86 TRX350A Resto

[shadetree 5,864]

31 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

I should have a taillight. Pm me your address. I’ll send you one.

if you dont locate one ?, pretty sure i've got some spares..lol.

[jeepwm69 7,605]

28 minutes ago, Goober said:

Here’s some pics of how the Novus plastic polish worked on the air box and toolbox covers. with my Armstrong polisher 💪🏻.

use liberally with a soft cloth, like Turtle Wax don’t work it too hard. When it’s dried abit, Use one of those microfiber cloths to buff.

i buffed the airbox cover last night—i bought it used from someone who got OD green overspray in it. Completely removed the overspray and shined the surface.

 

worked on the toolbox light for about two minutes for ya

 

I’ve used Novus on Jeep soft top windows. There are different ones depending on the polish needed. One removed the yellowing and light scratches, and another polished. Looks good!

[Goober 1,555]

Thanks very much Jeep! if you happen to have an extra rear fender splash guard support (#5), that would complete the entire parts list!

 

 

Edited April 12, 2020 by Goober

[jeepwm69 7,605]

I’ll check and see what I have. If I have one I’ll toss it in there.

[Goober 1,555]

I got some 3M reflective striping to dress up the rear fender 

[Fishfiles 20,145]

Wow , that looks good !!  

[Goober 1,555]

Thanks FF it’s 3M Conspicuity reflective tape. Same color and i ordered it in same width as the real deal— has that little diamond pattern just like the real sticker.

the real one has a fade front to back pattern

Edited April 12, 2020 by Goober
Added picture

[Goober 1,555]

3 hours ago, jeepwm69 said:

I’ll check and see what I have. If I have one I’ll toss it in there.

Holy moly that would be great please let me know how much you want for them or if there’s a trade i can help you with Jeep👊🏼

[jeepwm69 7,605]

Is this what you need? Been a busy morning.

 

Looks like they’re going to need to soak in penetrating oil a bit before I think I should try to remove them.

[Goober 1,555]

Heck yeah Jeep those are the two bits—the tailight assembly and that piece of spring steel with the hoops.  No hurry I sincerely appreciate your sharing them with me.

[Goober 1,555]

Made chicken wings and burned the oil. So used the oil and my meat probes to test two bad oil temp sensors—actually have 3 bad ones—one is on the quad. Units are KOhms. Results not terrible but mid-range response lags quite a bit; they fall back into spec on the way down.
 

Temp:    77F          212F          338F

Spec:     9.5-10.5  0.95-1.05   0.209-0.231

#1:         11.31       1.80           0.258

#2:         11.48       1.78           0.247

Edited April 19, 2020 by Goober

[Goober 1,555]

I put my best oil temp sensor in this rig and ready to see if it still gets too hot. This one turned the fan on above 1.1 KOhm and shut off below 1.0. Still a bit high, but the overheat R value was closest to 231 (236).

Looked like maybe I didn’t have one lead well connected—the weather cover had creeped up on the bullet and I didn’t hear it click when it discoed.

[retro 4,048]

Your 350 looks fabulous! You can connect a 200k Ohms, 25 turns trimpot in parallel with your two oil temp sensor leads to provide more than enough adjustability to bring that aging sensor back into spec and beyond. I had a trimpot on my Rancher for a whole season, it worked good allowing me to dial in a lower fan kick on temp. I still have that trimpot... if you'd like to use it on your 350 I can send it to ya. PM me a mailing address and it'll be enroute on Monday.

[Goober 1,555]

Oh man Retro you bet I’d love to use that—I’ll pm ya and I’ll have some return fire on ya too.

i temp hardwired a waterproof switch from the accessory circuit to the fan.

my friend repaired an old cooler carrier—i got it off a rollover—he got a 5 gal keg of homebrew off me for that one.

i can’t wait to get this thing on the trail!

[shadetree 5,864]

outstanding !. got my hands on another trx350D ( i'm a sucker for these old girls ! ), just unloaded out of the truck, keep an eye out in the restoration area !.

[Goober 1,555]

Here’s a pic of it with the ATV flag

[jeepwm69 7,605]

Looks good.  You're missing a tail light though!

[shadetree 5,864]

24 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

Looks good.  You're missing a tail light though!

haha...least he's not missing a muffler ?!..lol.

[Goober 1,555]

Got a taillight, airbox drain cap and a mudguard support from Jeep on Monday.

outstanding gift @jeepwm69 thanks very much!

s😎.

so much fun making this old tank happy again—

 

[Fishfiles 20,145]

Cool pic Goober  ^^^  ---- Jeep helped me out before , I nominated him " Most Helpful " this month !!! 

[_Wilson_™ 6,564]

 definitely,  paying it forward. 

[jeepwm69 7,605]

25 minutes ago, Goober said:

Got a taillight, airbox drain cap and a mudguard support from Jeep on Monday.

outstanding gift @jeepwm69 thanks very much!

s😎.

so much fun making this old tank happy again—

 

I wanted to see pics of the parts after got all the rust, moss, and Covid 19 off of them!  LOL. 

 

They were some rough parts.  Hope they cleaned up ok.

[Goober 1,555]

Jeep I finally got those parts installed yesterday—man they look good! Knocked that thick green film of COVID off the taillight and grommet—i see now i musta got it bunched up in there. A little armor-all will make it seat better. 
need to paint the spring. I had to used a tubing sleeve to get the drain plug to fit but it will sure keep daubers from nesting in the air box!

thanks again please lmk if there’s something you need!

[Fishfiles 20,145]

WOW , Smithsonian Museum Quality !!!  

[Wheeler 2,525]

Awesome job on the resto! Well done!!!!!

 

I'd love to do up an old 350 one day!