clivegto Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 26 minutes ago, Badger76 said: This is looking awesome, love the shape of the fuel tank! Cheers man. Because I lifted the oil cooler a bit the bottom yoke touched the top cooler mounting points so Ispun a couple of spacors up onthe lathe to fit under the lock stop bolts. 1 Quote
clivegto Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) Splashed out on some Torques an8 oil cooler fittings & started to play around with the coolers pipe work. Also bought this, hopefully it will fit Edited July 3, 2020 by clivegto 1 Quote
370steve Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 looking at it Clive, you might have to swap the two top plug screws for something a little shorter, looks like frame will be close! 1 Quote
clivegto Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, 370steve said: looking at it Clive, you might have to swap the two top plug screws for something a little shorter, looks like frame will be close! That thought had already crossed my mind mate or maybe sunken blanking plugs. Edited July 3, 2020 by clivegto 1 Quote
clivegto Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 This arrived today its lovely bit of kit, had to change the top two plugs as Steve suggested but it does fit, hooraaaa . Not sure what the oil fitting size is though as an8 is to big & An6 only screws on a couple of threads? @Markz9 3 Quote
370steve Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 its an AN6 mate, just needs cleaning up a bit as the anodize on mine had built up the threads 1 Quote
dupersunc Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 AN threads are unf thread form. An8 is 9/16 unf iirc. Quote
clivegto Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Won't to use an8 oil pipes but space is tight. Had a rummage through the scrap heap & found a old oil cooler with an8 fittings. Chain drilled a few holes round one of the fittings pulled it out & cleaned it up. Drilled part way through it then tapped it out with 9/16unf (An6) & hey presto I have a short an8 to An6 adaptor. 5 Quote
clivegto Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 Got some pipe fittings & made the head cooler lines up. 5 Quote
clivegto Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, SiBag said: That's a rather neat solution.. Thanks. Quote
clivegto Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 Mate a fuel return up. Just needs welding on. Quote
clivegto Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 Turns out a harley tap fits the Harris tank. 4 Quote
Wagola Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 17 hours ago, clivegto said: Turns out a harley tap fits the Harris tank. @clivegto Hi, do you have a link or details on where you got this petrol tap ? I have a Mag 4 tanks that I am assuming has the same thread on it. Easier than having the tank adapted to fit a pingle tap. cheers Quote
clivegto Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Wagola said: @clivegto Hi, do you have a link or details on where you got this petrol tap ? I have a Mag 4 tanks that I am assuming has the same thread on it. Easier than having the tank adapted to fit a pingle tap. cheers Got it from Cycle Haven Online based in Lincoln £26 delivered its 13/16 metric m22x1mm 1 Quote
clivegto Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Had to think about how to route the main oil cooler pipes as the cooler is mounted on the yokes & moves with the steering. Had a few mock ups before the final decision. This is what I have done, the cooler pipes have swivel fittings at both ends the pipes cross over each other underneath the cooler & the bottom yoke, fittings to the cooler are 90 degree ones but are two different lengths so they don't bump into each other where they cross over one another. Made some brackets up to hold the pipes in place to stop them touching the head cooler which is fastened to the main frame. Going into the sump are also 90 degree elbow swivels but the same length. Haven't finished the exhaust side completely yet as the exhaust is not yet been fabricated. Pipes do move through the brackets I made but only 5mm backwards & forwards so don't think this is a problem at all. Edited July 25, 2020 by clivegto 4 Quote
clivegto Posted July 26, 2020 Posted July 26, 2020 Fitted the front mudguard & dicided it looked a bit too long so cut 50mm off the front of it. 6 Quote
clivegto Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Didn't have any means of fastening the corbin seat to the frame but it has 2 m6 bosses that have been added to each side of the frame presumable where the last horrible seat unit was bolted on. Set about making a bracket to bolt the seat to the frame out of 25x3mm mild steel bar. After a bit of cutting, bending, welding & shaping I had a bracket that fastened the seat to the frame without touching the tank as well. Edited July 28, 2020 by clivegto 7 Quote
clivegto Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I should have shares in Torques, got some more an8 fittings for the feed side of the head cooler as wasn't happy with where the piping came round the back of the engine. Some of the fittings are for the main cooler sump connection. 2 Quote
clivegto Posted August 4, 2020 Posted August 4, 2020 Will welded the fuel return in for me, another step forward. 2 Quote
Swirl Posted August 8, 2020 Author Posted August 8, 2020 They come apart quicker than they go together Quote
Dezza Posted August 8, 2020 Posted August 8, 2020 2 hours ago, clivegto said: Took it to bits. Elaborate: why is it now in bits? Frame repaint? Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.