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[Mark M]

I'd welcome your opinions chaps. We can't get into our old Photobucket account, so I will start a new one. Which is better in the opinion of users, Pinterest, Tinypic or Photobucket?

REgards, Mark

[Mark M]

Today's job was to get the bike outside for a clean up. I used degreaser to start and then a household wallpaper steam stripper, washing up liquid and a stiff brush to get all the caked oil crud off the crankcases. Once dry and back inside I decided to remove the rear wheel to check the brake and cush drive and replace the tyre. The qd portion of the wheel had seized together but I got it apart by removing the drive pins from the offside. The brake shoes will need replacing but I have some re-lined ones in stock. The rock hard 50 year old Dunlop K70 tyre was a sod to get off but judicious use of g-clamps to break the bead and my biggest tyre levers finally did it! More to follow...

REgards, Markk

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[Mark M]

Rear wheel out to replace tyre, getting the old one off (50 year old rubber gets very hard!) is tough but the new one goes on ok. The 2 security bolts in the rear rim don't want to play though and take ages to seat. I gave the wheel a good clean while I was in there. Next is clutch and primary, I know the chain is loose through the inspection hole. Getting the cover off is a pig as the left footrest is bent and stops the cover detaching. When I get it off the cover has a tiny hole in it as if the PO had tried to use a screwdriver as a lever to straighten the footrest so off to the alloy welder with that. Meanwhile the case is full of black sludge, the result of the cush drive rubbers being partially melted. Wash all that out with de-greaser. The clutch plates are pretty tired too with worn tangs and the centre slots are burred so I'll clean all that up and replace where appropriate. I have a belt drive clutch on the shelf which I might use later depending on how the bike goes when running.

REgards, Mark

[Mark M]

Learned a lesson today, again. After quite a bit of work on the running gear (new tyres, unseize brakes, oil cables, fix tacho and speedo drives and cables, replace tacho, clean all switches, polish lots of chrome, change all oils, rebuild clutch, straighten footrests, fit new rubbers, fit new silencers, etc etc etc,) I started the engine to warm up the oil to which I had added a flushing ingredient. Once it was nice and hot I drained it off and replaced it with decent stuff. (Morris' 20/50 since you ask) Then re-start and get it warm to set up carbs. I just couldn't get it to idle and diagnosed that it was over advanced. I altered the timing on the points plate as it was obviously nearly right than spent about 2 hours faffing with the carbs. I did find a couple of things that needed sorting but still couldn't get a decent tickover. Finally I decided to re-check the timing which is when I realised that the distributor rotates the opposite direction to the way I thought so I'd been advancing it still further not retarding the spark as I had thought. Truly, Grasshopper, as a wise man sayeth, troubles within the carburettor are caused by the electrics and reverse wise also!

REgards, Mark

[Mark M]

MOT'd today so now on with applying for a registration!

REgards, Mark

[Scalyback]

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Having 'intercepted' this photo, here is Mark's 1A project which shows the bike complete with newly de-dented tank done by The Dent Doctor. He is just waiting for a reply from the DVLA hopefully with a V5C but fingers crossed!

[Mark M]

New V5C (registration document for overseas readers) arrived today so road legal at last!

REgards, Mark

[Mark M]

I thought it was about time for an update: the bike is running really well (fingers crossed,) and has fully lived up to my hopes for it. The speedo showed just over 2,000 miles when I got it and although I don't think that is correct (the speedo cable was broken,) the bike does feel quite new albeit decently run in. There are a few problems, it smokes a bit which may be due to tired piston rings, possibly from storage, but I can live with that. The speedo did work with a new cable but gave up quite soon afterwards, I've just had it rebuilt by a local chap. The tacho had a broken needle when I got it so I fitted a spare I had on the shelf (it's the same as my 1966 Mk1 Inter,) and that's behaving strangely now! The tickover and low speed running were erratic, I had forgotten that when I first got it running I had spotted that the points were badly worn and dressing them with a file didn't extend their life much so I've fitted a new set which has helped. However the idle is still a bit irregular and I suspect the advance retard springs may need replacing, this was a regular thing back in the day! I also fitted a set of Iridium plugs but I'm not sure they are helping either so I'll swap back to regular NGKs. What's it like to ride? Goes really well, handles great, sounds magnificent and turns heads, brilliant!

REgards, Mark

[Alan R]

Hi MARK M}-------"IT'S A CRACKER" and "IT'S THE WAY I BUILD 'EM !!....http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fr ... s-740505--)