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Hey Chickenpinz, what pressure do you run off road? I have the same wildpeak mt’s and I don’t go below 25 psi. Maybe I’m being overly cautious?

I have a Swiss and had the same issue. The right turn wire coming out of the turn signal switch plugs into a 3-way junction and one of the wires slipped off because it was loose. (Large hands and tiny work space) You may have to trace the connections back a little further.
Best of luck.

Funny. I can get a teenager to “not hate math,” but I still don’t know how to post pictures here.

And we’re back. In by 8 and out by 10. It was fun and my son enjoyed it, but I must admit there’s not a lot to do there. We climbed some berms. There was one with a lot of loose sand that beat us. Otherwise, everything was pretty easy with the rear differential locked. There was a lot of stream ...

I know it’s short notice, but I’m going to San Gabriel Canyon OHV this Sunday the 14th. It would be great to meet any So Cal pinz people. I’m going to try to be there at 8.

Due to the age of this, it seems that most owners have had their pinz’s for a while. So even though I had one in the early 2000’s, I’m a noob. Because I’m addressing issues I never had before, it is like starting all over again.
So for other noobs that may follow

I had a similar issue. I balanced ...

I know I'm late to this one, but I have two questions:
1. How did you cover the output for the speedo cable?

2. What did you do about the odometer reading?
Did you have to fill out a statement at the DMV, were you able to have the odometer set, or is there no odometer on the gauge at all?

So I took off the choke(starter valve). The leading one had some burrs on the edges of the openings so I cleaned that up, I put a drop of oil on the disk so it would spin more freely, and I put a drop of oil in the middle of the disk because it rides against a spring and I noticed it would stick on ...

Yes. The return spring is good. I should have included that.
It looks like the choke is a disk with holes that rotates like a faucet cartridge. I’ll try opening one to see if there’s debris in there. It may even be that the edges of the spring wire are snagging and causing the clicking sound.

Over the last month, it has become more difficult to push down the choke knob. Everything runs normal. I disconnected the choke arms from the cable. The cable moves easily. The choke levers move, but I’ve never turned them before so I can’t make any comparisons. The amount of force required to turn ...

So I learned something new about the hand throttle. I used to think the only way it worked was pull the handle to desired throttle position and tighten it in place.
But while I was disassembling and chasing sticking points, I noticed the handle was about a half inch higher than normal and there ...

Just last night, my throttle started sticking. When I take my foot of the gas, the pedal doesn’t come all the way back up. I tried blipping the had throttle to no avail.
I put a drop of oil on all of the rod ends and sprayed some oil on the pivot that the hand throttle pulls on( I removed the e ...

I know that the pinzgauer was never meant to be a comfy cruiser and I know that 50 years has only made it worse(body mounts and original dampening pads hardening). But, I’ve been making slight improvements. I replaced the weatherstripping on the door tops so they don’t rattle. I replaced the muffler ...

I plan on installing diff breathers (fr & r). Is it just a matter of removing the cover and connecting the wires or is there a spring waiting to jump out at me?
Also, is it supposed to be dry (No oil)?

Oh. Yeah. I forgot to ask. Regular threads(normal directions) on both fan and crank?