klr650 : heater ( pictures )re:long

[Luc Legrain]

Yes... I forgot about Mr. Saline .. So.. let me give you a run down as to why I was looking for a way to heat up my block,in particular the oil ( I thought about the coolant first) : oil and filter change about 20 days ago,nice warm days, Valvoline 20-50( don't ask!!)Lucas oil treatment, half a bottle, ( yeah..I know.. don't want to hear about it ) and just a tad of Sea Foam ( same thing ... shut up ..) then the bottom fell out ..cold.. upper teens ,low twenties.. going to work 5:00am,fully charged battery,choke,crank,crank,crank, feeble attent to start, " light bulb"---> oil is too thick---> too cold----->what can you do?? HEY ..here is a thought ..keep your engine block warm overnight.. DUH.. ** REV** --> I used a grinder to get to the bare ALUMINUM, where magnets stick in peoples dreams.. *** Jeff ** ---> JB Weld good to 4-500 degrees according to label?? Anyways, I'll see what gives when everything dries up, and I I plug it up .

--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jeff Saline wrote: From: Jeff Saline Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: klr650 : Heater ( pictures ) To: mjearl@... Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 4:05 PM On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:49:22 -0000 "revmaaatin" writes: > Luc, > Put a trouble light on the JB Weld and it will cure faster--just not > > close enough to melt the tape. JB quick is also a good item for a > faster bond. > > Just curious, what did you prep the surface with, ie, lacquer > thinner? SNIP <><><><><><> <><><> <><><><><><> <><><> Martin, On this side of the state we'd probably just turn the heater on for a bit instead of looking for the heat lamp. : ) In Jan 2001 I had a good talk with a tech from the company about JB Weld/Kwik. I was testing it to seal a discontinuity in the base of an airhead cylinder. I asked about using it in a location that would see lots of heat cycles. The tech told me it would fail. When I asked how bad he said "catastrophic failure". The next day it failed in only maybe two uses. Based on his suggestion I ended up using High Temperature RTV and it's been in place for 7 years. Best, Jeff Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads. org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Click to consolidate debt and lower month expenses. http://thirdpartyof fers.juno. com/TGL2141/ fc/PnY6rw2PBHgRb 1BXGbdcw277Jciwg 4QxnbxUli77DB755 o62Y9e3C/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mike Atkinson]

About a month ago I drained my fluids and replaced the anti-freeze with "Valucraft" antifreeze & coolant. It contains ethlylene glycol (107-21-1), diethlene glycol (111-46-6), water (7732-18-5), corrosion inhibitors (proprietary). I talked to a couple people that ride other cycles besides KLRs and they said it would not cause problems (corrosion) in my KLR. But, I thought I would bounce this off the group and see if it's OK or if I need to flush this stuff and get something else in my 05 KLR. Muddy Shoe Mike - Casper, Wyoming [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Mike Atkinson wrote:

> > About a month ago I drained my fluids and replaced the anti-freeze

with "Valucraft" antifreeze & coolant. It contains ethlylene glycol (107-21-1), diethlene glycol (111-46-6), water (7732-18-5), corrosion inhibitors (proprietary). I talked to a couple people that ride other cycles besides KLRs and they said it would not cause problems (corrosion) in my KLR.

> But, I thought I would bounce this off the group and see if it's OK

or if I need to flush this stuff and get something else in my 05 KLR.

> Muddy Shoe Mike - Casper, Wyoming >

Mike, Did the label use the words, "Made for aluminum radiators and blocks" or words to that effect? You have an aluminum block and radiator.... revmaaatin.