Date: Thu, 2 Dec 93 15:26:12 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
It's winter in North Western Wis and the Lord Warden of the Grease Monkeys is at it the British Spoken 'Ere workshop:
I've got this scrag Triumph 650 motor I picked up a bit back that's been begging to get reduced to componants for either parting out or renovation. The problem is, you never know which it's to be until your'e well into it. Call this one a warm-up for the real thing.
Got the gearbox stripped in a hurry, the primary and clutch were pulled by the previous owner -let's play count the rollers -well, only 3 missing.
Rule #1 about basket cases.
They are junk. If they aren't, the owner is an
idiot for not repairing them.
Rule #2 about basket cases.
Any statement that starts out "Well, when I had
it together..." or "Before I took it apart..." is to be ignored or reversed
in it's meaning.
Rule #3 about basket cases.
Even if you own one, even if you document each
and every part, even if you had worked at the factory and could read the
parts list off by heart, even if the pile of stuff looks 10 time larger
than what would possibly be necessary to build 4 bikes, you will be missing
the one part that isn't being sold anymore.
Rule #4 about basket cases.
If you whine enough people will think you're
really working hard and not laugh too much - either that or you'll sound
like a moto-tool. The bench calls.
There's these 3 pesky gears attached to the timing side that are preventing the examination to continue.
The book says something about some tool, but who's got anything like that?
Just stone axes with snap something on the handles in here.
Gear #1 top LH - No sweat, 2-legged gear puller.
Just by way of an observation 'ere. Cheap tools
do a cheap job right ?
This $10 *mart job here has done a ton of sweet
work and STILL is unmarred.
Gear #2 top RH - The guy from the REAL shop says "$40 puller tool is the only way that comes off.
"What's that, you say the threads are all buggered up so the puller won't screw on it anyway?".... you got problems...
" No doubt. No sweat - This is a SCRAP motor anyway right? (this is what wrenches say when they are in a fixorfuxd situation: "If I break it getting it off -I'll replace it, if not -Great!".
Shop wrenches say : "So what, it ain't my bill anyway.")
No puller... APPLY FORCE!
Two Crew-chief screwdrivers under the gear, with wood scraps at the right spots to protect gasket surfaces, start prying...
I need an extra set of hands to run the B.F.H.
Retry with the wenchwrench managing the hammer.
Prying while she swats the cam with the hammer.
"Honey, do you hear something like somebody whimpering?"
"No sweat dear, it's just some expert mechanic sniveling instead of getting greasy."
!POW! "Jees, is the screwdriver supposed to hit you in the head like that?"
"Sure, then you KNOW the gear is off!"
"That looks like it would hurt."
"Hey, you wanna be a REAL Brit wrench or one of those tea-sniffin' snuff- drinkin' clean-sleeved goits"
"It's starting to bleed"
"Head wounds always bleed alot dear."
Gear #3 The one on the crank.
The one that needs another $40 puller.
2 screwdrivers in the right spots and it's off.
A few bolts and nuts later we find the remnants of the missing piece on the piston skirt, the sludge from never changing oil, and whatever else nasty and disgusting kind of crap you find in the lower end on a smegheads basketcase.
Clean it up and look it over later.
Next week: "Seriously dear, we NEED those gearpullers, just look what happened to the last motor!"
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 93 10:14:25 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
Winter is 'ere and the spit on the stovepipe sizzles...
B.S.E. Workshop Notes Regarding somewhat painful self-actualizations, or "What Dobie Did This?
All is normal at the B.S.E. Workshop, the woodstove is merrily smoldering in the corner and The head greasemonkey is smoldering near the bench. He smolders because the winter's project has begun and all is not (necessarily) right with the world.
He has before him the beginnings (or endings.) of a 500cc Triumph Daytona motor. It is 1971 in vintage and apparently they did things a little bit different in those days of yore. The previous owner must have been a smeghead of the first rank. The removal of the primary cover has been nothing short of disaster. Gobs and blobs of multicolored sealant in sedimentary layers under the cover. The coverscrews were stripped beyond recognition, had they been crosspoint or allen heads? But there, beneath the cover lay true ignorance.
The list read like the 12 days of Christmas:
5 Chunks of Primary Chain!
4 Cracks in the Case
3 Busted Boltholes
2 lbs of Goo and a mystery bolt in the pan.
Regarding this lamentable start to what will undoubtedly prove to be another much appreciated British bike, the greasemonkey is greeted by his gorgeous wenchwrench.
"How's it going dear?"
"Relative."
"Looks like you're well along on the primary side... chain's shot though."
"Righto dear."
"What`s this mess 'ere?"
"It looks like some moron put the primary gear on backwards and reused the tab washer."
"Well, they can be reused."
"Yes, and I know you are Lord Warden, but dear you've always said why reuse a $1.00 part?"
"Maybe it was a thrifty mechanic."
"Cheapskate is more like it, look there's a spot he used safety wire where a ziptie would have prevented the wires from shorting against the stud."
"I doubt they had zipties in those days."
"You make it sound like 1470 - this is a `71 for cripes sake."
"I am sure the guy tried as best he was able, you know dear, we can't all be as experianced as I am, some people are'nt as mechanically inclined and this was probably his first bike."
"Are you feeling well dear?"
"I can recall you going ballistic over the speaker wire on the 650 and how you wanted to perform ancient heathen rituals on the previous owner".
"What's different about this one, I mean a bone-haid is a bone-haid I say and this bozo obviously had his head firmly wedged someplace".
"Who was the previous owner?" "..."
"Well?"
"I was ok?"
"I was the previous owner, I was the cheap weinie, ME."
"Oh......Well...uh....looks like the clutch is in fairly good shape."
Yes, I was the previous owner and a great deal has changed since those days. There was a time when removing the primary cover or adjusting the valves struck fear into my heart. Every bit of maintainence another opportunity to break something. That was about 10 years ago. There's an odd feeling working on your first bike - 10 years after - It's as though I don't really know how to tell this "owner" that he's not doing himself or the scooter any favors by not doing the job. It's like I want to tell him to try to do it on his own, try to learn as much as he can and take the chance.
Stuff breaks, that's a fact of life. Fix it after it breaks, you'll learn something, it's just a bike after all, it's not brain surgery. It's like I can here the voices of all the mechanics and bikers I knew 10 years ago - telling me the very same thing and me saying "Sure, you know all about things, I know zero and if I break, I've gotta pay to get it fixed." The truth is you gotta pay either way - I fix it , somebody else fixes it. If I fix it I KNOW it's fixed or I know why it isn't.
Turn that wrench, bust those knuckles, learn. It's how to get from point A to point B.
14.3 BSE Workshop Notes 3, Special Workshop tools.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 14:15:41 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
I have a bin that contains remnants of alot of tools. They are the ones that almost worked. Specialty tools, the kind that will do only one thing, but save money over buying the "real thing". Odd bits of gear pullers, wrenches that look like Uri Geller or Dali might have had plans for, strange shaped chunks of metal that have been heavily worked with a file or hacksaw and the collection of broken tools awaiting conversion.
I look in this bin when I need something to keep me busy for a week or so on a problem that will require waiting for an idea or the UPS man. I can clearly remember the large numbers of medium screwdrivers that gave their lives in the persuit of the elusive primary chain adjuster. They lay there in the bin, a reminder of HOURS spent working out just the right shape and length and never quite being satisfied with anything produced.
I have added to the collection this week, exponentially. I have a slight problem with the timing side gear on the crankshaft of my wife's Daytona. I should have known something was up when I found NO NUT on this gear.
I have created all manner of pullers and prybars and have had zero success. I have a tool being manufactured for me to spec and with any luck, it will be the Holy Grail and all my troubles will be over amen. But not likely. After the gear is off there's always that afterglow of success, or the burning sensation when you break some totally unrelated item, but the project isn't over and there will always be new gears and new situations requiring that tool that no one has ever made.
This is where the question is often asked: "How many hours did you put into making this and how much would the real thing have cost?" There's a drawer in my tool box that contains some of the most alien items this side of Star Trek. I know them all by purpose (mostly). Some have part numbers, some dates and cryptic inscriptions.
Clutch Scotch. Rear wheel bearing drift. Fork dampener dingus. These hand-made jobs are my pride and joy. It's a short step from junk bin to drawer number three.
14.4 BSE Workshop Notes, inertia of restoration projects.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 14:15:41 CST
From: Chuck Stringer
Has anyone else noticed how inertia affects restoration projects? Something like "A bike apart tends to remain apart unless acted upon by some force the amateur wrench is unable to supply"?
I gave up on the head bolt weirdness until an expert can look at the problem next week. My latest debacle involves the simple act of replacing the drive side cover. Easy enough operation, just apply sealent and attach, right?
WRONG. The bloody thing doesn't fit. Instead of having screw holes all aroung like the cover, the engine case has a dowel in one of the front holes. Unfortunately, there is no adjacent hole in the cover to match. So now my quest is for the proper cover. Anyone out there have an A65 drive side (left) cover they want to trade or part with cheap? ARGHHH @$#%&! Basket cases! Never again.
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 12:16:33 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
Ahhh, basket cases. If you work on enough of them you become one.
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 12:12:00 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
"Basket cases can better be viewed as box of spares that may be useful and must be priced accordingly" - Roy Bacon Boy that hits the nail on the head!
14.5 BSE Workspop Notes 5, Eating Sand.
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 94 13:16:53 CST
From: clem@romulus.cray.com (Terry Drehmel
{x68282 CF/ENG})
British Spoken 'Ere Workshop notes. On the subject of Eating Sand
This is that time of year when most midwestern bikers become In-Betweeners. It's not spring and riding time, but after looking at snow for four months something happens to your brain when you see bare roads. It's like Those Idiots who wear shorts when it's 35 degrees out.
Of course, if you've never experienced 2 weeks of -30 degree weather, you don't REALLY know what a heat-wave is. The In-Betweener is stuck with deciding "to ride, or not to ride" and that is the question. When you've stared at your scooter, lonely and forlorn in the back of the garage, covered with a tarp and the kids volleyball net (I am talking about the bike now.) it makes a person want to pick the next half-ways decent day and go riding.
The First Ride Of The Year. This is an event in motorcycle terms that is close to a birth. For those who have endured another endless winter sabbatical, The First Ride Of The Year is to rise phoenixlike from the ashes of the woodstove, to be reborn as a living, feeling, flying entity - to be released from the shackels of the Ice King and once again soar to heights unknown.
To boldly go. In other words, a chance to eat sand. I'm not talking about some new diet plan or The Giant Stone Eaters or even biting pavement necessarily. I`m talking about eating sand. It falls into the catagory of the Over The Handlebars Club, Highsiders Alliance and the Stationary Dumpers Association.
The Sand Eaters are a group unto themselves, braving all manner of advice, expert opinion, and common sense to once again feel the wind in their hair. Problem is that wind carries alot of the crap they were plastering your car with all winter. But who can blame them?
How many of us are previous members of these Elite societies? More than care to admit - the only positive point is that you'll probably only be a member once.
Sand Eating is not a habit. It is an Event. Much like a persons first introduction to raw squid as a part of the meal.
Perhaps you will try it, simply because you have no other choice, but the average Joe says: "Once was enuff!" Developing a taste for Sand Eating is much the same. No doubt there are the odd sidewalk commandoes, who (like those individuals who gave themselves hickeys with the vaccuum cleaner - so they'd look like they'd been up to something.) in hopes of being considered THERE, will don leather and dive headlong into the driveway in hopes someone will ask them where they got all scraped up at.
True Sand Eaters do bear the mark, but they also refuse, flinchingly, to explain. They know the truth and it has set them free. There is, believe it or not, a certain amount of stigma attached to some biker-type things, you figure that out after while. I'm taking it easy this year, got a few projects to keep me from getting too antsy. I found a new club for the older In-Betweener.
I've joined Those Idiots and I'll be on the front porch in a lawn chair watching the Sand Eaters this weekend. Ride safe and remember. "`Tis better to stay patient than to become one."
14.6 BSE Workshop Notes 6, The Crankshaft.
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 14:42:43 CST
From: clem@romulus.cray.com (Terry Drehmel
{x68282 CF/ENG})
The woodstove is cold in the corner at the workshop... Too warm for woodstove, too cold for t-shirt: freeze and work hard. Crank the Webb Wilder and hope the neighbors don't complain.
Akbar Tallplant, wonder-wrench in training is being very helpful. The crankshaft has been turned down .010 to remove the scrapes and gouges. A new set of .010 oversized shell were about $20. The question arose:" I wonder if they boiled the crank after cutting it?"
After the parts washer and blow-dry, there's the tube that goes inside - not so bad a fit, some tapping with a hammer and a brass drift. Locktite 242 on the crankbolt that holds the tube in place and torqued down. Locktite (hope this stuff works.) on the plug - an aftermarket job from Alloy-Tech, with an Allen-wrench drive 3/8", works alot better than the old straight-tip job I had to completely trash to get out.
A quick torque and a centerpunch whap in the threads and that`s done. The rods were cleaned up nicely and the new big-end bearings oiled and fit. Another torque and the crank and rods are together. Then the fun: one old, clean oilcan and some new Castrol 20/50 to pump through the end of the crank.
"Look close and you can see the oil working out around the rod ends Akbar."
"Ah, yes, I am seeing this very thing now, yes." "OK, now let's set this oilcan somewhere..."
"Yes, very good, and now the oil is exiting the crankshaft with great impatience and covering your shirt, very good."
"Ah, you want to grab a greaserag there Akbar."
"This is very exciting to see the motorparts actually working with great vigor and action."
"So this crankshaft is indeed the oil pump is it not?"
"Absolutely."
14.7 The Order of the Frozen Wrench.
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 07:44:51 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
After reading Guy Fortier's account of working in winter I have decided to continue a tradition for all the frigid knucklebusters out there.
BE IT KNOWN: As Lord Warden of the Grease Monkeys it is my honor to bestow (on any and all of the English Motorcycle persuasion, working and suffering under extreeme lack of temperate conditions, faithfully performing maintainance or rebuilding or paying homage to Lord Lucas, prying frozen wrenches from fingers, burning portions of their anatomy and attire on woodstoves trouble lights-heatlamps, looking out frost covered windows wit misty eyes, picking frozen snot from frosty beards) a boon, upon you this day is granted: The Order of the Frozen Wrench.
With all the pomp and other falderall associated etc.etc.etc. Feel free to use it on all letterheads and related communications, fundraisers, credit checks, resumes, and police reports.
14.8 To strip or not to Strip.
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 09:11:24 GMT
From: Peter Aslan
Well, its winter and here in Blighty the rain keeps comming down. For the past month or so my fingers have been twitching for the feel of the odd whitworth spanner, and I find myself reasoning that as I'm not actually riding the Commando, what I should be doing is attending to the needs of the engine before the sun comes out.
The bikes all shiney and runs ok, so what do ya wana tear the thing to bits for, (before I joined this mailing list, I didn't know that expression 'to tear ones engine down' to pull it to bits. Now it seems so appropriate) Well the words keep going round and round in my head, my finges keep twitching. Justification for a close examination of the inside of the Primary chaincase, the head and so on are the rear Isolastic Engine Mounts. The rubbers inside the mounts are now over 20 Years old, and I would like to change to verner MKIII adjustment of the rear isolastics, in stainless of course.
You can change the front by removing the mount complete, doing a little metalwork then replacing the thing without touching the engine or stuff. Now I think I can probably swap to MKIII Verner type mounts on the rear without touching the engine, but there's no way you can replace the rubbers without removing the engine, gearbox and all the other stuff to get at the rear mount, oh I forgot the swinging arm.
As an interesting aside at this point, there is a picture in the workshop manual of the engine, complete with head, gearbox and primary chaincase being removed in one piece. So that's possible, but you would still have to remove the Caincase and Gearbox to get at the rear mount, and I wouldn't like to try lifting the complete unit on my own.
Well, it was rather sunny last Saturday. It must have been about 12C and the roads were dry at last so out came the Commando. The full throttle test proved the clutch now works at full power without slipping, (I reciently replaced the plates, removing the sintered bronze for sureflex and replaced the clutch center for a hardened one, but thats another story.) I had decided that if there were any problems, then it would be another reason in favor of tearing the engine down but it worked fine. So maybee next winter.
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 07:35:41 CST
From: Terry Drehmel
I understand the quandery. Every winter for the last 10 years it's been tear one or another down. This year it's a Daytona because my regular bike is running. Maybe line up the stuff necessary for your upgrade and wait a year?
Don't know how feasable that is, but I also know what it's like to have the weather suddenly change for the better and have a down bike. For around 2 months while waiting for various bits and the cash flow to straighten out.
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 23:18:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Ettinger
This stuff is fascinating! I'm glad that other riders have the same mildly guilty I-should-really-do-that-whatever twinges that I do during the winter.
I have to confide in you, though, that I hope never to have to change so much as a gasket on my Honda Transalp.
English motorcycles hold my attention in the same fashion as Italian cars. Owning a Lancia Beta taught me an incredible amount about transmissions, electrics, etc...but now I own a Mitsubishi, and I'm not even sure it HAS an engine. OK, I'll admit it...I'm gonna put new clutch plates in the Honda.
14.9 Popular Motorcycling Abreviations.
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 12:58:49 PST
From: Graeme Harrison
>Andrew Wolf writes:
>Correct me here if I am outta line, but aren't
BMW (Boring Men & Women)
>
>I always thought it was Bite My Wanger, but
of course I could be mistaken. BMW = Big Money Waste
BMW = Brick Motor Wheezer
Ducati = Dirty, Ugly, Crappy And Trashy Italian
BSA = British Spoken Abuse
Triumph = Terrible Racket Inside, Unknown Mechanical
Problems Heard
Moto-Guzzi = More Obsolete Than Others - Gets
Ugly Zig-Zagging Instantly
Norton = Nothing On Repair Tag Ordered Normally
Harley = Half Assed Ride, Leaks Every Year
Yamaha = Yet Another Mistake And Hopeless Act
Honda = Heavy On Not Doing Anything
Laverda = Loud And Very Excessive Racket Deafening
All
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 15:05:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Martin Lodahl
>>BSA = British Spoken Abuse
> > I'd always heard BSA = Bloody Sore Arse
I'll cast my vote for "Bastard Stopped Again."
14.10 Prepairing for a Long Ride, tools to consider.
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 10:40:39 -0600
From: Laurence T. Reiter
The more you fiddle with your bike the more trouble it will give you.
The best way to prepare for a trip is to clean her, tighten all the loose bolts you find, and whisper sweet nothings to her pretty little gas tank.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 13:28:28 -0700
From: Chuck Stringer
When I ride my bikes I do 2 things:
1. Make certain the bike is right before I leave. This usually requires me to take care of problems I notice on a ride as soon as I get home.
2. Carry CASH, 4 quarters for phones, make certain you got good friends with pickup trucks, a few dollars for items that can be purchased in a hardware or parts store.
I also use my resourcefulness, when you are riding a classic bike, many poeple will stop by just to admire it. If they are at all anal retentive they are carrying a complete service station in the car. The trick here is to NOT look like you need help. Heck if these good samaritans know you are in trouble and they know about classic motorcycles they will wisely speed on.
I rarely carry tools, they rattle, make too much noise and it ads to the sense of adventure. I have even had anal retentive bicyclists help on occasion!!!
Failing all of the above, I am never more than a days walk from civilzation.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 13:20:28 PST
From: David Hamlet
>I rarely carry tools, they rattle, make too much
noise and it ads to the sense of
>adventure.
I have to tell you, Andrew that while I respect your right to an adventure I still think its crazy, so I guess I'll simply have to remain blissful in my anal retentive state. Does anal retentive now mean planned and organized?
I always thought it was psyco-babble for controlling. Once again the pace of language evolution has left me in the dust. I think I must be having a bad hair day.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 15:41:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Jeff Achenbach
>My solution was always to use Big Luggage and
take the entire toolkit with me. It is
>guaranteed that the thing you leave behind will
be the thing you need. This is not a
>good thing when you are 30 miles from nowhere.
30 miles from nowhere? Heck, that's just a daily commute to work. (Just had to insert one of those obnoxious Texas type brags. Won't be here much longer)
> Essentials:
> Big Hammer.
> Lillehammer.
> Misc screwdrivers.
> Impact driver.
> Old long bolt to use as a drift.
> Small, large and needle nose pliers.
> Scotchlocks and a long spool of wire.
> Duct Tape.
> Swiss army knife.
> Any and all special pullers.
> (On the Ariel this is the little timing sprocket
puller).
> All the spanners to fit all the nuts and bolts
plus some adjustables.
> Stillson wrench
> Spare points, and condenser.
> Multimeter.
> Spare bulbs
> Wire cutters.
> Spoke wrench and spare spokes
> strap wrench
> master links for all chains
> Tyre levers, puncture kit and spare inner tube.
> First aid kit
> (in sealed container with silicone gel, nothing
worse than
> mouldy bandages)
> Assorted nuts and bolts in various sizes, spare
case screws etc.
> gasket set.
> A few spares for extra confidence (oil pump,
rings, piston, big end,
> mag etc)
I figure there's no point carrying tools for anything that I don't carry spares of. If something major goes, I'll be SOL anyway.
My toolkit for a long ride contains a standard BMW kit (when on the BMW) and in addition: Spare points, condensor, spark plugs Tire patch kit, tire irons medium crescent wrench needle nose pliers duct tape small roll of electrical wire baling wire beer - to celebrate if I fix it, or drown my sorrows if I can't
On other bikes, I take these plus a few wrenches and a screwdriver or two.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 15:24:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Chuck Stringer
>Alastair Young writes:
>My solution was always to use Big Luggage and
take the entire toolkit with me. It is
>guaranteed that the thing you leave behind will
be the thing you need. This is not a
>good thing when you are 30 miles from nowhere.
---HUGE list deleted---
That's all fine and good if you're touring on a Wingabago, but what if you're just putting down to the pub for a pint? Might look a bit silly with that extra bootom end on your pillion. ;)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 15:04:18 PST
From: Graeme Harrison
>Alastair Young writes:
> >---HUGE list deleted---
>
>That's all fine and good if you're touring on
a Wingabago, but what if you're just
>putting down to the pub for a pint? Might look
a bit silly with that extra bootom end
>on your pillion. ;)
>
Chuck Nice to know that Alastair has a great
deal of confidence in his Ariel as long as he's carrying that enormous
duffle bag of tools with him. ;-) Chuck, those who tour on a Wingabago
have no need for such tools as those bikes are not as unreliable as an
Ariel. ]%^) A source for Matchless parts as well as for BSA-Norton-Triumph
is: Symonds Cycles, 12206 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar, CA 91342 Ph: 818/897-4738
14.11 Essential tools for the Commando Owner.
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 10:25:34 GMT
From: Peter Aslan Tools you might consider
carrying: - From the Norton Commando Parts list manual:
Doesn't it follow that all bikes are different, and therefore need different tools ?
All operations in the Riders Manual are possible With the following tools:
017052 Spanner, 3/16" x 1/4" Open ended.
017053 Spanner, 5/16" x 3/8" Open ended.
017525 Spark Plug Spanner.
017253 Bag. (Still available from RGM Motor Cycles.)
064548 Key, Socket Screw, (This is an allen key,
unstated size.)
062551 Screwdriver. (With double ended blade,
hex/flat and handle)
024365 Gauge/contact breaker screwdriver.
060820 Spanner 5/16" x 3/8" Open ended.
060821 Spanner 7/16" x 1/2" Open ended.
060822 Spanner 9/16" x 5/8" Open ended.
060823 Spanner 11/16" x 3/4" Open ended.
060922 Spanner 3/4" x 15/16" Box.
061284 Spanner suspension Unit. (This is a large
'C' spanner.)
061359 Camshaft Oil Seal Guide.
NMLTU07 Lever. (A pair of tyre levers.)
NMSPU2/20 Spanner, rocker adjusters.
Yes, I know the 6/16 x 3/8 spanner is listed twice, all I can say is the spanners are of a different lenth. Oh, and the box spanner is for removing the head.
To this list I would add, an adjustable spanner and the tool for my isolastic adjusments, but as they were only fitted as standard to the Mk 3, and I have listed the MK2 Toolkit, so there you are.
Also a spare spark plug for testing the spark without removing plug.
14.12 The Ten Best Tools Of All Time.
By J. William Lam, Stockton, CA
There are only ten things in this world you need to fix any car, any place, any time. Forget the Snap-On Tools truck; it's never there when you need it. Besides, there are only ten things in this world you need to fix any car, any place, any time.
1. Duct Tape:
14.13 Essential and Non-Essentail reading Material.
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 10:25:34 GMT
From: Peter Aslan
The essential Norton Commando Owners reading material:
14.14 Wrench Conversions, (Withworth).
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 94 10:32:04 PST
> John Bria writes:
Subject: Wrench translations: Here is an interesting
set of info I dug up in the UK on a recent visit. Instructions for use
1. Print out in the usual way. Then highlight
the 2nd (American inch), 3rd (Metric MM), and 6th column (BSW LG Hex BS192)
2. The MM column in the middle is used as a baseline.The
BSW
column is the Whitworth measurement, MM is self explanatory and the American
inch is AF. The numbers to the left hand side of the column is what the
REAL measurement across the head is so... to take an example: On the 6mm
line the first figure from the left is the actual measurement of the NEAREST
AF wrench size, the next figure is the actual AF size, then the actual
MM size, the 4th column is the measurement across flats of the NEAREST
WW/BSF or BA size.
Using this chart you should be able to see what
is the nearest AF or MM size to use if you don't have WW/BSF or BA wrenches
or sockets. If you need WW tools there are a few places I know in the UK
that do mail order and I would Kamasa do a reasonable set of motorcycle
size sockets combining AF/MM and WW.
The best quality I have found and brought over
with me was Elora made in Germany and imported to the UK by Draper. Hope
this is useful to somebody and I do have the whole table up to 155 MM if
anybody is working on stuff that size!
Subject: Wrench translations
From: John Bria
>>
>>A while back a conversion list was posted.
If anyone needs it, I'll forward my copy
>>of the listing. Sorry, but I can't remember
who to credit for the original work.....
> >I'd appreciate a copy, John. In fact, you
might just want to post it to Brit-Iron.
> > Thanks,
> > Chuck
Openings
Across Flats
Openings
Across Flats
Across Flats
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