Lakes preperatin

[RS2kSX]

Got the engine back and started assembly on saturday, Today i managet to get the engine/gearbox in (on my own Tom). carbs on with new seals, Ashley exhast went on with no dramas, front suspension back on and steering on and pointing strait ahead...

Back on her wheels at last

[radar tech]

looking good fella

[w p e]

looks good . hope you checked the clearence between them rod bolts and the oil pick up pipe

[tom28]

looks good mate and my my you do have some muscles haha

[RS2kSX]

looks good . hope you checked the clearence between them rod bolts and the oil pick up pipe

 

Yeh, everything was checked & checked again, all clear. only got a std injection head as a stop gap, couldn't get my othere head ready in time. Big valves, big compression custom cam & roller rockers... should be ready for Aylesbury rolling road though..

[w p e]

looks good . hope you checked the clearence between them rod bolts and the oil pick up pipe

 

Yeh, everything was checked & checked again, all clear. only got a std injection head as a stop gap, couldn't get my othere head ready in time. Big valves, big compression custom cam & roller rockers... should be ready for Aylesbury rolling road though..

[RS2kSX]

Little update today,

 

got all the cabled fitted today (capri clutch cable had to have 1 1/2" cut from the outer cable as it wasn't long enough to put on), throttle cable had some crap in it and splayed the inner cable, that toow over an hour to rectify & re fit,

got the prop fitted and adjusted the handbrake cable so it dosn't drap on the prop now, re wired the alternator terminals as they had broken on removal, got the oil in and started to turn it over and the battery died, couldn't get into the boot as the battery was dead, got it charging through the starter turminals and eventually got the boot open.

 

took the dissy out to crank the pump directly on a drill and the drill bit broke, borrowed another and still no oil pressure.....

 

after numerouse phone calls changed the oil filter and topped up the oil and tryed again, still no pressure.....

 

turns out when i fitted the oil pump i smeared silicone over the surface to help seal it and this is a BIG no no, now i may have silicon in the pump/ oil galleries and have to drop the hole lot again to get the sump off, clean/replace the oil pump and blow out the oil ways

if this works i can re-assemble it all again and goto the lakes this friday......

 

please sombody give me a match

[escortmad79]

Fancy running out of fuel on the tour!!!!

[RS2kSX]

Shh that was meant to be kept secret... lol

 

did it again on the way home, lank developed a leaking sender unit so we could only put £20 max, got 2 miles shy of watford gap and had to call AA out, (used the crank seal as an excuse and got recovered home) cheaper on fuel & oil too.

3gal of oil to get there, 2 gal on the tour and another 3 gal to get to Watford gap...

 

topped her up tonight & added a little fuel & she's sounding great.

 

now need a new gearbox as 3rd & 5th are having a moan and i think they want out.

 

fuel tank needs re-fitting to sort leaking seal, gotta get a cozi seal to sort the leak & push for my race head as i'm only running a std one.

[tom28]

sounds like fun mate take us out 4 spin when you,ve got ya new box, probably weekend at a guess?