You're right Tony, it was early and very dark. Me and Mile-Munching-Murphio had a long journey to do. We are currently in the most northerly part of the iland of North Uist in the Ooter Hebrides.
Technical 650cc Engine with electronic ignition
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Well I got around to do the engine test today and it started really well considering it has been stripped down and the crankshaft was the only thing that wasn't removed.
I did get the statuary mouth full of petrol siphoning it down to the fuel pump.
All the oil leaks appear to have been resolved. It did have a bit of a mind of its own sliding around on the towel it was resting on. Yet again it was in gear as it is a real pig to get in neutral without having all the linkage in place to get the extra leverage required.
You will have to forgive my where's Wally look but it was cold.
[ame]http://youtu.be/_8WhreZscmc[/ame]
I did get the statuary mouth full of petrol siphoning it down to the fuel pump.
All the oil leaks appear to have been resolved. It did have a bit of a mind of its own sliding around on the towel it was resting on. Yet again it was in gear as it is a real pig to get in neutral without having all the linkage in place to get the extra leverage required.
You will have to forgive my where's Wally look but it was cold.
[ame]http://youtu.be/_8WhreZscmc[/ame]
Well I got around to do the engine test today and it started really well considering it has been stripped down and the crankshaft was the only thing that wasn't removed.
I did get the statuary mouth full of petrol siphoning it down to the fuel pump.
All the oil leaks appear to have been resolved. It did have a bit of a mind of its own sliding around on the towel it was resting on. Yet again it was in gear as it is a real pig to get in neutral without having all the linkage in place to get the extra leverage required.
You will have to forgive my where's Wally look but it was cold.
http://youtu.be/_8WhreZscmc
From what I could here it sounded smoother than your 500. Should have a bit more umph as well
I think the fact that you can't adjust the timing Sean means that it fired up easier and therefore the timing was spot on and it ran better than all my 500 bench tests.
It seems the preferred method of bench testing a 500 lump is to stick the sump in the middle of an old tyre and it works a treat. I didn't have one but I did notice 2 dumped in a field recently but I couldn't remember where they were so could retrieve one for my test!
It seems the preferred method of bench testing a 500 lump is to stick the sump in the middle of an old tyre and it works a treat. I didn't have one but I did notice 2 dumped in a field recently but I couldn't remember where they were so could retrieve one for my test!
That will be all those paint fumes affecting those memory cells!
They parked me next to the motorbikes. Somehow they squeezed him in. I'm not heading south but I am told that the base is now an industrial and admin centre. Did you ever live here then? I would love to.
No I didn't live there. I did airfield radar initially, then I went onto do air defence radar and Benbecula was one of the main UK air defence radar stations. I was on a major service team that went around the country and Benbecula was one of them, so we would spend a couple of weeks a year there.
Everyone who was permanently there loved it though.
Everyone who was permanently there loved it though.
Long time since I posted on this thread!!!!
I managed to get the gearbox into neutral yesterday as last time I bench tested it, it was in gear which made it a bit difficult to get it to idle over smoothly, although it wasn't too bad.
Anyway I decided to bench test it again and used Luigi's battery as a power source using jump leads. I couldn't get it to start for love nor money. Wasn't even firing, so I got a spare spark plug and plugged into the lead no spark. Connected the timing light up just to make sure, nothing.
Remember this is the late engine with no distributor, just a ignition control box and sensor on the flywheel. Got my meter out checked I had 12v getting where it should be. I thought that's odd it's reverse polarity!?
Numbskull here had connected the wrong jump leads to the wrong battery terminals, so I had stuck 12v's up the earth lead into the control box and I am pretty sure I have fried it now. :bang:
I then spent the evening trying to find a replacement on line, as they were only fitted to polish built cars it was a bit difficult to trying to fathom out what half the websites were on about!
Fortunately FD Ricambi in Holland sell them, so I am £50 out of pocket now but at least it gave me a chance to order another sump gasket!!!!
I managed to get the gearbox into neutral yesterday as last time I bench tested it, it was in gear which made it a bit difficult to get it to idle over smoothly, although it wasn't too bad.
Anyway I decided to bench test it again and used Luigi's battery as a power source using jump leads. I couldn't get it to start for love nor money. Wasn't even firing, so I got a spare spark plug and plugged into the lead no spark. Connected the timing light up just to make sure, nothing.
Remember this is the late engine with no distributor, just a ignition control box and sensor on the flywheel. Got my meter out checked I had 12v getting where it should be. I thought that's odd it's reverse polarity!?
Numbskull here had connected the wrong jump leads to the wrong battery terminals, so I had stuck 12v's up the earth lead into the control box and I am pretty sure I have fried it now. :bang:
I then spent the evening trying to find a replacement on line, as they were only fitted to polish built cars it was a bit difficult to trying to fathom out what half the websites were on about!
Fortunately FD Ricambi in Holland sell them, so I am £50 out of pocket now but at least it gave me a chance to order another sump gasket!!!!
My new electronic ignition control box turned up today from Holland. Good service as always only took 2 days.
So I managed to continue where I left off the other day. It took the usual bit of priming to get the petrol up to pump but ran quite happily after that, without too much leaping around but it was carving it's way into the pallet it was sitting on.
All I need to do now is get it up in the air a bit so I can get to the sump, drain it and change the gasket and try some of Peter's ultra grey gasket sealant.
It would be wrong not to post a video.
[ame]http://youtu.be/XiYrh9YY1Ak[/ame]
Then I accidentally videoed it in slow mo??? I recommend you only watch a little as you will probably be fast asleep by the end of it.
[ame]http://youtu.be/CG708m5wHk4[/ame]
So I managed to continue where I left off the other day. It took the usual bit of priming to get the petrol up to pump but ran quite happily after that, without too much leaping around but it was carving it's way into the pallet it was sitting on.
All I need to do now is get it up in the air a bit so I can get to the sump, drain it and change the gasket and try some of Peter's ultra grey gasket sealant.
It would be wrong not to post a video.
[ame]http://youtu.be/XiYrh9YY1Ak[/ame]
Then I accidentally videoed it in slow mo???
I recommend you only watch a little as you will probably be fast asleep by the end of it.[ame]http://youtu.be/CG708m5wHk4[/ame]
The one thing that can be a pain, is as I said before getting the petrol up to the pump. I had to pull the pipe off the pump and siphon it up using my mouth again. This time I managed to shut my mouth in time and only got some on my chin. It's worth while making sure you are getting a flow of fuel before attempting to start or you'll just flatten the battery and give it some choke.
