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« Reply #30 on: November 28, 2012, 08:05:51 AM »

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« Reply #31 on: November 28, 2012, 08:07:55 AM »

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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« Reply #32 on: November 28, 2012, 08:11:47 AM »

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.

So you push down on the short leaver to force the gear stick up to put in reverse cleaver is ita rod in the stainless shower hose to and from the leaver to the box sorry for all the questions but it does look good
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« Reply #33 on: November 28, 2012, 08:35:01 AM »


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.

So you push down on the short leaver to force the gear stick up to put in reverse cleaver is ita rod in the stainless shower hose to and from the leaver to the box sorry for all the questions but it does look good
No and yes.
No the short lever is totaly seperate from the main lever, has its own selector. You just move it towards the rear to select reverse.
Yes there is an 8mm dia rod inside the shower hose. this was added because the rod needs to be well greased as it slides in the centre rosejoint.
You could use large cable boots either side but this works well and matches starter cable cover.
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« Reply #34 on: November 28, 2012, 01:49:55 PM »

Mite need a tech article written on this.
Then pin it at the top with the brake mod
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« Reply #35 on: November 28, 2012, 09:06:31 PM »

Took me a while to get my head around it -& I've seen it.
Tell 'em about the ball joint thingy that allows you to move the stick from side to side as well as back & forth Dave.
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« Reply #36 on: November 28, 2012, 09:57:41 PM »

The pivot shaft (the shiny bit with a nut on it) allows fore and aft movement, the gearlever is attached to the end of the pivot shaft by a cross pin, allowing side to side movement of the lever. A compression spring (in the photos bit of rubber hose but this has now been changed) between the mount and the fixing nut keeps the lever tight against the mount, and the linkages in the 3rd-4th plane, pushing the lever toward the tank pulls the pivot shaft out against the spring allowing the bottom of the lever to move outwards and causes the connecting rod to pivot in the centre rose joint moving whats left of the original gear lever to the left, 1st and 2nd. This means std H gate gear change pattern except 1st and 3rd are at the bottom and 2nd and 4th are at the top.
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« Reply #37 on: November 28, 2012, 10:03:38 PM »

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« Reply #38 on: November 29, 2012, 03:49:27 PM »

Latest little job done, out of hundreds left to do, alternator fan guard. Hope it's enough to keep Mr MSVA happy  Undecided

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« Reply #39 on: November 29, 2012, 10:14:46 PM »

It's very pretty!
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« Reply #40 on: November 29, 2012, 11:00:31 PM »

Thank you kind lady.
Despite being, as my wife would say "a mere male" I can sometimes do delicate or pretty Smiley
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« Reply #41 on: November 29, 2012, 11:03:20 PM »

Nicely done Dave.
Bearing in mind the MSVA registration test is done with the rider sat on the trike, & they test for external projections with a large foam roller rolled down the side of the vehicle, I wonder if the fan belt needs a shroud?
On my own trike the bottom radiator hose curved around to form a sort of natural guard around the front of the alternator. Would that be enough to satisfy the testers? 
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« Reply #42 on: November 29, 2012, 11:59:57 PM »

Nicely done Dave. I'd like to see that in place.
Bearing in mind the MSVA registration test is done with the rider sat on the trike, & they test for external projections with a large foam roller rolled down the side of the vehicle, I wonder if the fan belt needs a shroud?
On my own trike the bottom radiator hose curved around to form a sort of natural guard around the front of the alternator. Would that be enough to satisfy the testers?  
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« Reply #43 on: November 30, 2012, 12:20:41 AM »

About the foam roller? No, that's what they do. It's jokingly called the kebab -a big cylinder of foam on a wheeled stand, like a carwash roller. Yes, they test the trike with you sat on it -so stick your knees & elbows out & wear the biggest boots you've got. They roll it down both sides, but not across the back for some reason. Anything it touches must have a radiused edge.
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« Reply #44 on: November 30, 2012, 06:08:59 AM »

im with Andy on this with the exception that the rollers were steel (when mine was tested) at no point did the examiner ask or even mention a guard for the alternator but i will say nice work on that guard O N really neat and tidy
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