That's it, I' going for a ride

Discussion in 'Classic Motorbikes' started by Timo Geusch, Feb 12, 2006.

  1. Timo Geusch

    Timo Geusch Guest

    Fitted the stator to the "good" XL250 engine. Of course this didn't go
    exactly swimmingly either (plus there's a good chance that the clutch
    pushrod is seized) but it's in now.

    CBA to go back into the garage to continue working on it so I'll be
    off trying out the K75. If anybody spots a miserable, wet git on a
    purple bike somewhere between Ashford and Lydd, that'll be me...
     
    Timo Geusch, Feb 12, 2006
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    Austin Shackles Guest

    Same applied to the fast ford at the weekend. It's been standing for well
    over a year, put a battery on it, added best part of 2l of oil (pixies must
    have nicked it), topped up the coolant, turned the key and it started.

    MOT next, or at least, pre-MOT check.
    --
    Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
    "The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
    from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
    horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
    Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
     
    Austin Shackles, Feb 13, 2006
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    platypus Guest

    Them's fightin' words round here, mister.
     
    platypus, Feb 14, 2006
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    Roger Hunt Guest

    I thought the pixies had been at my oil once but they hadn't - it had
    dribbled back past a dodgy one-way valve in the oil pump and filled up
    the crankcases.
    This was discovered after I had topped up the oil and started the
    engine, of course ...
     
    Roger Hunt, Feb 14, 2006
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    Rusty Hinge 2 Guest

    Ah - old Velocettes were good at that. There was a mod for it, but I
    can't remember what it was, now.
     
    Rusty Hinge 2, Feb 14, 2006
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    Roger Hunt Guest

    The cure for a Triumph oil pump volve leak invalved a hammer.
     
    Roger Hunt, Feb 14, 2006
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