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Jul 9, 2022 15:15:24 GMT -5
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Post by milly on Jul 9, 2022 15:15:24 GMT -5
Wow use to quite a few there, Bunny's was always a source of parts being about 300yds away then on the corner from us was the Wakeys Jaguar spares.
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Post by milly on Jul 9, 2022 15:21:59 GMT -5
Tonight's job was using a version similar to JB weld to temporarily bodge the oil sight glass till a new one arrives at some point so I can test it soon.
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Post by FrankenMech on Jul 9, 2022 17:02:49 GMT -5
Scrapyard finds are gifts for us old geezers that like to tinker. No scrap yards round here anymore. They have all become recycling centres and you can't take parts off or look around. Most sales are online. They call that 'progress'...  |
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Post by milly on Jul 10, 2022 16:01:43 GMT -5
Well got the bike up and running after going with son to get suit for myself for his wedding. Didn't have much time so put the good Speedo that I got the other day so could check out the engine management light that it works and wasn't causing a no start issue still no joy checked what I could of wiring and whilst leaning hard over the kill switch heard the electric pump kick in. Flicked it about but no joy again but just before giving up gave it one hard jab and it worked so fired it up and checked the repair on casing was holding oil and it was. Good end to the day.  |
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Post by FrankenMech on Jul 10, 2022 22:26:58 GMT -5
Sea air is very hard on cheap switches and connections. Clean them with many operations and a shot of WD40 helps to wipe the corrosion off contact surfaces. Then it is brake cleaner and a dose of silicone dielectric compound. Don't be fooled by Chinese electrical goods with a one atom thick plating of gold on them. Making good corrosion resistant gold plated switches and connectors is far more complicated.
Do you need a Learner's plate on the motorcycle?
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Post by jackrides on Jul 11, 2022 8:22:11 GMT -5
Dis you catch the right shock issue?
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New Bike
Jul 11, 2022 13:30:28 GMT -5
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Post by milly on Jul 11, 2022 13:30:28 GMT -5
No FrankenMech it was on when I bought it. New shock been ordered and casing jackrides, just got to work out how to bleed linked brakes tomorrow or whenever the weather gets cooler and my mouth abscess disappears. |
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Post by milly on Jul 13, 2022 12:26:07 GMT -5
Today I managed to bleed cbs brake system hopefully and change shock. I was suffering a fever and abscess yesterday. Fever not so bad dentist squeezed out the remaining puss, put me on antibiotics and after x-ray on tooth thats gotta come out soon. Off to bed that has done me in today.   |
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Post by FrankenMech on Jul 13, 2022 13:17:45 GMT -5
Get well soon. That shock can be fixed with a BFH and some buffing compound  Maybe hold it in your teeth and put a pipe over the other end and pull... |
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New Bike
Jul 13, 2022 13:52:21 GMT -5
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Post by milly on Jul 13, 2022 13:52:21 GMT -5
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Post by aeroxbud on Jul 13, 2022 16:52:42 GMT -5
Hope you feel better soon Milly.
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Post by milly on Jul 13, 2022 18:03:30 GMT -5
Thank you aeroxbud, haven't slept so long in ages. |
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Post by milly on Jul 14, 2022 11:54:14 GMT -5
Managed to do a bit today between sleeping. Brakes working short road test. Headlight to put on and indicators and await the reg plate  |
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Post by milly on Jul 15, 2022 13:52:03 GMT -5
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Post by aeroxbud on Jul 15, 2022 17:03:16 GMT -5
Another one saved. 👍
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