I've all but given up on trying to rebuild originals as I just cannot find enough reusable cores and I don't have the ability to machine them on-site. I've had pretty good luck with the Snyder's shocks which are usually easier to get your hands on than the Stipes.

@@JamesSorenson I've never had trouble getting stipe shocks but I bet the Snyders are good. I buy from them all the time. I new an old timer did the shocks. He bought 4 cores to make one good one. He also was an excellent machinist and loved doing it. It's a terrible job.

I've been extremely happy with the overdrive and still recommend it. It has become muscle memory at this point. I was pretty shocked with how dialed in that swapped 94 was! It fired up immediately and hummed along like I'd spent the last month tuning it. It drove great on the quick little drive around town.

I may do a separate video that will be more in-depth on the shocks and some of the other variations I have seen. I kept having to remind myself to keep it short in this video and had to edit out quite a bit. I've kept the generator because it has thus far avoided drawing attention to itself. It has flown under the radar until this year where it exposed my own laziness. Adjusting the brush was fairly simple, so it hasn't really given me a reason to start considering replacing it yet. If it had given me any trouble along the way with bearings, brushes, or cut-outs, I most likely would have swapped it out by now.