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« Reply #510 on: May 31, 2007, 08:59:33 PM » |
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Nige, in his best workshop slippers.  they like chris irelands welding slippers??? No way, far to clean  |
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« Reply #511 on: June 01, 2007, 05:35:25 PM » |
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Another quick plug for Michaels of Selby, my favourite Reliant specialists.
Gave 'em a quick ring yesterday afternoon cos the gasket set I bought a month ago was missing one piece. Not only was it on my doorstep this morning, but they threw in the gearbox gasket I'd asked about, which isn't part of a normal engine gasket set, free of charge.
Top chaps. If you need Reliant sales or advice, give 'em a ring & tell them I sent you.
Michaels of Selby, (Yorks), 01757-270002.
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« Reply #512 on: June 02, 2007, 09:35:35 PM » |
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It's been so long since I took my trike off the road I'd actually forgotten what was wrong with it. A close inspection revealed the head gasket had blown & one of the combustion chambers was gunged up where the water had got in. So Saddlebags skimmed a spare head for me recently & this morning Nige ground my valves into it for me. Flap, Nige & I then fitted it, along with the timing chain, front engine mounting plate, oil pump, sump & a few other bits & pieces. One of the head studs appears to be stripped so I need to pull one from one of our spare crankcases. Other than that, the main problem is the lack of nuts & bolts. Over the last couple of years, while I've been off the road, my motor's been raided -sometimes with my consent but not always, by everyone else. Now it's time to put it back together I need to replace everything. So I spent this evening writing a shopping list to take with me to the Billing rod show tomorrow. Oh, & my lovely 50 quid cast ally rocker cover, one of a limited run specially cast by the Reliant owners club, won't bloomin' fit  Seems I made the frame just a little too snug a fit around the engine. I hadn't allowed for the rear tank mount which hangs below the line of the top frame tube. Fortunately the standard pressed tin one fits & I'd had a spare powder-coated in gloss black just in case. No sooner had I said to Nige that the black one suited the new trike more anyway than he was off up the road on his trike with the polished ally one shoved down his T shirt! Did it fit alright Nige? |
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« Reply #513 on: June 02, 2007, 09:38:24 PM » |
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« Reply #514 on: June 03, 2007, 12:22:24 AM » |
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I have a bucket full of reliant nut's and bolts you can have if you want them.
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« Reply #515 on: June 03, 2007, 07:06:07 AM » |
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No sooner had I said to Nige that the black one suited the new trike more anyway than he was off up the road on his trike with the polished ally one shoved down his T shirt! Did it fit alright Nige?
bugger i was getting all excited as i was reading this i woz goijng to offer you cash too  ah well nige deserves it  |
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« Reply #516 on: June 03, 2007, 07:33:52 AM » |
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Yeah, Nige is a bit of a star & deserves a freebie or two just for putting up with me living in his garage for the last couple of years. At times I was there from early morning till 9 at night day after day. I dread to think what his leccy bill was like. Thanks Nige. Critch, if you want a rocker cover, PM me for the mobile number of the guy from the Hull branch of the Reliant Owners Club who I got mine from about 5 years ago. They're a quarter inch thick & good & heavy so don't bow out of shape & leak when you tighten the mounting bolts up. Doc, I've got buckets of old bolts too, but my motor was fully kitted out in nice stainless ones.
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« Reply #517 on: June 03, 2007, 09:23:05 AM » |
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Ah! no problem.
I think all this work on the garage is getting to me as I started farting about with body work ideas, not much just an air filter cover but I'm not sure I can do what I want in sheet steel, had to stop making too much noise at about 8 but there's always plenty to do, finally emerged about 2pm.
(Still have a nice vintage tractor seat in steel that would look right nice, I'll let you have it for nowt coz I ow'z you a favor.)
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« Reply #518 on: June 03, 2007, 09:43:25 PM » |
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I'd originally planned to fit a trac'or seat on Flap's trike, but we went for the large universal solo pad instead. I used the same type on both Simon's & my new trike too, cos they look right & are quite comfy. Nige is talking of a larger engined trike next year so maybe he could use it. Would make a cool workshop stool though.
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« Reply #519 on: June 04, 2007, 06:46:14 PM » |
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Looking good my manky friend
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« Reply #520 on: June 09, 2007, 10:53:39 PM » |
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I've been on holiday all this week so should've been pushing on with the trike & getting it done. As usual though, life in general seems to get in the way.
Been at a horse event with Tazet today but managed to put in an hour or two at the garage late this afternoon.
Fiddling about, fitting engine parts, but keep finding I haven't got the necessary fixings & have to keep nipping out to the local bolt shop for more.
The new gasket's fitted on the top plate of the gearbox & a spare polished up plate bolted on. Gearstick's on. It's powdercoated black with a black pool ball drilled & tapped to fit. I've got a bag of these in various colours. They're a perfect size for gloved hands to hold comfortably. A full set cost me 35 quid from a local sports shop.
Shiny new diff dome nuts are on.
Clutch arm return spring's on. The arm's shortened & will be operated by a hydraulic slave cylinder, pushing it from behind, rather than a rod pulling it from the front -if it works.
The engine & gearbox mounting bolts have been fitted with the spring washers I was missing last week.
Starter motor's on. It's the one I used on the last trike, which has a thin sheet of polished stainless wrapped around it & TIG welded along the seam, just to pretty it up a bit. Nearly forgot it has to be bolted on before the oil filter, otherwise it won't fit.
Primary chain & chaincase are on, except I'd forgotten I'd stripped one of the bolt threads & retapped it to M6, so I'm now short of one polished stainless bolt.
The little electric radiator fan's on. From a motorcycle of unknown origin.
Seat's on but I'm 2 stainless dome nuts short, (I know I bought them -must've used 'em on something else). Also the 3 warning lights are pushed in place in front of the saddle, (oil, ignition & indicators. High beam will be in the headlight shell).
The propshaft & handbrake are painted in nasty gloss black paint that runs like buggery & takes about a month to dry. As soon as they're handlable, I'll bolt them on.
Next will be the alternator, (if I've got the bolts & can find the stainless spacers I had made up), the water pump, then the front pulleys. Then the Reliant radiator can be blown over in high temp black paint & fitted, along with it's perforated stainless stone guard.
I'm replacing the exhaust & carb manifold studs with stainless allen bolts for ease of fitting but can't get any locally.
The pedals are powdercoated up, ready to fit, but I'm waiting on Mr SaddleBags to produce the stainless rods that link them to the cylinders, as well as reworking the yokes & steering stem for me & altering the steering stops, so I can refit the front end.
Most of it's bolt together stuff now, but as I said, I haven't got the necessary bolts so am buying them as needed. Touching little bits of black paint in & wiping off gasket goo as I go.
The only bits that still need to be fabricated are the exhaust system & the rear guards & their mounts, but the tubes are already bent to shape & brackets welded to the axle, plus I've already got the 3mm ally sheet rolled to the diameter of the tyres.
So full steam ahead next week hopefully.
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« Reply #523 on: June 10, 2007, 06:18:57 AM » |
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You'll be on the road before me at this rate.
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« Reply #524 on: June 10, 2007, 07:55:12 AM » |
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