Pete Lewis

Or to add to Darrens idea get a screw in hose fitting and use fuel hose all the way to the carbs and bin the pipe idea, pete

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-tools/brake-pipe-flaring-kit-10-pc-piece-tool-sealey-ak506-set-copper-brass-aluminium Need a special tool to grip the tube and a screw in mandril and former to get the tube end to do a single flare for a fuel type fitting or a double flare for a high pressure brake pipe Prices vary but rough search on halfords

and check the rear cam bearing bore these can wear and you get everlasting tappet noise which isnt tappets the dizzy pedestal is sealed with a gasket , there are various thickness to adjust the drive end float Pete

yes change all the core plugs, always been fit them dry they need to grip, if you use a sealer dont use a slippy silcone something like wellseal would be better smells nice too. the dizzy base has an 0 ring rocker paint, club sell rattle can of orig gold , but any colour , body colour , black , whatever takes your liking if the stud holes are dented/sunken knock it back with a hammer and drift same with the sump , always clout the holes back to remove deformed flanges .

some repro diaphragms are very stiff thick nasty rubbery things , should be quite flimsy and very flexible if they are orig, and swell when taken out a wash with petrol will revert them to size as for the smiths valve you can dummy a get you home from a poly bag to trial it starting depending what the original bang was maybe a compression test is worth considering Pete

just stripped some longer standing150s and the needles were seriously jammed in the jets with nasty corrosion never seen that before in all the years of carbs carb cleaner quite useless , had to use a plumbers sulphuric acid to get the goo out of the jet holders and float zone so old gum does exist pete

its seems its no8x32 unf Pete

You should only use ptfe tape around the olive and its pipe, make sure the pipe end is kept clear . the threads on the nut have nothing to do with the sealing, it just clamps the olive onto the pipe, the seal is the olive against the pump body so does the pipe protrude a little beyond the olive ? Is the olive distorted by overtightening over the years suprised a 13/60has an olive, as Colin suggests a flare pipe is more normal pete

Stuart, with a full strip down ( Grrr) with the trunnion off and clamped in a vice you should be able to replicate the slack on the upright and see clearly where its coming from the trunnion should be a nice fit not slack let me know if you want help Pete

the nuts should screw down to a shoulder on the shaft this controls the squash on the rubbers hold the square on the shaft to enable tighten down the nut ,, all it needs is a good hand spanner tighten up then add the lock nut there is no torque figure given in the wsm. Pete

Was the wobble from the thread clearance or the trunnion bushes or loose through bolts there is a designed clearance as it must have to be able to rotate I would not expect obvious slack , you are a extended distance away from the trunion Which magnifies clearances it doesnt sound too good, a good look look see might be advisable pete

tkc1155 std 1500 spitty unleaded insert head tkc 3239 is spitty low compresion for california with UL inserts guess this is been skimmed to make a 1155 ??? Pete

think youre about to find out, sorry never stripped one only fought to get them up or down if its vinyl hood its most likely shrunk and wont fit anymore, if you need a replacement the mohair are a more expensive but much longer lasting hood Pete

if the glass was inside the roof you cant open the doors clever anti theft of sorts and saves fuel as you cant get in Ha ! the roof gutters vary a lot from the various suppliers some have a good well defined stitched on gutter trim some have a appalling shallow and useless , have a look around at shows its a minefield of who's make is best the 'convertible' designs of the day were just a rain cover , not like a modern which guys expect to be water tight pete

sounds a good idea , dont know how those products stand up to a leaky tank drain plug or any fuel spill episodes.

Thank heavens for that pleased its running pete

Colin, his floggle toggle had fell of his whim wham Froc, do check the base clamp may be different diameter to clamp the body there's two sizes of clamp so it could be too small or too big and if supplied with one theres changes /evolution how the clamp is bolted to the pedestal just to make something simple a nightmare

ouch !! unusual for a lucas, delco are good are wearing out most lucas can be rebuilt DIY try the distributor doctor for spares Pete

just cake ??? whats am /lw was that for mrs dales diary and the archers

Drive gear end float can make a lot of tappety noise if its excessive, there must be some float or you sieze it theres worn dizzy spindle bushes and shaft wear due to lack of oiling does the rotor shaft wag around use a long screwdriver against the block and dizzy post and stick ear on the handle it will shownwhere the noise is eminating, dont get it in the fan , Or the HT leads one more excessive idea is the tail camshaft bearings can wear, this makes a tappet noise you cant trace,, quite common pete

Doug, Ive never thought about coil body earthing the6/12v primery earths via the points into the dizzy and the secondary ht earths via the spark leap from the spark plug . cant see there is any other requirement just a thought. pete

just looking i dont have a triumph spit !V WSM i have haynes and dont hold that as gospel because that shows the ign sw logic as term 1 white red to starter solenoid term 2 Brown feed from battery/solenoid term 3 has three whites oil psi switch/alt warning lamp and ......ceramic ballast for the coil term 4 white /pink to feed the heater fan you need to check what your white pink is doing and where its feeding , this idea it feed the heater makes no sense unless you have a seperate ceramic balllast on your pic the dull white pink definitley has the look of a resistive wire and that would be picked up from a short white pig tail on the switch term 3 let us know what colours are on your switch it also show the solenoid as having the two terminals one for white yellow and one for white red whats yours got??? Pete

Ok its got on, but you say the wire goes over the edge ???? do you mean it gets trapped under the cap ? Thats very wrong get a small bulb on a lead or a circuit test screwdriver and clip it on the leads you want to test Dull white pink comes on in normal ign on position Yellow white comes on when ignition sw is turned to starter white red comes on when ign sw is turned to starter How many small blade terminals are on the solenoid one or two ?? IE is there one for the white red and also one for the white yellow or ( edit) is this on an eyelet under the lead that goes to the starter ?

Good point Derek, in our rectification shop there were often burnt wrists and fingers from shorting out rings and braclet watch straps, and eyes from sparks off dropped tools making involuntary contact with flash bang wallop good call how about a H and S page to record all the antics of life?? pete

its unusual for a inlet seat to crack , what was the snag of sizing an insert to be fitted ?? pete