Rebuilding Sid

Work on Sid has been slow going of late, lots of painting and sanding and painting of bits. there's lot of stuff on a dashboard.

Spent a couple of days on and off sorting the vent knobs only to realise they were off a S3 and would have to be fitted upside down. Fortunately the parts car on the drive had a nice set.

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stoppy...go bits fitted

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But big success is all the hydralics are in. We have a working clutch and brakes.

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I was having trouble bleeding the master cylinder and was bracing myself to invest in a pressure bleeder when my Dad in the UK remembered how they used to do it when he looked after these things brand new in Aden way back in his military days...

Bit cheaper and worked brilliantly!!

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short length of bicycle inner tube, jubilee clip and bulldog clip. You can top up by removing the bulldog clip and a bike pump gives you enough pressure to work a treat... All brakes bled in 15 minutes.... no mess.

i'd never come across this before but I sure others have.

I love that little apparatus for bleeding the brakes under pressure. Simple and very clever.

John

Brilliant isn’t it. When my dad mentioned it I sat there thinking ‘eh??’ But after thinking about it for a bit it seemed feasible and for the 2 minutes it took to make it was great.

He also said that they used to have a hose to feed it off the spare tyre. Meant they could repair brakes single handed when out and about and took up no space in the tool box.

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Originally Posted by Cadas

Brilliant isn’t it. When my dad mentioned it I sat there thinking ‘eh??’ But after thinking about it for a bit it seemed feasible and for the 2 minutes it took to make it was great.

He also said that they used to have a hose to feed it off the spare tyre. Meant they could repair brakes single handed when out and about and took up no space in the tool box.

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Gunsons in the UK make a kit that uses the spare to pressurise, comes with a selection of master cylinder caps.
I have one somewhere, purchased in the UK over 25 years ago.

Eezibleed Kit | Part No. G4062 | Part of the Brakes range from Gunson


Colin

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Originally Posted by gromit

Gunsons in the UK make a kit that uses the spare to pressurise, comes with a selection of master cylinder caps.
I have one somewhere, purchased in the UK over 25 years ago.

Eezibleed Kit | Part No. G4062 | Part of the Brakes range from Gunson


Colin

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And I'll bet you can't find it when you need it!

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And I'll bet you can't find it when you need it!

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John,
While I've still got kids at home I commandeer one of them to pump the pedal while I lay underneath shouting instructions....

I did find the bleed kit the other day when looking for a Colourtune (a spark plug with a transparent section so you can see the colour of the combustion). I found three which were used when setting carbys on my Triumph Trident many years back, saved getting burnt fingers swapping the plug from cylinder to cylinder. Also found a set of 3 vacuum gauges, also used for setting up the Trident carbys and a low cost flowmeter also from Gunsons

Colortune See inside the combustion chamber | Tech-Torque | Gunson
Carbalancer | Part No. G4053 | Part of the Tuning range from Gunson


Colin

Strangely, I know what a colourtune is, although I've never owned one.

Today was a tricky little project.

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Emulsion tube holder from the solex carb I have, missing the top 5-6mm which I’m told is common. Cant find a replacement. So was looking at repair solutions other than casting a new one.

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Bit of 10mm rod

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I don’t own a lathe (yet...[emoji848]) so had to drill it

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Two step hole, first 8mm for the bore and then 5mm for the tap

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And done.

The old tube is 8.1mm and so it’s a friction fit with a bit of heat. Emulsion tube dropped in and can screw the top jet in tight.

Would ideally like to add a drop of soft solder but haven’t found anywhere to get aluminium flux.

Hopefully this sorts the carb.

Decided to glue it on using the same retaining fluid that’s holding the gearbox together.

If it’s good enough for a main bearing then I’m sure it will cope with this

Hope it works for you , Friend of mine had a nut that was holding the spare wheel carrier on the bonnet fall down beside the spark plug on his 80" & when he removed the the plug it fell into the cylinder with out him knowing until he started the motor. It crushed the top ring grove onto the top ring. I suggested he pull the piston out & carefully remove the ring & hopefully not brake it , then machine the grove & refit the ring . All worked well . He made sure he replaced the metal threads with rivets after getting it going again.