What have you done with your bike/s today?

[limeyrob]

Spent 3 hours trawling the web trying to find the oil flinger washer that fits behind the little sprocket on the dynamo.  Never even found a part number.  It must be specific to A7/10 but its not listed as a BSA part that I can find.
Gave up and retreated to the shed and brazed the old one back together.  Came out better than expected.  Usual problem, some complete **** had tried to lever the sprocket off, bent it then it had cracked.  Does anyone know, is there a felt washer behind it?  There was a trace of something.
Thanks

[muskrat]

G'day Rob.
No "oil flinger" in there as there is no oil just grease.
There is a cork "oil seal" behind the large sprocket. https://draganfly.co.uk/shop/75601/idler-pinion-oil-seal-1596712641/#67-0708
Also a cork between the dynamo and inner cover.
Cheers

[limeyrob]

Fair point, I was struggling to name it which didn't help with the search.  Its a top hat thing that goes on the dynamo shaft under the special nut. I'm sure its a flinger but its not on the dynamo or BSA parts that I can find.  Annoyingly the special nut is easy to get but this bit isn't.

[Greybeard]

Replaced all the oils in the Lilac Magnum today. Such an oddball bike - almost no literature to go on. Now searching for a battery then check the wiring. With luck it will be running in the not-too-distant future - Don't you just love the lack of certainty of the date?
Col

http://www.marusholilac.com/ml5.htm

[trevinoz]

Limey, there was originally a square section rubber washer which fitted in the groove on the offset plate. I have never fitted one and have had no problems.

[limeyrob]

That explains the bits that disappeared into the dirt on the floor .  Well its done up and tab washer locked so I'm relieved to know its OK without it.

[muskrat]

G'day Fellas, Happy New Year.
For the first time in a while I made it to midnight 
I've had to take the new manifolds off the Cafe as there is an air leak. Not real bad but I'm not happy with any air leak.
Seems like two, one where the flange goes onto the spigot of the carb and where the flange meets the manifold.
The flange was made from 10mm alloy plate and must have distorted with all the grinding into shape. All fool me for not checking  . Got it flat on glass & wet & dry paper. It's a light press fit onto the carb but I'll put an O ring in there and groove the flange to take an O ring there (like the one's used on concentrics). All the O rings in my kits are too thick so ebay to the rescue. A mob in Sydney has what I need but is closed for the holidays. Bugga, two weeks wait. Bah Humbug.
Ho hum, that gives me time to see why the plungers kicker is a little stiff.
Cheers

[limeyrob]

Happy New Year, we are still waiting on a wet and windy night.
Spent best part of a day trying to work out what a previous owner / builder had done.  Bike is an A10 with an 8" TLS front brake in what I now know are '68 A65 fork sliders (no circlip).  My issue has been that the hub nut holding the brake  plate on only has one thread of engagement and its not enough. Found loads of material on the web on spindle lengths but none of it solved my problem.  In the end I took it all apart, and hey presto - a home made 3/16 spaced behind the bearing to push the hub over and engage the brake plate stop.
So now I know what has to be done, get the brake plate built up with some weld and fix the issue properly.

[Joolstacho]

I'm sure you know this Musky, but my carb has an interference fit to the flange plate, with a couple of small socket head grubscrews holding it together.
(And well, NYE...small group... made it to midnight, but nobody was walking in straight lines!)

[muskrat]

G'day Jools.
Yes I made mine with a press fit and two 3mm grub screws each. The originals also had a epoxy sealant, I used RTV silicon.
Today I cut the O ring grooves. I have one concentric O ring that fits perfect with 0.5mm crush. Now to wait for the new ones to arrive.
Cheers

[berger]

i have been looking at betsy today,    just looking          and then noticed not one drop of oil on the drip tray, betsy only drips from the build up of oil mist coming from the breather after a good THRASHING.  i also brought inside the featherybed frame for the berglar build so i can touch up the paint i messed up a few weeks ago   nice and cosy in the house not so in the garage    happy new year peeps , i am now going to have a beers or 9  black&tans of course

[Worty]

Mine's oil tight too, apart from the drips under the l/h front fork, primary cover, gearbox and sump cover.   Having said that, the sump isn't leaking at present as there's no oil in the tank.   Bergs, you are either a lucky fella or a complete genius

[Worty]

..... or both

[berger]

whoooopsadaisy i seem to have painted my washing machine and other things black. never mind it will soon wear off the ancient tiled floor and the carpet bits are for paddling muck on anyway , got to have a beer now i have managed to get it orf the washer. good job i have a very good girly or i would be in trouble, i will correct that remark , good job she's as mad as a box of frogs like me or i would be in the garage  or shed or spare room- or pub tonight .

[Worty]

Yup, those are the places I live, apart from the beer-induced alternative realities that I frequently occupy.