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Hilko

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  1. I was out of commission for a while so didn’t update. The gasket fitted fine and I reused the half moon rubbers with a bit of black silicon-just in case. 
    Just over 1000 miles done since and all good. 
    Thanks to all for the info. 

  2. I forgot about the half moon rubbers. Can’t they be reused with a bit too f silicon if they haven’t totally hardened? The gasket I received has 4 holes larger than the rest, presumably for the locating dowels which if there are only 2 might suggest the gasket is usable either way round but it doesn’t look exactly the same either side. 

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  3. Just noticed oil is weeping from the rocker cover gasket all around the front half or so. I have bought a replacement (Athena)available from wemoto  but it doesn’t come with the 4 sealing washers I vaguely remember from the last time I fit ted a new gasket and which are also mentioned in the Haynes manual. Are these strictly necessary and if so what size and material are they?  I haven’t taken the cover off yet so just wanted to have everything needed together to do the job quickly. 

  4. Changed to 10w40 mineral oil, adjusted clutch as per the manual and now clunkier and worse than ever to get into gear. Had no problems changing whilst in motion before but now it’s dreadful. Looks like I’ll just have to keep fiddling. Maybe my bike likes the higher viscosity oil?

  5. Turns out my problem was old and rusty/dirty electrical connections. Found loads and replaces all over the bike. Done the ref/rec mod as suggested and the old girl is now charging like the light brigade! Hopefully she’ll last longer though. 
    thanks for all the suggestions and assistance. 

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  6. In Poland we have to have lights on all the time so I shouldn’t have the overheating problem?

    When you say any decent modern rectifier would that involve some jiggery pokery when mounting it or do you know of any that will mount directly with no mods?

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