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Charlie hasn't commented on this old loop yet ... he's probably sprinkling holy water at the door to his shop, hanging garlic braids around, burning candles and incense, and chanting incantations to make sure that this bike doesn't get onto his HF lift by any means ... !OR maybe he's just itching to get his hands on it, and it'll be a Cinderella story ....Lannis
Been busy: grumbling about the weather, especially what's coming Thursday; building two 4 spd. tranmissions; ordering parts, making a list of what else I need. There's a lot of work already scheduled to do before I'd be able to take on yet another needy old Loop.
Actually I have, older gent with an Ercoupe - enough of an oil leak that the nose wheel was dripping with W100, he was on his own maintenance schedule according to him, whatever that meant. Did not see that plane around much longer, but neither did I see an NTSB report....so I guess that’s good.
Or maybe something like this will show up ....
Yeah, I'm afraid it's a "lipstick and rouge" job. When I see black under the valve covers, I immediately think blowby.. that's another reason I'm trying to do a leak down. 2018-11-12_03-11-37 by Charles Stottlemyer, on FlickrThe spacer on the intake manifold looks suspicious to me, too. Like it's maybe been really hot.Oh. This would have been exciting shortly, assuming it will actually run..2018-11-12_03-16-01 by Charles Stottlemyer, on FlickrHey Harbor freight sells one of those handy dandy extractor kits to deal with that broken valve cover bolt....hmmm that certainly tells you a bit about the PO...oh it doesn't leak yet I'll leave it
From my database...looks kinda like this one...PerTronix Ignitor® Solid-State Ignition Systems 1847VLuck be w/you!
It *does* kind of look like that, but as nearly as I can tell, they don't do Guzzis, or motorcycles even.
Pertronix, sold exclusively by Harper's. http://www.harpermoto.com/early-distributor-ignitor.htmlWork well until they don't. Don't leave the ignition powered up without the engine running for more than 30 seconds or it'll be toast.
The only way I can see that that ignitions setup would even make the engine run is there would have to be two magnets imbedded at precisely the correct point in the rotor (the two white dots) and fine tuning them one to the other would not be a possibility, to my feeble mind anyway. Or if the magnet is in the plastic side chunk and metal triggers are imbedded in the rotor, the same problem exists.
Oh, that reminds me. *Almost* time to start thinking about another donation to keep this place afloat..
Thanks for the warning. Fortunately, I haven't done that. I'll let the owner know. Jeese.. single points. What is the problem with setting points occasionally? <grumbling and shufflin off>Of course, this is all for my education. I can't bill for learning..So, for setting initial timing, set at the second mark, put a light on the coil +and - and turn the distributor? Within 30 seconds?
Note: Do not use any other coil with this igniter unit.
Thanks again, Charlie..Uh oh..Unless the Pertronix coil looks like a 45 year old loop coil, there just may be a problem..
That include fire damage, though?
Yes, 1,000,000 unconditional warranty. I've had them bent, twisted and caked with grime so bad the numbers we not visible. Emailed K&N with any dat I could provide (measurements) and new filter were on the way.
Making a parts list and checking it twice.. thought maybe I should pull the choke plungers and see if I should order new ones. There weren't any choke plungers. Do you suppose it was running a little rich?? If at all? Looked for the reason there wasn't any brake light. The power wire from the (bodged) surprise surprise fuse block went to a mounting screw on the brake light switch. That brake light switch on an Eldo is not particularly easy to get to, btw. Now, a question:These big hummer lights are (poorly) tied in to the low beam. Will the generator carry them? Should I put a switch on them? Should I unhook them? 2018-11-15_05-04-05 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
Oh boy. You have your hands full with that one.
Hard to imagine how this shifter shaft 13251165 could get beat up like this.Harper's has the part for under $100, but the bushings are "contact us for a price." I'll just chuck it up in the lathe, take a skin cut to make it round again, and make a Delrin bushing. Save the owner a little money that he'll need for other stuff.