Progress

So I got the replacement gear shift in the mail yesterday. I was hoping it would have the washers that went with it. No such luck, so I ordered two washers and two new circlips from a Kawasaki dealer in Concord. Also today I replaced the rotted out connectors on the wiring harness. So things are moving right along. Side note...I just poured myself a glass of whisky... and I've been thinking about building a boat. It's been on my bucket list for a while.....more of a small ship....a viking kind of ship with dragon  heads...to be taken out on the ocean. I wish I was kidding.

The Celestial

New Stator

I have the new stator bolted to the back side of the generator cover but I'm waiting on a new gear shifter that needs to be installed at the same time. More importantly I need to figure out what goes in the hole just above the cover. It's at about the 12 o'clock position and just outside the cover. There's one on the bottom too.

Disney's Hitchhiking Ghosts

I've been wanting to try this paint out all winter! Finally today it reached almost 50, so I could paint these outside. I like it!

Deadwood Al...Almost Finished

I'm almost finished with my Al Swearengen sculpt. I need some flatter paint for the suit. I'm almost never satisfied with any of these....but I had some good times with this one, drinking whisky at the kitchen island.

Al Swearengen Sculpture

Started to paint Al!

New Stator !

I never realized how beautiful a new stator looked. Once I finish my coffee and the rest of the world wakes up, I have to head down to the hardware store for some thread locker for those three bolts holding that pretty little thing in place. I'll probably put it on all the screws. Me paranoid about them coming off.

word

The Can of Worms/Bees Nest Arrived Today!!!

I can't wait to get started on this! It got here almost instantly from E-Bay. The stator should be getting here soon as well.

Kawasaki Vulcan Project

I ordered a new stator and a used wiring harness off of E-Bay. They should be here soon. In the meantime I took out the old stator and re-checked it (ohmed the windings). I also repaired a small crack in the cover with JB Weld steel epoxy. It seems fine but if I can get another used cover I will. I also ohmed out those little magnetic doo dads on the left and got the same reading for each one so they're probably swell. I'll check the readings with the manual so calm down!

Vulcan Project contiuned

This is why I'm leaning toward a "new" harness. Most of the connectors are loaded with corrosion. The stator ohms out to be no good according to the manual, so I'll be ordering one of those soon. I'm looking on E-Bay for the harness.

New Spring Project: 1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500

My brother-in-law just gave me this! A 1998 Kawasaki Vulcan. So far, all it looks like it needs is a stator and probably a wiring harness. I'm looking forward to getting this beast running and on the road.

Al Swearengen: Deadwood

I bought some cool magnifying glasses off of Amazon and I'm able to see a lot more detail.  Now I need to find some tiny sculpting tools to try and clean it up. I need to finish this soon because I can feel my ADD kicking in on this project. I might just chuck it in the snow and move on to something else.