Thread: Tiny bit excited

Good evening.
I put the same kit in my Greeves Motorbike fuel tank, many years ago.
The problem I have today, is it seems to be reacting to the modern fuel, and is breaking down..
Once a year, i have to fill it with old nuts and bolts, shake it, then try and remove bits.
Only discovered problem at Trials event and The Greeves was leaning out, to the point of seizing. Fuel tap blocked.

whitehillbilly

Just had a thought. Might have added that kit to my Fergy ???? if so no problem over last 12 years.

1. Molasses washed out of the fuel tank, not a big difference though somewhat cleaner then before, rinsed out for now...

2. this was the first radiator flush, got it running for 20mins, then took off the bottom radiator hose and drained off, lots of dirty water brown colour (deposits of rust maybe) came flushing out of the bottom. re did with the 2nd bottom now engine block should be clean as a whistle

3. would love to know where this smoke is coming from, not sure if its from the downpipe or from the manifold as it heats up...

4. had this temporary plastic pipe for the advance which has heated and closed off, air or vacuum supply - will replace soon but whats its purpose

5. new radiator arrived today, looks great but needs trimming of the side aprons which interferes with the steering relay on one side, just needs a quick angle grinder encounter to fix up. also has the two holes at bottom for auto pipes, will need to find suitable bolts to close off

6. radiators new and old side by side, old radiator was getting hot even with the fan blowing, after 20mins of running i could hold onto the rubber hoses but the top of the radiator was too hot to hold my hand down on. concerned the water pump may not be flowing water or working for that matter (was brand new), again has no thermostat

so the radiator flush complete so engine is clean as can get, new radiator needs trimming and fitting, fuel tank needs cleaning again with new products purchased, ran out of fuel so got more petrol in jerry can today. engine still revving a little high so still playing around with settings to get the rpm down...

1. playing around with the new radiator - with cut outs for the steering relay and headlights, bottom and middle of the side wings cut out here

2. pass side needs some trimming as well as it may hit the mudguard so needs doing as well. untouched here

3. finally in its position - still need to sort out bolts to block off the two extra auto trans holes

poured out the molasses in the fuel tank and started the cleaning of the tank. aqua kleen 1:1 with hot water poured in for 24hrs.

The smoke from the exhaust manifold could just be from dirty hands handling the manifold or from when you cleaned down the motor , should burn off after a while .

you should be putting plugs into the auto cooler pipe holes , not bolts.

It is unusual the plugs were not fitted . all the Alum radiators I have bought over the years always have them.

1. rec'd another delivery - this time its the sock for the radiator to collect any loose item floating around fitted to top hose

2. working thru the 3 cans of cleaning sealing fuel tank - all cleaned today ready for the next application which is the sealer, inside is looking very clean, bare metal

3. radiator wing marked for cutting to fit on p/side

4. after cutting and grinding clean - came up ok

5. while looking around for bolt or plugs and after your comments i emailed my supplier from ebay and with a quick response was told to leave alone as the bottom is separate to the main tank, here is a close up of the internal tank

6. finally coolant added (no leaks) and temporarily bolted into position, not started yet but will to circulate the coolant

The sun is shining and you've started the day with quite a few positives - well done.