Real OEM says it was built in 11/85.

Richard, I fear you are correct. I've just retired from TV news in the past year, and see how irrelevant it has become. No one wants to wait for a ...

Ok, now after a long process to get it running (which I'll spare you,) I am ready to get the center stand in action. I've followed the above link, but...

Thanks, I did get two springs.

I don't know how I missed that! I was thinking it should be a lug. My remaining question is that the diagram only shows one. Shall I get two, one ...

Update: done. I suppose just stepping back makes the difference. I tried again yesterday and after one false start where it barely engaged, then pop...

This is an extremely slow-loading page. I thought it might just be my service, so it's good to know someone else has the problem.

Here is my nemesis.  20210212_1456092.jpg

To clarify, I am talking about the valve itself, not the tank mounting nut. Yes, I've been trying on a vise, but still not having a good time with i...

Not with a Chinese engine, thanks.

In case you are still fighting this, I just went through a similar scenario. I could not build any pressure and get anything out of the bleed screw, e...