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  1. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Whoah, this interests me greatly. More deets please. Funnel attachment, did you fit metal tube thru roof to clamp to? and did you just rotate the pickup on the gun? My gun's not like that, fixed suction tube underneath. Might look at new gun and do this conversion, seems to make so much sense and will remove much frustration, hopefully... Also make it super easy to swap between blasting media types...
  2. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Need a mirror so I can see if I'm being followed on my speed runs (paranoid about being oblivious to cop behind me while I've got my nose on the speedo and butt crack exposed attempting land-speed record) - so pulled one off the CB360 in the shed. Factory Honda item and free, but had a 10mm thread so bought a couple of adapters on trademe. Seller sent me the wrong ones though, and doesn't have any more, so looked at Barrying up an adapter, then realised there was heaps of meat on the mirror mount, so just drilled/tapped it out... And looks bloody good cleaned up and installed, considering it was a rusty old bit I was going to discard... Since I'm going to try to register this keeping things factory looking (apart from rorty exhaust ) can only help...
  3. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Got my lockdown s/s staples so had a go at stretching seat cover on. Went ok but wished I'd warmed it up first, ran the hot air gun over it halfway through and made it much easier to work with. Still got to pull the YAMAHA lettering even with the bottom edge and finish stapling, but looks ok...
  4. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Barried up a tool to tighten the steering locknut tonight, couple of big washers, a big nut and bolt, and some drilling and tapping... Will it work? Fuck yeah... Just managed to torque to 27 ft-lbs to seat bearings without it failing (shouldn't have used brass screws in retrospect) before backing it off a full turn and re-torquing to 7.2 ft-lbs. Feels tighter than I would have set it to by feel, so good to know it's to spec. Job done...
  5. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Managed to buy the correct shielded lower taper bearing over lockdown, so bunged the steering stem together. Stem in freezer, bearing under the hot air gun for a few moments and drove it on with old bearing shell... And glad I painted it, looks good, just got to figure out a way to torque up the locknut under the top yoke for correct clearance... And looked at the tank, just been sitting there cos I couldn't be bothered cleaning it... And of course one bolt on the side covers wouldn't undo, felt like the whole thing was spinning, so no option but to drill it out... And after grinding it flat and trying to drill out the bolt, the whole thing came out when it got hot, was nervous drilling in case I drilled through the plastic but thread had a blind hole so that couldn't happen... So re-tapped the square brass fitting... And cleaned the hole and epoxied it back in... I cut some slots in the brass fitting to help retain it in the plastic, should be ok if I don't gorilla-install the bolt. When that's set I'll move onto the tank cleanup...
  6. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Milestone today. both my girls went solo. Pretty brave of the wee one, she can't hold it up as legs are too short...
  7. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Massive progress today, painted the sump and water pump. Painted sump twice actually, as dropped it on the scody garage carpet just after finishing the top coat. There were some swears...
  8. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yesterday I got the kids on it, eldest was rapt to ride a motorbike on her own (first time) although younger one was grumpy she was too small... Beauty was I could put it in low ratio and 2nd gear and they could chuff away reasonably safely (1st was too 'snatchy' on the throttle, couple of wheelies). Sadly though it stopped going after 30-odd minutes of backyard laps, low battery volts, oops... Tested it this morning after charging overnight, and getting over 7V when revving, but drops to 6V with the lights on, hopefully the low revs/lights on was what drained it. Time for another test run. Went with lights off and ran well, plug looked ok too, was a bit sooty after yesterday's low speed chuffing... And I seem to have built a Honda with british bike levels of oil retention. Hopefully just coming from clutch adjusting nut, might need a new o-ring... But 20-odd kms of good riding today (apart from a moment of panic when it started running rough miles from home, switching to reserve fixed that... And how's the serenity...
  9. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Decided to wait till I can get some s/s staples, so put the forks together today.. Had a hell of a job remembering how they went together, surprisingly had taken bugger all pics when I pulled them apart... But got there with parts manual pics, some scribbling and some logic. Used a plumbing fitting to press the top bush and seals in... Added the correct amount of oil (533mls) although it seems very low in the fork legs... And done, the bushes aren't available so pretty much a clean and new copper washers/seals/fresh oil... Glad to get these bits out of the way, were taking up a bit of room...
  10. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So thread dredge, cos found some bits while lockdown tidying. Back in 2017 I stripped this engine mount, and hit it with some phosphoric acid before I primed it. 3 yrs later still not primed, but looking surprisingly good, although the mounting holes were still oval... So cut some plugs and welded them in... and ground flat and redrilled... Prob should prime this before it gets covered in rust. But some progress, at this rate it'll be restored in 2050'ish...
  11. Lord Gruntfuttock
    New record today. 106 km/h. Too many people wombling about for proper speed run, but I'll take that...
  12. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Fitted my Ali rear light yesterday, so junk, but cost around $15 so hope it'll last for certification process... I used the original rear guard bracket to mount it on, but it is so cheap/flimsy (chromed plastic) that one of the screws vibrated out on my first test run, will look at mounting it better on rubber isolators so it stays put... And did some speed runs, 1st, 2nd, 3rd all good then when I knock her into top (at around 74kph) it either stays there or actually slows down, unless there is a kind tail wind or slight downhill. If I get a good bit of road it comes on song and actually winds out to 100kph... [proof] So looked at gearing options, standard is 15 front and 45 rear, and consensus is that's not bad for all round riding, apart from high speed runs, which it was never built for. If I change rear sprocket for more speed I already know it won't have the grunt to push it, and gearing it down so it pulls in 4th will make 1st gear redundant. Think i'll just leave it as Mr Honda intended. And it starts on choke easy but you have to flick choke off almost imediately, plug looked a good tan colour too, but have only been round the block so will check after a longer, hotter run. Looking ahead at cert process, need to sort brake lamp and indicators, but 90% there. Would love to get this legal, have started the process so be interesting to see how things go...
  13. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Made some progress yesterday. Fitted cam, valves etc, torqued things up and set plug gap, points gap, timing and valve clearances, and tried to start it. Had spark so thought it's be easy. Nope, kicked and kicked and kicked till I was a sweaty mess without even the slightest cough. Was wondering if timing was 180 degs out, then checked spark again and very weak, so had a think... That's right, these things need a good battery to start, checked and 4V. Doh... Chucked it on charge and decided to drain the old fuel for good measure, plus a new plug. Barried up another battery and was rewarded with a fat spark, so tried it out and she burst into life... Went for a quick hoon up the road but underestimated how useless the old 6v lamp is, especially when it's pointing at the sky. No moon out and no streetlights so was almost completely blind. Thought it best to park up for the night... Lunchtime today checked the battery, had risen to 6V but drained to 4v almost immediately so wired in the spare battery I had temporarily connected. Burst into life almost immediately so quickly threw the covers on and some extra fuel into her... And went for a much less scary hoon, seemed to go alright but was only round the block so no real test. Look forward to a better run when I can see how it goes over a distance. Looks good with the stickers though... Seems to have almost the same top speed in 3rd or 4th, not sure if gearing would fix that, didn't have gps running but seemed to be around 80kmh. Did a compression test when back and it's around the same as before I did rings, an acceptable 158'ish psi... So overall a win, lockdown plug chop here we come...
  14. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Bloody hilarious on uphills in slippery stuff. Front tugger wheelspin all the way up...
  15. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So went for a blat the other day with the kids, and forgot I had screwed the chain indicator rod into the rear wheel. Heard a clonk, and it had got caught in the sprocket - koozed... Or is it...? The wonders of good British steel, it carefully bent back into shape, amazingly... And I rigged up a mix of old and new bits to get the gears working...
  16. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Gasket set arrived today, so cleaned things up and slid the barrel on. I had re-honed this yesterday with my bodged together hone (glued one stone back on)... Was bloody tricky getting the rings in but got there. Added rest of top end hardware ready for setting valve clearances, points, timing etc... But main thing is it's all buttoned up, hate leaving engines open. Would have made much more progress if also wasn't working from home...
  17. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Lockdown enthusiasm, looked at sorting the old seat... Screwdriver and pliers got 90% of staples out, just tapped in the broken off bits pliers would't grip... Not too bad underneath but a few holes in the foam... So I levelled them out with roughly shaped bits contact glued in... And put a layer of smoothing foam over the whole thing... Looks like the cover I bought will fit... But stalled there cos I've only got 14mm staples, and you can feel them through the foam at thin points. Had an 'Aha' moment this morning though, cutoff disc, staples in vise and some gentle application and you can trim blocks down... So will have a go at stretching the cover over when I get a chance, never really done this before so will see how we get on with my Lockdown Barrying...
  18. Lord Gruntfuttock
    That is a great looking Scooter, hope you get her going, too pretty to stay hidden...
  19. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Spent ages looking for bits today, then remembered I had been clever and had labelled and boxed things up nicely... Checked torque on bottom end... And cleaned the timing cover and oil pump gasket surfaces... Struggled to get new crank seal in as I have nothing the right size to use as a driver, then realised gasket kit came with 2 types, so used wrong one as driver and pressed seal in with big vise and piece of wood. Can't do much more till I get some assembly lube so I can put cam in. When that's done I can really start bolting things back on...
  20. Lord Gruntfuttock
    What about just shortening it a bit? Would mitigate the discrepancy tween guard and rim. I'd look at that and just mounting it a little higher to allow adequate clearance. I reckon you're over thinking this, too much focus on something nobody else will notice given there is far more good stuff to focus on with your build...
  21. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So no progress for 3 yrs, yikes. Lockdown means I dug the engine out from the shed and chucked it on a stand in the house garage... Had it bored out 40 thou over and new pistons etc, was nervous it had rusted while sitting there wrapped in plastic, but was nice and oily, so looks good... But needed a paint, so masked things up... And hit it with the wire brush... And plugged threads with cloth and frost plugs with plasticene, could have just painted them but easy enough to mask now... And cos it's shitty today, sat paint cans in front of diesel heater while I took some healthy sustenance. Garage was a toasty 18 degrees, warm enough for paint to go off ok... Two coats of primer on... And first top coat. I just take these pics so I can remember what paint I used... 3 coats later, the plasticene has a nice shiny paint layer on it... Which is sooo satisfying to remove... And block successfully painted...
  22. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Also found this, one broken compression ring... but bore looked good, and I had a set of standard rings so cleaned piston and installed them. Also masked cylinder and painted it after removing old gaskets... and gave it a quick hone before hone disintegrated... And cleaned 46 yr old gaskets off... And that's pretty much where things stopped as the gasket sets I had were for the wrong thing. Ordered another set which should be here in a couple of days (being essential) so did the only other thing I could do, added some stickers to the plastics... So shame I can't put it back together today, but made some good progress and hopeful it'll make a difference when all done...
  23. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Lockdown update. Wheeled this out of the shed of despair and found the rings and valve stem seal I'd bought to see if I could fix the plug oiling up issue... Exhaust valve cover was full of oil, interestingly... And all came apart ok, I'd used antisieze on the bits I had had off previously... No valve spring compressor, but my lockdown method worked beaut, clamped head to bench and levered valve down with open ended spanner, smaller spanner was just a spacer for leverage... Cleaned and lapped valves... And cleaned all bits in my 'new' parts cleaner, that I've had for months... And reassembled valves, new blue viton seal in the foreground... I did find an old seal but not sure where it came from, think it may have been wrongly installed on the intake...?
  24. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Cos this exists...
  25. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Think this is the most Old School thing I've ever seen on here. 1900's spec billy cart...
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