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« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2012, 08:43:01 PM » |
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You didn't see all the bits that I had to throw away but thank you.
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« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2012, 10:05:32 PM » |
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looks good once you get it floored it'll be a very usefull runabout
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« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2012, 10:38:25 PM » |
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any chance of a close up of you gear change arrangment it looks interesting
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« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2012, 05:59:41 AM » |
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Deja vu. Pics and description in thread "nearly finished " posted in general discussion a while back. This build has been a bit slow (it's my first trike) but once it's finished the next shouldn't take as long  Just found the receipt for the pipe bender dated 30 july 2011 ! |
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« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2012, 07:34:09 AM » |
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My trike was going to have a pick up bed but that was 20 years ago, lovin' that tho', wish I had done it now.
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« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2012, 07:55:44 AM » |
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« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2012, 07:30:39 PM » |
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I've just sold my longstanding trike project, but if I'd kept it I would've copied Dave's gearchange set-up, though mounted on the left of the tank, rather than the right. Having tried it, I can confirm it works really well.
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« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2012, 07:40:13 PM » |
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Dave what is the short gear lever for and can you post some more pics up off the gear set up
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« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2012, 07:42:05 PM » |
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Short lever's to engage reverse.
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« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2012, 08:53:36 PM » |
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Thanks MM.
Been busy on the lathe today. Needed to make a new clutch rod adjuster and also made a dipstick/filler adaptor to save taking off the tank to add oil. Will still take a while to change the oil but saves messing around with tank & gearchange.
No longer have most of the pics I took of gearchange and don't know how to move them from one post to another.
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« Reply #25 on: November 27, 2012, 09:06:58 PM » |
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Nice work Dave. That'll should take about a week to fill the engine vis the dipstick tube shouldn't it?!
I wish I knew how to operate a lathe -how do you make the knurly knob thingy? I don't understand how you get that uniform wavy edge when the piece is spinning in a lathe.
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« Reply #26 on: November 27, 2012, 09:20:06 PM » |
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Short lever's to engage reverse.
Cheers andy so how do you engage reverse then is it a push down or lift up I've never driven a reliant it's my first so looking at options on what I can do |
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« Reply #27 on: November 27, 2012, 09:30:46 PM » |
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Nice work Dave. That'll should take about a week to fill the engine vis the dipstick tube shouldn't it?!
I wish I knew how to operate a lathe -how do you make the knurly knob thingy? I don't understand how you get that uniform wavy edge when the piece is spinning in a lathe.
Actually it's not that bad. Certain veedubs use something similarbut with a slightly larger tube. The main thing is having somewhere to pour the oil into, the cup is 20mm id, plenty big enough  You don't. The grip notches were added afterwards |
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« Reply #28 on: November 27, 2012, 09:36:19 PM » |
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Short lever's to engage reverse.
Cheers andy so how do you engage reverse then is it a push down or lift up I've never driven a reliant it's my first so looking at options on what I can do On a normal Reliant box you lift up. On this one as MM said it has a seperate reverse lever so neither. |
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« Reply #29 on: November 27, 2012, 10:30:09 PM » |
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Normal Reliant reverse position is lift the lever, then across to either the left or the right, & back. On some boxes it's to the left & others to the right, though I don't know why they changed. You can tell which you've got though -if you look down on the gearbox from above, there's a bump in the side of the casing below the stick. If it's on the left of the box, your gearstick goes to the right to engage reverse. If it's on the right, it goes to the left. Might determine the shape of your gearstick as it'll need to clear the frame etc whe you select reverse.
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