17-06-2019, 08:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-06-2019, 09:02 PM by AllAlloyCup.)
JiThe big day for the All Alloy Cup!
Spent an hour filling the radiator, gearbox and engine fluids.
First problem of the day , had to remove
The number plate as I had forgotten to close the
Drain tap! And access wasn’t otherwise easy!
Secondly had to tighten up most hose clips
But then water started running out the two studs
holding the side water manifold. Drained out the remaining water
And refitted the stainless studs with red fibre washers coated in
WellSeal and with Loctite thread lockn’seal on the threads
Adding the oil and petrol was a deal simpler!
After lunch Neil came and we checked that we had a spark,
But decided the petrol supply wasn’t working.
Discovered that the float control lever needed more bending
Easily done!
Pressed the starter for the first time and it fired up without
Any adjustment to the carb or the distributor!!!
A small adjustment to the throttle control lever linkage
And it ticked over about 500 revs! Slow and steady!
4lbs sq inch on the oil gauge so all is well there too.
Neil joined me in cockpit, a tight fit you could say! And we set up up our unmade lane
Past the School on to the main road, down the hill through the village
and back up our road from the bottom. Used all the gears!
One of the rear backplates was catching the root of some spokes
But a mole wrench soon sorted that out.
Basically we were extremely happy that the coil engine build
and initial tuning set up was so smooth running. Currently it’s
on an old DK4 distributor but may also try the Accuspark I bought
Earlier.
We then fitted the bonnet, but a modest amount of adjustment
will be needed here, plus the radiator will need to come off again
as the indicator lamps are fouling the lower bonnet sides
plus I need to get in to tighten a couple of bolts that were not full locked up.
Otherwise a great result and am very , very grateful to Neil
for all his patience and engineering expertise in helping me get to this stage.
I have a short video but don’t know how to post these to the Forum.
Uploading to YouTube?
Lots of adjustments needed now especially brakes , rattily gearstick etc
All pretty down hill now ? I hope!!!
Kind regards
Bill G
Ps now need to get it off SORN and insured
Ops forgot to mention Dynamo not outputting and the cutout
Doesn’t seem to be working will need to check the wiring.......
Spent an hour filling the radiator, gearbox and engine fluids.
First problem of the day , had to remove
The number plate as I had forgotten to close the
Drain tap! And access wasn’t otherwise easy!
Secondly had to tighten up most hose clips
But then water started running out the two studs
holding the side water manifold. Drained out the remaining water
And refitted the stainless studs with red fibre washers coated in
WellSeal and with Loctite thread lockn’seal on the threads
Adding the oil and petrol was a deal simpler!
After lunch Neil came and we checked that we had a spark,
But decided the petrol supply wasn’t working.
Discovered that the float control lever needed more bending
Easily done!
Pressed the starter for the first time and it fired up without
Any adjustment to the carb or the distributor!!!
A small adjustment to the throttle control lever linkage
And it ticked over about 500 revs! Slow and steady!
4lbs sq inch on the oil gauge so all is well there too.
Neil joined me in cockpit, a tight fit you could say! And we set up up our unmade lane
Past the School on to the main road, down the hill through the village
and back up our road from the bottom. Used all the gears!
One of the rear backplates was catching the root of some spokes
But a mole wrench soon sorted that out.
Basically we were extremely happy that the coil engine build
and initial tuning set up was so smooth running. Currently it’s
on an old DK4 distributor but may also try the Accuspark I bought
Earlier.
We then fitted the bonnet, but a modest amount of adjustment
will be needed here, plus the radiator will need to come off again
as the indicator lamps are fouling the lower bonnet sides
plus I need to get in to tighten a couple of bolts that were not full locked up.
Otherwise a great result and am very , very grateful to Neil
for all his patience and engineering expertise in helping me get to this stage.
I have a short video but don’t know how to post these to the Forum.
Uploading to YouTube?
Lots of adjustments needed now especially brakes , rattily gearstick etc
All pretty down hill now ? I hope!!!
Kind regards
Bill G
Ps now need to get it off SORN and insured
Ops forgot to mention Dynamo not outputting and the cutout
Doesn’t seem to be working will need to check the wiring.......
Based near the Scottish Border,