Repair And Fix it

The addition of a leaf spring to a spring stack increases the stiffness of your vehicles suspension and gives your vehicle additional lift. Both enhancements aid a vehicle when traveling off-road. Stiffer leaf springs allow the suspension system to react faster and allow you to maintain control of the vehicle. Additional ground clearance allows your vehicle to drive over higher obstacles without damaging the undercarriage of your vehicle.

Instructions

Remove the Leaf Stack

1

Apply the vehicles parking brake. Place one wheel chock in front of each front vehicle tire.

2

Spray penetrating fluid on the eight hex nuts holding the U-bolts that are holding the leaf spring to the vehicles rear end.

3

Lift the back of the vehicle off the ground by placing a floor jack under a manufacturer-approved lifting point. Secure the vehicle by placing one jack stand under both rear sides of the vehicle. Lower the jack. Move the jack to the center of the rear. Jack up the rear. Remove the rear tires from the vehicle with a four-way lug nut wrench.

4

Turn the top bolt, holding the drivers side shock to the vehicle frame counterclockwise with a socket attached to a ratchet handle. Pull the bolt from the frame. Lower the floor jack. Remove the lower shock bolt from the rear differential. Set the shock aside.

5

Loosen the bolts located at each end of the drivers side leaf spring with the ratchet handle. Pull the leaf spring from the vehicle. Ensure no brake lines or wires tangle in the spring during removal.

Add-a-Leaf Installation

6

Place one C-clamp on either side of the center mounting bolt holding the leaf stack together. Tighten the C-clamps.

7

Hold the head of the center mounting bolt with a pair of self-locking pliers. Turn the hex nut on the bottom side of the center bolt counterclockwise with a socket and ratchet handle. Pull the bolt from the leaf stack.

8

Loosen the C-clamps to separate the leaf stack. Slide the add-a-leaf into the proper slot of the leaf stack.

9

Tighten both C-clamps. Slide the center mounting bolt into position and tighten the bolt.

10

Slide the leaf stack under the vehicle. Install the mounting bolts through the bushing on the ends of the leaf stack. Tighten the bolts.

11

Raise the floor jack to lift the rear into position. Install the U-bolts to connect the rear to the bottom of the leaf stack. Install the shock and tire.

12

Repeat the process to install the add-a-leaf on the passengers side of the vehicle.

All Harley engines, except the engines on V-Rods, are air-cooled, transversely mounted, two cylinder engines. The 45 degree, V-mounting on both Sportster and Big Twin engines reduces cool air flow around the cylinders. Mounting the hot exhaust near the cylinders also increases engine temperature. All of these identically designed Harley engines have cooling fins on the cylinders to help them radiate heat. An oil cooler mounted on the front also carries heat away from the engine in two ways. An oil cooler will increase the oil capacity of a Sportster from three to four quarts and more oil carries more heat. A cooler also increases the radiating surface for that engine oil.

Instructions

1

Unfasten the drain tube from the Sportster oil tank. Loosen the hose clamp with a screwdriver.

2

Remove the drain plug and drain the engine oil into a pan. Unscrew the oil filter on the front of the Sportster with an oil filter wrench.

3

Drain the oil in the filter into a pan. Discard the filter. Clean the front of the bike with rags.

4

Disconnect the oil pump and crankcase feed hoses with an open end wrench. Apply gasket and thread sealer to the oil line fittings included with your oil cooler kit.

5

Replace the old oil pump and crankcase lines with the new lines. Tighten the new fittings to 60 inch pounds with a torque wrench and an open end socket.

6

Coat the threads of the oil line fitting included in your oil cooler kit with gasket and thread sealer. Attach the fittings to the openings in the oil pump and crankcase. Tighten the fittings to not more than 65 inch pounds of torque with a torque wrench.

7

Unhook the wiring harness extension and clutch cable from the clips on left front of the bike. Remove the clips.

8

Replace the clips with chrome oil cooler clamps from your oil cooler kit.

9

Attach the oil cooler to the chrome clamps with the Allen bolts and nuts that came with your oil cooler. Plug the oil feed and oil return hoses on the oil cooler fittings.

10

Secure the feed and return hoses with the hose clamps included with your oil cooler. Tighten the hose clamps with a screwdriver.

11

Point the front of the cooler forward. Tighten the clamp screws to 30 inch pounds with a torque wrench and an Allen socket.

12

Reattach the wiring harness extension and clutch cable to the oil cooler clamps. Tighten all hose fittings 22 foot-pounds of torque with a torque wrench.

13

Wipe clean oil on the rubber gasket of a new oil filter. Spin the filter onto the filter stud and hand tighten.

14

Add three quarts of oil to the oil tank. Run the motorcycle in neutral for five minutes.

15

Check for oil leaks while the engine is running. Ensure the oil cooler gets warm. If the oil cooler stays cold a hose or fitting must be blocked.

16

Turn off the motorcycle and add a fourth quart of oil to the oil tank. Turn the engine over and read the dipstick.

17

Add oil if the dipstick reads below full. Retighten all fittings when the engine is cold.

Maintaining the proper oil levels in a Ford Jubilee is an important step in keeping this antique tractor in good working condition. With a few simple materials and a little skill, the job can be done quickly and easily. When properly maintained, the Jubilee, along with its other N-Series cousins, can handle just about any task.

Instructions

1

Place the oil catch pan underneath the engines oil pan plug.

2

Open the engines oil pan plug using the crescent wrench fitted snugly to the square head of the oil pan plug.Let the oil drain from the engine into the oil catch pan. This should be done while the engine is still warm to the touch so all of the oil will drain out of the motor. Do not do this while the engine is hot, or you run of a serious burn.

3

Put the engines oil pan plug back into place when the oil has drained from the motor.

4

Remove the oil catch pan from beneath the engine.

5

Pour the old oil from the oil catch pan into the bucket and seal the bucket with the lid. When finished with the entire oil change process, take the bucket to the county/municipality waste disposal site for environmentally hazardous wastes. If you dont do this, you could find face serious fines for improper disposal of environmental wastes.

6

Remove the oil filter from the engine from the left side of the motor using the oil filter wrench. Some models have a square head on the top of the oil filter. This needs to be removed using the crescent wrench. Some models have also a drain plug on the bottom of where the oil filter fits into the motor. This might have a square or hexagonal head on it. If you have this model, use the crescent wrench. This will free the oil filter on this type of Jubilee tractor.

7

Clean the areas around the oil filter area using the shop rags.

8

Install the new oil filter using the oil filter wrench. On some models it might be necessary to put the top and bottom bolts back into place using the crescent wrench.

9

Remove the oil filling cap on the left side of the engine next to the oil filter.

10

Place the oil funnel into the hole.

11

Pour oil into the oil funnel one quart at a time. After pouring each quart, pull the dipstick from the motor and clean it off with a rag. Then re-insert the dipstick and pull it out from the motor to check the oil level. Repeat this process, adding a quart and then checking the oil level, until the dipstick shows that the oil level is full.

12

Remove the oil funnel from the oil filling hole.

13

Replace the oil filling cap into the oil filling hole.