEM Honda piston and rings.

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  10. Posted

    8 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

    I buy Donaldson oil filters for $5 they come with the large o-ring  , lucky to have a dealer in New Orleans where I go for equipment filters ,  if I run low on stock , I have bought Honda filters local the dealership , but I have never bought  a quart of oil from Honda in my life , Shell Rotella T4 is all I use in everything I own 


    You use Diesel oil in the ATV?

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    19 hours ago, Jemmons467 said:

    So did you get the parts you needed installed and how is it shifting for you?

     

    As @Fish Warrior said my engine is torn down now due to other issues.

     

    But I did receive the shift motor he donated to me, which unfortunately arrived busted inside the metal housing just like mine. I just went ahead and ordered a Amazon badboy and it arrived yesterday. I took it apart, the bearings, and everything looks identical to the OEM Honda one. I sealed around the armature housing with gasket maker, greased the bearings and will fully seal this thing. We'll see how long it lasts.

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  18. Posted

    8 hours ago, retro said:

    Yes, and allows the rider to set the temp that the fan turns off too, independently. The micro-controller has NVRAM built-in too, so once the parameters are setup in the menu they are saved until the owner changes them, no battery backup required.

     

    The ATV owner can leave the OEM FCU on the bike if he/she wishes to, cause this gizmo is a standalone product that requires no alterations. Just recently it became available in both Celcius and Fahrenheit versions too.


    Cool! So the next question is, can I have one? 🙂

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  19. Posted

    1 minute ago, retro said:

    There is never a catch, I'm getting too old & slow. 🙂

     

    No gizmo games I promise.... as I mentioned it is totally free right now, as in free beer. Problem is they are still in the prototype stage. Once they go into production I will have to charge buyers the $$$ amount it costs me to produce them + a small contribution to ATVHonda, on the buyer's behalf. They will be high value/low price.


    So this thing lets the rider set a set point at which the fan comes on? And works without the OEM FCU?

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  20. Posted · Edited by freebo86

    13 minutes ago, retro said:

     

    It's pretty competitively priced, IMO....

    FREE + FREE Shipping! It's sorta like free beer, only ya don't gotta share your box with your buddies. 🙂


    Lol what’s the catch? Has a built in tracker and you monitor everyone’s movements? 
     

    So this thing actually lets the rider set the set point at which to turn the fan on/off?

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    4 hours ago, retro said:

     

    The OEM fan controller is garbage, no point in trying to keep that junk alive & functional. This custom FCU gizmo was dreamed up while @wheelsquadand I were discussing all of the faults & shortcomings the OEM FCUs have, on another failing forum. wheelsquad asked if there was anything that we could do to solve the most critical issues the OEM controllers have, so I went to work designing & testing my own circuit ideas, then we discovered the STM8S micro-controller boards and realized that all of the solutions to our questions already existed in those cheap boards. Thats when the current gizmo was envisioned and built.

     

    Some of the problems with the OEM FCUs that we set out to solve are listed in the first post of this thread. But there are many more advantages & features provided by the microcontroller solution than is obvious, most importantly it is very high precision.


    What is the price of one of these gizmos?

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    It wa a whirlwind of back and forth lol! I’m nervous but also excited to fire this thing up when it’s done to hear and feel the difference!
     

    Well new DID chain arrived today, compared it to my existing one. Same length so mine didnt really stretch. Tomorrow hoping to start assembling the front portion where chain, cam, clutches are to close the front cover back. 
     

    Have a feeling that end cylinder head will take a while to arrive.. 

     

     

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    So cleaned the front crank case cover. Loosened and lubed up the clutch adjusting screw.

     

    Anything else while this stuff is apart I can clean, blow air through etc? I cleaned out the oil filter area, and blew air through where the oil cooler lines connects too. Cleaned up the two o-rings and will add some o-ring sealant to those as well prior to reinstallation everything.

     

    I've cleaned the gaskets on both the bottom end for the jug, the case gasket is removed both from engine side and cover side.

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