Vintage AE & I Got 870c Runners!

[vintage AE]

Oh, I forgot, bad news...no new screw sets for us, they are out of stock and cancelled my order

[Charlie don't surf]

I have a pile of YZ10 metric hex SS screws that you can have!! ( and some recievers )

[vintage AE]

I have a pile of YZ10 metric hex SS screws that you can have!! ( and some recievers )

wow Reg, now I can finish this project right away

Rod, Reg said he would send me those receivers last year, so if I just wait til I get these screws I can finsh the project by 2012

[Charlie don't surf]

I have a pile of YZ10 metric hex SS screws that you can have!! ( and some recievers )

wow Reg, now I can finish this project right away

Rod, Reg said he would send me those receivers last year, so if I just wait til I get these screws I can finsh the project by 2012

But, they were and are free- so that does give me a little wiggle room!

[vintage AE]

I got your address though, I can send more toonies

The last I check, a loonie is worth about a hundred american bucks

[Charlie don't surf]

I got your address though, I can send more toonies

The last I check, a loonie is worth about a hundred american bucks

Nope, 1 Euro is worth $100 USD

[slotcarrod]

Yo Anthony! No more progress?????

[vintage AE]

Sorry Rod, I got caught up with my 10T, 10L and old/new RC10

I'm bringing the 870c stuff with me tomorrow and will pick up the RC10s for the 25yrs of rc10 project too if I can. If I don't pick up the RC10s then I can still work on the 870 buggies

[slotcarrod]

Focus Grasshopper! 870's first!

[vintage AE]

Focus Grasshopper! 870's first!

OKay, okay, I should get lots done while I'm at work in the field Give me a week or so and we will have so progress

[slotcarrod]

I purchased the Badger sand blaster yesterday! Hope it works on all the MAG parts?

[vintage AE]

I got to work on the shocks tonight
I laid out of all the clean parts with one group showing how the manual shows how they go together. Amongst the parts I found 3 different pistons, no holed piston, 2 holed and 3 holed. I tried using the no holed piston and it didn't move very easy or at all inside the shock body, but the 2 holed piston worked nicely. I heard that these shocks were hard to bring back to life after over 10yrs of abuse, but I didn't seem to have any issues with the right piston. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with the non holed piston I would use a stiffer spring than the stock one though.

If it wasn't for the lack of inner springs, we would have shocks for three 870Cs, but as of right now, we just have one set.

[Bormac]

Im not sure if you are aware but the 870c and YZ10 had slightly different shocks. The 870c version confuses the hell out of me with those internal coils....what tha?

The YZ10 version were more inline with todays type shocks when it comes to the internals.

[vintage AE]

I noticed that these shocks are ass backwards

They wont work very well without those internal springs though. I wonder where they all went to? Not like someone would think that it would be a good idea to throw them out. All I have is one extra for a total of 5.

May have to use Associated shocks if we cant find 3 more.

[jwscab]

some of the shocks didn't have the springs as far as I can tell. There was some kind of extra addendum to rebuild the shocks. The manual scan for the 870c floating around has that page stuck over top of the original page.