Hi everybody,
Nearly two weeks since the last post in which I went from near dispair to elation...
It started last Saturday!!! Brian came to my home to pick up the bike and go to his factory... Gordon was there as well...
The bike did sputter and cough but not much else...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l83FVr7wlVoThen major mathanol leak on the carb, about an hour to fix that!!! Then no more sparks on the front cylinder and we noticed the belt just about to jump off the Ansin pulley, so called it a day!!!
On the plus side on that day, the engine turned over OK, no strange noises and nothing came loose to land on the floor...
Back at base... Remeasured everything around the ansin for a day and discovered the Ansin bracket was no more square, so dismantled everything to have it milled a bit at Brian's in the week. Followed 3 nights of hard graft to set it all up again.
My S&S MGAL did not have the choke fitted cause I broke it some years back. Luckily, I still had the bits so repaired it, thinking a bit of choke might help starting...
Sorted the magnetos, looked like a case of NOS dead condensers, so just fitted old ones I had in the draws, hurray, big blue sparks straight across the collector springs... reassemble, retime... More hours...
So this Saturday, back at Brian's for another go... The bike started straightaway, but a badly set clutch meant neutral was VERY elusive!!! More tuning on the spot... We managed about 6 or 7 starts and the bike now sound dead crisp, RESULT!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7luKzeojsGordon was on camera duty and seems to think the camera will focus automatically on the subject from any angles...
I'll upload the rest tomorrow, or rather later today, it's 1.30am here right now!!!
A very happy and elated Patrick!!!