Separate names with a comma.
things didn’t go well with the painting… the seat cowl had rattle can paint on it by the look of it... and it reacted badly to the base coat....
been out of action for almost 2 weeks... strained my left hand, taking off a lid off a jar of all things, so thought it better to rest it......
I think the can is around 42 - 45 years old! its caught me out a few times as the lid seals well and I forget to loosen it, which stops the flow!
well it started first time! I screwed in my oil pressure gauge and it went up straight away… sounded nice! I like to start builds on a dummy tank...
Time to start up soon… I am always aware that a rebuilt engine needs oil at first start-up, and while I always fill the filter before I screw it...
starting to go back together, I am pleased with the way the exhaust and silencers polished up… Polishing always hurts my wrists these days… must...
can I suggest that you don't bother with the three leg puller... it just wont cut it and you can end up doing damage... where you based?
thanks! back after the break... I did relent and have a few hours in the workshop! next the hydraulics … I stripped everything down and...
Its funny how to me progress seems slow, but when you come to put it all together you realise that all the little jobs you have been doing over...
my wife will often say I am definitely on the spectrum :lol: :lol: today I fitted the side stand and noticed there was more play than I...
Started the rebuild… first job was to put the frame on the engine, easy job, I held it, my wife popped the bolts in! I then fitted the headstock...
Did a bit of painting and polishing today… painted and lacquered the clutch cover, and rear spring, and put a coat of lacquer on the cam belt...
more or less finished the engine build, and also added some of the plated parts to the carbs, they have come up really well.. [img] [img]
When people ask me why Ducati bikes are expensive to maintain… I say try doing the valve clearances and adjusting them to the correct...
Some bolts I just tighten… but critical components I always use a torque wrench… in the past I have used a long series a spanner and calculated...
one of the things that has been niggling me is the engine oil pipes and oil cooler lines are badly corroded on the ends… replacements, even...
the rebuild of the heads is going well… some of the clearances are out though, not surprising as I gave the valves a bit of a grind in and...
50 years ago I was an apprentice to the best mechanic I have ever known…Gerry Lampit. He is 89 now and I still visit him… still sharp as a razor …...
always happy to help
Waiting for the engine spares at the moment, so filled some time doing some bead blasting on bits and pieces… one of the best bits of kit I have...
