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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: Lone Wolf Date: December 4, 2018, 4:14 pm
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Wotcha.
Broken exhaust stud now machined out.
Just waiting on a 29mm socket for the flywheel nut.
With any luck - the engine should be out of the frame by the
weekend. . . . onward, ever onward. [emoji2]
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: banquo Date: December 4, 2018, 4:59 pm
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Yep; one of my studs was broken too; good to see you making
progress!
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: Lone Wolf Date: December 18, 2018, 7:37 am
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Wotcha.
Engine is now out of the frame.
The rear mudguard needs a bit of work - there's a split in it.
Waiting on some serious paint stripper for work on the hubs.
Black bits are now ready to be powder coated.
Getting there - bit at a time ;D
HTML http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/guzzi/blackbits.jpg
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: banquo Date: December 18, 2018, 10:03 am
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Split rear mudguard? They all do that Sir....
Mine had a badly repaired split when I got it, repaired free by
NLM when the filler fell out as it split again, and then, well,
it split a third time, and it's been like that for the past 14
years or so. When you see how they vibrate, it's not really
surprising. I managed to buy a brand new (well, NOS) of
feniks2000 on eBay a few years back, and may even get around to
fitting it sometime.
Are your hubs painted? I believe mine are raw alloy....
Good luck with the paint stripper. Most are a pale shadow of
their former selves, probably rightly so, as they contained some
very nasty stuff!
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: Lone Wolf Date: December 18, 2018, 10:24 am
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Wotcha.
Ah - whilst I'm at it then, I might as well weld a patch on the
opposite side to the split. . . . prevention being better than
cure and all that.
The hubs were originally raw alloy but I painted the rear brake
plate and both hubs around where the spokes fit in with good ol'
NATO green.
The active ingredient in Nitromors and such like was
dichloromethane. Good old 'Elf 'n' Safety' thought it would be
better if it were removed - which is why Nitromors no longer
works. Luckily a company called Starchem happen to make a
paint stripper which still contains dichloromethane ( apparently
). It ain't cheap, but I dare say I will have other things that
will need the paint taking of them in the future.
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: banquo Date: December 18, 2018, 10:34 am
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Yes to the other side; my mate George had his split on both
sides. Apparently, they're also known to rust through under the
reinforcing strap.
Sensible precautions if you're using the dichloromethane; elfin
safety didn't ban it for nothing... ;)
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloromethane#Toxicity
Good luck!
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: Lone Wolf Date: January 9, 2019, 4:00 pm
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Wotcha.
Well I survived the horrors of the dichloromethane ( and the new
year ).
Starchem "Synstrip" is what Nitromors used to be - it works, and
works well.
It amused me to find that after I'd ordered the stuff from a
place in Northern Ireland . . . it turns out it is manufactured
only a few miles from my house.
All bits were taken for blasting and powder coating. The
company doing the coating then phoned me to say they'd stripped
and blasted the tank, and didn't like what they found.
I took a trip over there and found this ---->
HTML http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/guzzi/tankripple.jpg
It looks like something may have dropped on the tank, or maybe
the bike had been involved in some kind of accident . . . who
knows ?
I had two options:
1 - get the tank filled and then painted to match the powder
coated stuff. There is a RAL code for the powder coat colour. .
. Hmm . . I'd rather have powder coating.
2 - take the tank to someone who has been metal bashing for over
60 years. . Looks like this is the option.
The tank has been left in the capable hands of a chap who
certainly knows what he's doing when it comes to tank repairs.
You would not believe some of the things this fellow has bought
back from the dead.
Hopefully once he's cut the bottom out of my tank, he should be
able to get it looking good enough for powder coating. The
dent's didn't bother him, but he's a bit worried about the bit
that's been welded.
Time will tell.
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: banquo Date: January 9, 2019, 5:53 pm
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Glad to see you're not discouraged, although that must have been
a blow to find that. Good that you have a reliable tank repairer
to hand though. Maybe he can cut out the bad bid and set in a
new piece of steel with the filler welded to it. Good luck!
Military tanks, unlike Civile ones, do come up on eBay
occasionally, but sounds like you've got things in hand...
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: Lone Wolf Date: March 7, 2019, 2:08 pm
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Wotcha.
Slowly but surely the Guzzi is coming back to life.
All powder coating is now done and the wiring is complete apart
from the dynastart ( mainly 'cos the engine isn't back in the
frame yet ).
The petrol tank sadly has had to lose the original filler cap,
which is a pity 'cos I rather liked it . . . on the plus side -
should anyone need a newly chromed filler cap, I have one here.
The only thing I'm waiting on now is the wheels, which hopefully
should be done by Monday - once the wheels are in, I can fit the
engine and look into making a stainless steel exhaust system.
HTML http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/guzzi/tankon.jpg
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Re: And so it begins . . . .
By: banquo Date: March 7, 2019, 2:22 pm
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That looks great!
Like the green binnacle too.
So your metal basher managed to recover the tank?
Fantastic job!
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