The coolant is probably running down the pan rail from somewhere else. For me, it was the freeze plug behind the drivers side motor mount. It had rusted out, and was starting to leak.

 

Yeah, mine had the peanut tank, UNDER 2 gallons. I replaced it with one that holds 4 plus gallons. When I got it last spring, it had some problems, mainly old dry tires and totally underpowered. Fixed those problems with Pirelli sport bike tires and a 1200 big bore kit and a complete carb overhaul.

And it was ugly, fixed that with powder coating.

The small size is fine with me, I've been riding Japanese bikes since the early 70's; I'm at a time of life were smaller is better. Not planning on going touring anytime soon.

 

I was a sport bike guy until someone put a big hole in my leg. Now trying to do the crotch rocket crunch hurts too much. The best bike I owned that was a cross between the two was my Buell Lightening XB9SX. It handled like a sport bike but the sitting position wasn't as compact. Wish I hadn't gotten rid of it. As I said I could really care what you ride as long as it has two wheels.

 

Getting ready to put in a new water pump :/

 

Got a new air filter housing from the junkyard to replace the original with broken ears. Zip ties worked good for a while but needed replacing. Replaced rear end gasket and oil. The amount of silicone used at assembly plant was impressive and a pain to take off. Oh yeah got a spare tire winch from the junkyard as well and replaced it.

Going to purchase a dash bezel soon so i can replace it and the radio at the same time. Bezel is cracked and radio volume button no longer works.

 

Took the Ram for a drive last night and the dreaded p0305 code popped up. I had just done a full tuneup(and yes I follow the wire routing tsb) so looks like I'll be doing a compression test today after work.

 

New upper and lower ball joints, new hub on driver's side (2nd one in two years - is that normal?) 4 new shocks, rotated the tires. I still need to adjust the bands and track down a weird thumping vibration that occurs while coasting at around 5-10 MPH.

 

Realigned the front end by stretching some string down the side of the tires and adjusting. It runs true but my steering wheel is a tad off. Later on went and bought some 6x9s for the doors. The right one never worked. For the time being I have a 5x5 in its place.

 

Been driving it the past few days, really enjoy driving it. However, I'm leaking axle grease, transmission fluid, and my engine is burning a little antifreeze... Truck needs some attention.

 

Got an alignment the other day since getting HD installed. He put toe to nearly zero and caster at 3.6 and 4.0, driver/pass. Seems to track straighter but still has wander. So I'm hoping the last piece is the Redhead which I'll pick up today down there.