Geocaching on Anzac Day 2014

Did a few geocaches today, and revisited an old favorite so that Jana could do it.

Bed Bugs is a classic!!

We brought our own batteries as suggested by the cache information.

...and at a different cache, here's a really nice custom-carve-out hiding place. :)

Fuel valve fix and engine dampener

The fuel valve on my motor pushbike has been leaking horribly. About 2 litres flowed into the tank overnight. Not cool!!

Here you can see the tiny rubber seal is decayed quite badly.

So I'm making a new one from some recycled car-tyre rubber lying around. It's difficult to make nice clean holes in rubber.

Pretty ugly. Hope it works.

Nope, that didn't work at all. I'll try a thinner rubber seal. This time I'll use an old bicycle inner tube.

...and a proper hole punch instead of a drill bit.

Super tidy. That looks much better.

A dab of silicone should stop the new diaphram from moving around (rotating) inside the petcock. (ps: post-install, works like a charm. Problem fixed)

The motor vibrates like a beast. It's hard metal-to-metal bolted to the bike at every point. I think I'm going to pad everything with this recycled car tyre strip.

First I'll line all the frame-mount brackets with some rubber padding.

That should do it.

... I'll add some between the mount-plate and the engine also...when I get back into the shed. Updates eventually...

More "favorites" geocaches.

Did a couple really nice geocaches today. One being another of Muzza's electronic game geocaches. Well worth it. Check these out when you get a chance:

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4062J_national-treasure http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2HWVE_who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-v-2