Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Nothing worth photographing, but while Mr Phunkie's cleaning the carb, I've hopefully sorted the loose front brake caliper problem by drilling out the mounting holes & using bigger high tensile bolts.
I've also removed the inlet manifold, (the casting the carb sits on), & tomorrow I'll lift the valley gasket & squirt some gasket sealant under the ends. That should stop the oil leak that was pooling on top of the gearbox. They're forcasting rain tomorrow, but I'm hoping Mr Loon can do a few welding jobs in the engine bay for me while the motor's apart.

[Manky Monkey]

Inlet manifold cleaned up & a film of blue sealant used to stop any air leaks between it & the carb mounting block.
Steel thermostat housing scrubbed & sprayed in high temp' silver. New hose spigot made for the back of the manifold, (temporarily sealed with rubber hose here). The original was a 90 degree bend & I needed a straight one.
Valley gasket removed & surfaces cleaned ready for resealing.
Loon's run out of welding wire till the morning, but hopefully he can weld a few bits & pieces in the engine bay for me tomorrow while the motor's apart.

[Olds]

Ooh shiny. Looks like someone's been very busy 

[Manky Monkey]

Not as busy as you Dave, wiv yer freshly registered trike you. 
The spigot at the back of the manifold goes to the heater with the return hose going to the water pump. To keep the water circulating around the engine when the heater valve's shut I've made an "H" pipe, which allows the water to return to the pump when it can't flow to the heater. Unfortunately, as Mr Kapri has pointed out to me, it'll do that anyway, even when the heater valve's open, bypassing the heater altogether. I'd need a second valve in the middle of the H, closed when the heater valve's open & vice versa, for it to work properly.
In practice the motor kicks out a fair bit of heat by itself & I really don't think we need a heater, (to be honest, I'm unlikely to be driving it in the depths of Winter anyway).
So once again, I'm seriously thinking of removing the whole heater set-up to simplify things. It's only the amount of work that went into making the valve mount on the gearbox tunnel that's stopping me.

[Archie]

Valve mount is easily adaptable to a can holder. It's already the right size!

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, shame the gearbox would heat the cans up instead of cooling them down though! Nothing worse than hot, shaken up fizzy drink.

[Archie]

Switch to coffee. Or have a hash brown holder

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, maybe a lifestyle change from Diet Coke to coffee then, just to suit the cupholder in my car!

[spanners]

Yeah, shame the gearbox would heat the cans up instead of cooling them down though! Nothing worse than hot, shaken up fizzy drink.

aint there that fancy yanky coffee drink that comes in cans   

[Manky Monkey]

I'm not taking up drinking coffee, just cos that's the only thing that suits the cupholder in my car!
Heater unit removed from the cab this afternoon & the new, straight spigot I spent ages making yesterday removed from the back of the inlet manifold & replaced with the original 90 degree one. Got to take out the steel water piping under the gearbox tunnel now.
I've got to alter the tunnel a bit anyway, so will pull it out & chop the heater valve mount out & rework it.
The "rollcage" around the back of the cab will eventually have square, upholstered panels hung between the tubes. So I've decided to replace the heater between the seats with a storage pocket, for all the small stuff that'd otherwise be rolling around on the floor. A sort of satchel thingy, like this.

[poprodder]

to put all ya speeding tickets in!!!  lol

[Manky Monkey]

"File 'em under CS  -for chicken sh*t".

[poprodder]

and the front off this thing looks a little low!!!!

[Manky Monkey]

12 1/2 inches, regulation height officer. You can check it if you like.

[Manky Monkey]

Sorry, just having an American Graffiti moment. 
Mr Phunkie dropped the freshly cleaned carb back at the workshop while I was at work on Saturday. Many thanks for that Chris.
Didn't have time to refit it though cos I was going out on Saturday afternoon. Just time to refit the valley gasket & inlet manifold. I'd previously fitted the gasket dry, but after it leaked oil at the back edge, I've followed Chris's advice & used a liberal amount of high temperature sealant.