Deliverance

[Olds]

Not exactly 99p but I know what you mean Mike. I will keep my eyes open for some decent vintage sidelights like I have on the pickup sides, to use as indicators. You can't beat pre-war stuff for quality.

[spanners]

i know of a vehicle thats had 3 alternators  in 4 months  all made in china  all died with bearing collapsed

i fitted an old one of a scrapper and its been ok since ,,

[Manky Monkey]

Bet my project's got more problems than your project

[spanners]

Bet my project's got more problems than your project

my current project is on the road ....all legal  and being used 

[Olds]

 

Bet my project's got more problems than your project

True but acording to my dear lady, this project isn't supposed to be a project any longer. Will it never end ? I certainly hope not.

[Olds]

Waiting for a box of bulbs and a new LH handle bar swiitch unit to turn up as the indicator part of the existing switch could be a bit temperamental.
As it was such a lovely day, I at last got around to repainting the front mudguard that got badly scratched. Not usually too worried about the state of the paintwork, but this scratch was down to bare metal. Painted, laquered and rubbing strips refitted, I will leave it a couple of days to fully harden before putting it back on.

[Manky Monkey]

Tha's purdy.

[Olds]

The saga of the indicators continues.
Box of 10, p207m 12v 21w ba15s 19mm bulbs arrives, supposedly from a well known maker and once fitted the flash rate is still too fast for MOT at about 130 flashes per minute. Carefully check the bulbs and yes they have 12v 21w printed on them but they're obviously not. Nor do they have an E mark or manufacturers name. Looks like they are probably counterfeit.
 The supplier when asked genuinely seem concerned about this (possibly because he has another 78 cartons of them) and said that he would send out some more once he has checked the rest of his stock.
 I have also taken the precaution of ordering some from a different supplier and will see what happens.

[kapri]

Counterfeiting is a BIG problem within the motor trade . Often a container of ,say, Mk6 Escort front brake pads will be sent over and then sold off to wholesalers who sell on to small factors sell on ebay. Many manufactuers are now using holographic seals on their wares. My local factors only buys from big manufacturers direct and with certain ISo standards in pplace. His parts are dearer than e bay but you GET what you are paying for and with a manufacturers back up, important on something like a timing belt!

[minimutly]

Fear not it will be OK when we join the EU

[BikerGran]

[Olds]

 
OK, so have been refunded for the bulbs as the guys entire stock isn't what it's supposed to be.

But on a brighter side the LH switch unit arrived and I was pleasantly surprised.
 It's so much better made than the old one(it even has a brass bushing for the indicator switch lever). It's a copy of  a 1970s Yamaha one. The original idea was to just take out the indicator section and swap them over, but I decided to use the whole thing.  This meant some internal rewiring as the on off switch is now the parking light switch and modification to the housing to allow the cables to exit from the bottom, plus a bit of soldering to join it all up to the existing loom. Also took the opportunity to extend the wiring a bit just in case I want to change the handle bars at some point.

[digger06]

The saga of the indicators continues.
Box of 10, p207m 12v 21w ba15s 19mm bulbs arrives, supposedly from a well known maker and once fitted the flash rate is still too fast for MOT at about 130 flashes per minute. Carefully check the bulbs and yes they have 12v 21w printed on them but they're obviously not. Nor do they have an E mark or manufacturers name. Looks like they are probably counterfeit.
 

use a digital(solid state) indicator unit
load independent, my indicators AND my harzards run through the same unit, they still flash at the same rate, you can use any bulbs you want, doesn't matter,,,

[Olds]

Yep, could do. The indicators and hazzards already work through the same unit, but it has a minimum wattage of 2 x 21 (+ 1 x 1.2)  Changing two bulbs should be cheaper and easier than fitting a new flasher unit and I'm trying hard to keep costs down. Just a pain that there seems to be a shortage of them locally. I should have new 'guaranteed' 21w E marked bulbs in a couple of days, hopefully tomorrow.
Adding just an extra 2w bulb into the system is enough to get them to flash at the correct rate, so the bulbs I have are close but no cigar.

[Olds]

D'oh ! The new bulbs arrived on saturday from a different supplier and they are also dodgy. On checking them the resistance of individual bulbs varies by as much as 33 ohms ! So much for being guaranteed. The supplier has responded quickly blaming 'human error' and is sending out replacements. Looks like there must have been a container load of these.