New Video Up, what's in your pipe

[socalhodaka]

We open up a pipe so you can see inside. On my Wombat project the pipe had many leaks, so in the first of two videos we dive into the repair. Thanks to Greg at California Hodaka for all the help. Feel free to leave me know what you think or what I can do different, Im excited to get better with this editing program Powerdirector. I check out tons of video on YouTube to see what I don't want to do, like hold the camera in one hand and remove the clutch in the other all while trying to talk.

I would like to get more subscribers and likes on the YouTube page. So check it out. Thanks Kelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWvdRAGw3E

[bchappy]

I had that exact experience with an 03 pipe. I started restoring one a couple years ago. I went through the engine with new bearing and seals and went through the carb and it fired right up. It would not wind out in any gear, so I worked for several days trying to jet the carb and nothing would get the engine to wind up. I had another 03 that ran good so I decided to try the pipe from it and it took off like a new one. I burned the other one out just as Greg did and when I put it back on the problem was solved.

Another great video Kelly

[socalhodaka]

I had that exact experience with an 03 pipe. I started restoring one a couple years ago. I went through the engine with new bearing and seals and went through the carb and it fired right up. It would not wind out in any gear, so I worked for several days trying to jet the carb and nothing would get the engine to wind up. I had another 03 that ran good so I decided to try the pipe from it and it took off like a new one. I burned the other one out just as Greg did and when I put it back on the problem was solved.

Another great video Kelly

Bill, would you mind leaving this comment on the YouTube page. It would be great for other folks to read that may not be a member here.
Thanks Kelly

[hodakamax]

I checked it out and Max says "good job"--- Keep after it!

[bchappy]

I shared my comment on YouTube.

[BrianZ]

Nicely done! I appreciate the content, as I never realized how the mesh was situated in the pipe. After 40 year or so it really loads up with carbon and oil.

Does anyone know if the Combat Wombat has mesh in the pipe?

Brian

[DesertRat54]

This is an outstanding video. I've always been curious about just what the screen looked like. One of the two CW pipe types has a screen too, and I'm wondering if that screen is similar to the 03 Wombat's. Anyway, showing the cutaway REALLY makes quite an impression. I have a couple of things I might add:
1) I throw my pipes on a pile of brush to burn them out. This has always worked really well, and am often surprised at how much thick, black smoke roils up out of the pipe when I do this. Using a torch will do it too, of course, although it's hard for me to imagine that all of that nasty oil and carbon will actually burn completely out that way. I realize that this demo took place in an urban environment (California, no less) where burning brush would likely bring complaints, followed by the local fire department and the police.
2) I've learned the hard way that ALUMINUM silencers, spark arrestors and internal fittings don't need much in order to melt into a puddle. I ruined a perfectly good SL250 spark arrestor this way, as well as the internals of one from an IT175 (I guess I'm one of those who has to make two mistakes before I learning something, rather than the usual single mistake that works well for most people). At any rate, I'd like to offer a word of caution so as not to ruin irreplaceable aluminum parts.

Again, great video. Would there be any interest in cutting a CW pipe horizontally along the welds so we can see inside of this type?

Bill (late of California--you have my sympathies) in VA

[michael_perrett]

Which one of the Combat Wombat pipes have the screen?

[DesertRat54]

Hi Mike,
I've always heard the the CW pipes with the screens are the ones that have evidence of spot welds along the sides of the pipe. My understanding is that these spot welds were the ones holding the screen in place inside the pipe. I have both types, and the later pipe does have these. The earlier type with the flame thrower end doesn't seem to have those marks. In this regard, I've wanted to modify the pipe along Ed's recommendations as they appear in the January 2010 Resonator article. It seems to me that cutting the pipe length-wise along the welded seems, removing the screen, and a modification to the stinger would be a worthwhile project. I'd be interested in hearing comments from others on this.
Bill in VA

[michael_perrett]

When I purchased my very used Combat, it did not have a silencer on the pipe. I added a Yamaha TY175 silencer, but I will look for the spot welds.
I did remove the screens in my used 175SL when I first purchased it. Cut both ends off and ground just the welds off the two half sections. Harry said to do this, not sure how much it helped since I did many modifications at one time.