Kimjon

***Warning, viewer discretion advised***

My battery is also well fuckered. @flyingbrick tested it for me and if it was an animal animal you'd be giving it one in the back of the head and down the offal hole...

But im glad I have solid answers now.

22 hours ago, Stu said:

Nice result!

Can you link to the bluetooth battery monitor you use? 

Same as this one below. I paid $30 from ebay delivered. They normally take about 2-3 weeks to turn up.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002038313820.html?albpd=en1005002038313820&acnt=494-037-6276&aff_platform=aaf&albpg=296904914040&netw=u&albcp=9444695485&sk=UneMJZVf&trgt=296904914040&terminal_id=01e04a3f896441319a8986b0c5d6e427&tmLog=new_Detail&needSmbHouyi=false&albbt=Google_7_shopping&_randl_currency=NZD&src=google&crea=en1005002038313820&_randl_shipto=NZ&aff_fcid=04dad6e041704aba9f52cc6d0d29e53b-1627360659756-04126-UneMJZVf&gclid=CjwKCAjwuvmHBhAxEiwAWAYj-PXmE_GE2ZlcgYNEUDXD9A-OJJLCMcLHfeL8GtrN9JAu7apK4HZF8hoCxsQQAvD_BwE&albag=99457316601&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&albch=shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=false&aff_trace_key=04dad6e041704aba9f52cc6d0d29e53b-1627360659756-04126-UneMJZVf&device=m&gclsrc=aw.ds

***Update:

Swapped out battery, with a known good one from a mates tractor. Took it for a drive, pretty much same as last time...all good for 10 minutes, then no charge going on.

So Swapped out alternator...problem gone.

so it was the alternator that caused all my issues, just as I suspected.

Cheers Mike - fucking legend for giving me an alternator for free!!

Milled slot to stop axle turning when tightening it.

Other than that, I've been very unproductive of late.

So I'm pretty sure its a battery issue now. I couldn't start it today 

Even though it was charged to 100% a week ago, and I have a battery cut off switch that disconnects the battery when not in use.

Battery shows this now. But prior to trying to start it was something like 95%. So yeah, think battery is fucked.

Soooooooo cool!!

I imagine these are fairly generic?

2 hours ago, mjrstar said:

In theory you should still get charge (if the charging system is working) with the engine running if you disconnected the battery and threw it into the bushes. 

Ah, so the lack charge coming in definitely points towards alternator then eh.

I found a refurbished one on rock auto for $33+$45 postage. I'll have a think about it, may look at upcoming swap meet too?

10 hours ago, governorsam said:

Regulator is poos.

Is the regular a part thatbi can replace? Or do I need a new alternator?

Fyi, its a sbc 283 motor in impala.

Back to the problem. I'm thinking I take it for another run, wait until the charging stops on the Bluetooth app, pull over, test alternator at direct source?

This should tell me if irs actually the alternator, or if its the battery?

42 minutes ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

Whoa. Bluetooth battery monitor...? I'm in..

 

Seriously cool bit of tech. Only $30 off ebay. My main use is for each vehicle I have, with an alarm set at 80% remaining charge. So I sets off an alert for me to hook it upto a charger.

Here's my story:

I noticed my car wasn't starting after a 30 minute drive. I'd have to wait until the motor cooled before it would crank.

I brought a Bluetooth battery monitor and it shows this:

Basically the ctek charger brings it to 12.8v give or take. Over a month, when not on the ctek it slowly drops to say 12.6v.

When I drove it today, it showed initially 15v of charging going on for about 10 minutes. Then it just drops from there on to about 9v as I got home after half hour drive.

It wouldn't turn over when I stopped it and tried to started it.

So battery seems to not be receiving a charge after 10 minutes?

Battery problem?

Alternator problem?

Other?

Its back on the ctek and looks like its taking a charge okay. So my intuition says Alternator? But im an electrical retard.

My new bike was purchased as a roller, with a blown engine. I paid fuck all for it, so all things considered im still very happy with the deal. However its obviously been raided for parts while the dude left it at the Honda shop. 

Its missing little bits like nuts off swing arm bolts, radiators, a few plastic bits, swing arm spacers, exhaust header, etc etc, probably an icecream container somewhere holding these bits, or maybe been used to fix someone else's bike? I can live with that.

The blocks that locate the rear axle into the swing arm were missing, so that was today's efforts:

So:

And tadah:

I work with cables for supporting structures for a living (yes, laying a cable is a standard joke).

The rated shackles etc are really cheap. It would be less than $10 to buy a D shackle rated to lift an engine.

Shaws or Cookes are the 2 biggest companies in nz for this stuff.

In saying that, the dodgy Chinese chain on most engine cranes would probably be your weakest link. From my own experiences with Chinese made stuff, the ratings painted on the side are mostly fictitious. My engine crane folded and crumpled lifting a mates concrete bathtub. There's no way it exceeded the claimed capacity.

1 hour ago, cletus said:

For blue or green? 

 

Will be interesting to see how it goes! Have you got some different carb jets? 

Not sure yet, but probably the blue one?

Carb jets next on the list.

Simonini expansion chamber...yeah buddy!!

CRF250 needs new bottom end (big end bearing shit itself). But im open to ideas involving butchering in an entirely different motor.

Then the blue vespa got the same treatment. This too had ample meat on the pads, but the entire front end shuddered under braking.

This made a world of difference. Shudder is gone now, smooth as.

I did an aggressive chamfer on the edges of the pads, I'm not sure if this makes a difference, but the old pads had squared edges and so did the replacements. The chamfer makes sense to me, so I put it on just cause.

Brake it down 

New rear brakes fitted. The old ones looked fine, but squealed so loudly. The new ones sorted that issue out.

Go you good thing!!