@@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.
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..." 🙂
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!
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.
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 ...........................................................
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...
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.
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
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
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.
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?
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 .
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.
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.
@@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 🙂
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.
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.
Always love stopping by the garage have a blessed week my friends.
Thanks, you too!
Getting there guys huh!...cant wait to hear this baby run!
Coming Soon.
Nice thorough presentation. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Won’t have to touch it for years.
I appreciate that!
@@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.
NM you just did it at the end lol
It’s coming along can’t wait to hear it run keep up the great work and Gods blessings for and Jim
Thank you, and my best to you and yours.
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..." 🙂
Thank You
Nice video! It was a pleasure to meet you yesterday at socal cycle swap meet in long beach! thnx for the pics mike , see you on the road!
👍😊
Thanks! You too!
Pacific Mike is the right tool for the job! Excellent!
Thank You
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
That's awesome.
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!
Thank You, and a salute to great Dads everywhere.
Some really really nice work there Mike.... That's gonna go like a scaled cat
It will have lots of efficient torque.
Beautiful story about your Dad. You must have made him reeeeal proud. 👏
I tried. Thank You.
Lovely job Mike. My dad was the same bless him.. Camera man Mike has great lighting in his work shop.
Camera man Mike knows what he's doing for sure. !
😊
Thank You. Yep, Mike does well.
Yes he does.
Watching these videos. It's always time well spent. Thank you !
Glad you like them!
Hearing this Bike of Jims will be the icing on the cake!
I do believe it will run quite nicely.
Thanks again for the great videos, Mike.
All the best,
Mitch
Thank You
Thanks gentlemen for starting my day off right. Shop class never looked so good. Lol.. ✌ 🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it.
I have learned so much from your videos. After 50 years of riding and wrenching, still learning! Thank you Mike.
Thank You. Me too.
Thank you for sharing. Jim is ready to ride.
You got that right!
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.
Oh damn. That sucks.
Bummer.
Thank you for doing this job. I’ve bought a new mikuni carb and seals for the manifold. You do make a difference. Love your work. Thanks. Jack
Thank You, Jack. We try.
great video thanks for all the helpful tips
Glad to help
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
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Glad you like it.
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...
Allow warm up time before taking off. Not doing that will really blow base gaskets on an Evo.
Can't hardly wait to hear it fire.
Coming soon.
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.
Thank You. We each do what we're comfortable with.
Thank you for the lesson on mounting intake manifold👍👍👍. Kjell Blomstrand"the Swede" 🇸🇪😎
Glad you liked it!
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
Sounds good to me.
Dad was very tough growing up but you know what im 42 years old and the day isn't complete unless I talk to my best friend on the phone.
Very cool. I wish I could call mine.
Dish soap! Who knew I had bike tools under the kitchen sink...! Wonderful.
It keeps my hands soft too.
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.
Thank You. I have my issues with computers. I realize it's the way things are done now, but I have difficulties dealing with it every day.
Hey Mike, I'd like to see a video on all your different modified tools.
We just use them as they come up.
I thought I was the only one that uses dish soap. It’s a small world lol
Keeps my hands lovely.
HEY! Who's the ONE guy who didn't like this video? C'mon, fess up! Were you even WATCHING???? How could you NOT like this? Just sayin'.
I'm not offended. I'm not perfect and I can't please everyone.
Good deal Mike, shows the frustrating truth of it all
Nah, just takes practice.
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
What year? Are we talking early, late, fuel injection? If it's what a petcock screws into, it is welded into the tank.
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!
Got it! Be sure that manifold is set the way you want it, because once it's tightened down, you don't want it to move.
@@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 !
Good luck. It should tighten up completely.
@@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
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.
Much easier staight up and down. The inclinometer works that way.
Sure hope these videos were made and then released at a later date.. Top end job on an EVO shoildn't take this long.
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?
@@pacificmike9501 i apologize . I understand what you are doing. I need to have more patience..haha.
Jim is the patient one and is a paying customer. Im sure he appreciates the fact that this hasn't been a "rush job".
@@kennethwise7108👍
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 .
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance! An older book that addresses that exact state of mind. ✌🇨🇦
There are big differences from different kinds of Harleys, but I still believe that specializing in them has made me pretty happy.
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.
It is called an inclinometer. Most hardware stores have them, generally around $6.00. I believe I bought the one I'm using at Harbor Freight.
@@pacificmike9501 Thank you!
Hey, Mike,, Can you make a video showing us how to check for an Intake leak when you get to that point?
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.
@@pacificmike9501 How long does the engine need to run before you notice this change, if there is one? Thanks Mike!
Mike, are these manifold bolts stainless steel?
No.
Doing my 97 fatboy this weekend, your a much better refresher course than the manual 🎉. Thanks for sharing 🍸
Thank You.
Is there a specific reason for not using washers for the maifold bolts?
They grab, they dig in, they stay.
@@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".....
Okay.
@@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 🙂
Personally, I think it's a conscious decision. Thank You.
Can the breather valve be changed without unloading the cam?
No. All that pressure has to be backed off before removing the cam cover.
I can almost here it👍
Me too.
Mike , no manifold leak down test ?
No.
Nice to watch, great detail.
Have you ever fitted a one piece manifold on an evo ?
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.
I have an evolution stroker. My cylinders are taller so should I be running a longer then stock intake and how do I measure if so?
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.
@@pacificmike9501 ok great. Thanks for the quick reply and videos
No Green thread locker ,no Blue ?
No.
You can say an allen wrench is not expensine but try to get a 1/2'' in Europe, they are pretty expensive over here
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.
Wood it work if you mark the mandold befor you take it offmark mandold an the head
Nope.
Would some lube grease help with the seals
I prefer dish soap.
I prefer dish soap.
Thank you
Thank You
Intake mounting is a tedious job.
No, it's just stuff to do. It feels good to get it done well.
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Thank You
🍻🇺🇸
Thank You
MyElectra 87 its over ....game over 😥
Okay.
First
And foremost.
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Any reason not to switch those bolts to a 12 point ARP style bolt? Could even do stainless. Great video as always.
I've used them. They do make it a little easier. Ram Jett products always used them.