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« Reply #360 on: October 08, 2011, 01:12:06 PM » |
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ha! spoke too soon! Fitted my new water pump this morning,so thought Id fire up the beast. ran for all of 20 secs,then stopped! leak on bottom of float bowl where the thin pipe goes in. The rubber collet has disintegrated. Looks like I'll have to order one from Burlen or whoever. So.....Ive now got to find out why it wont start again after running for those sweet 20 secs! Ive checked the plugs after cranking it over ,and theyre dry,so Im guessing its fuel related. Gotta go and have a read about SU carbs and how they come apart /adjust etc.Not looking forward to this !I hate carburrettors!
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« Reply #361 on: October 08, 2011, 04:06:56 PM » |
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Ah! Now I understand the wonders of the SU Carb! Found a great You Tube vid. A guy draws a diagram and makes it look simple!
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« Reply #362 on: October 08, 2011, 09:06:11 PM » |
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Reliant!
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« Reply #363 on: October 09, 2011, 10:42:41 AM » |
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IT runs! It drives! Its AWESOME! Wahoooooo!!!!!! Just been driving it. A few odds and sods still to do,but seems ok.
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« Reply #364 on: October 09, 2011, 03:18:20 PM » |
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well done rod  not to long before you will be on the road enjoying the well deserved fruits of your hard labour  |
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« Reply #365 on: October 09, 2011, 07:10:03 PM » |
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Thanks Zak. Been blatting it a bit more this afternoon. Cant get out of 2nd gear due to the constraints of the test area.TBH was lucky to get it into second,as lots of bends to encounter!Have got it starting" on the button" now.One thing that has come up is that a passenger backrest will be required,so machined up some bits for that this afternoon. Going to keep going round it this week doing all the little bits,and still waiting for the rear mudguards to return after having bodywork done on them,as they were a bit distorted after all the stretching/widening etc.
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« Reply #366 on: October 09, 2011, 10:00:53 PM » |
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Cool! Let's see some piccies then!
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« Reply #367 on: October 10, 2011, 06:28:46 PM » |
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Patience glass hopper,patience!  |
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« Reply #368 on: October 11, 2011, 08:30:54 AM » |
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« Reply #369 on: October 16, 2011, 07:33:50 PM » |
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Been busy doing a whole load of little jobs on the beast.Swapped over the silencer to an original new Reliant one I had, just to be sure of test. Will swap it back later.Still waiting for the mudguards to come back from the bodyshop,then after fitting I will book the msva test.
Ive now decided that I will take the trike to MSVA in a hired Transit.I measured a Transit this morning,and it looks like it will fit. I'm going to knock up a lift,which will allow me to get the trike on to an angled ramp ,then lift the rear of the platform with a trolley jack,which will bring the platform parrallel to the ground,and in line with the Transit floor.I can then unbolt the lift pieces and put them in the van .I tried putting the trike on a trailer ,but it bottoms out on the sump as it goes over the apex where the ramps meet the bed.It will only take me a few hours to make up the platform from odd lengths of tube and box section I have around,and will cost me less to transport the trike than paying a guy to trailer it there for me,especially if it fails and I have to go back to get it re tested.
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« Reply #370 on: October 17, 2011, 12:40:12 PM » |
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Dodge had the bottoming out thing when we took his trike to Copdock show. The trailer he had was fitted with a jockey wheel so he lifted it right up so there was a much smaller angle and drove the trike on. Dont know if thats something you could do if it is easier than the setup you have?
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« Reply #371 on: October 22, 2011, 07:52:08 PM » |
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Woohoo! Mudguards have finally arrived from the body shop guy!  I'll be out there early tamara finishing them off and painting them. |
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« Reply #372 on: October 22, 2011, 08:03:37 PM » |
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Piccies?!
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« Reply #373 on: October 22, 2011, 09:31:11 PM » |
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some how missed this rod great build well done
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« Reply #374 on: October 25, 2011, 04:16:57 PM » |
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Hi Rod
Been looking at your build,nice work.I read a while back on your thread that you got stainless nuts and bolts for your engine can you tell me what all the sizes are and where you got them from as that is what i wont to do, also do these include the diff casing
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