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1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:40 pm
by JEAN-NOEL
Hello Gents,
Third kick, and without a misfire my fully recondionned engine was runned this morning for 10 minutes, before re torquing the heads when it will be "stone cold". Very good oïl circulation, oïl pressure at idle : 60-70 PSI, (Castrol 20/50) excellent exhaust sound, no smoke. I have to fit, now, the wiring loom, the twin seat, the tank, the clocks. I have so to make a decent battery carrier. I have planned to begin the running in before september the 15th. As I am a poor mecanic, I am proud of this result.
Cheers. J.N.
Re: 1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:53 am
by REW
Good stuff J N - always a nervy moment but all seems well!
Re: 1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:58 am
by SPRIDDLER
Well done, J.N.
There are few things (apart from burbling through leafy lanes) as satisfying as starting a rebuilt engine or curing an oil leak (mostly
).
Re: 1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:29 am
by JEAN-NOEL
Thank you Ron and Neville !
This forum was helpfull to do this job. Many thanks at all the members for their help, and good advices.
Next step : wiring loom...I have one from Colin Farrington, but I hate to work on electric sundries !
Since first start, after heads re tightning, I started the engine several times, and no oïl on the floor, at least for the moment...
I hope to post soon some pics.
Cheers. J.N.
Re: 1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:49 am
by clive
My advice on wiring, check and double check connections as you make them. Fit a fuse holder before you connect to the battery to test everything, have plenty of spare fuses for when they keep blowing. Don't blame Colin but instead find the stray strand of wire that has made a false earth in one of the switches
Works for me
Re: 1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:16 pm
by 56G80S
Colin's loom has been good for me. Always useful to run an additionasl earth wire to the lights.
Johnny B
Re: 1srt start since 2002 after a major overhaul.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:33 pm
by JEAN-NOEL
Thank you, Clive & John,
I am now waiting for a SS battery carrier made to order, fitted directly on the frame, instead of the poor pear shape toolbox...I found fuse holders for a triffle from FEKED and I have planned to fit one on live, between triphase reg and battery, one between battery and ampmeter, one on the pos earth. Belt and braces !I think there is an elegant solution for earth : there is a threaded hole (1/4*26 tpi) under the headstock to fit the steering damper. (not fitted on my bike). Just a bit of wire to join the headlamp shell.
Kind regards. J.N.