Ten sleeps until Santa!
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Where has the time gone though?!
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It's been a few weeks since I made put down some ramblings about car meddling, so as I've got some free time today here it is
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I'd not done a massive amount on the Westy recently, as work's pretty busy, as are evenings, as are weekends.
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I've been sorting a few bits which were outstanding, but nothing too exciting so couldn't be bothered to take the camera out with me
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Things such as sorting the choke, setting the idle, along with a raft of other little jobs.
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I'd been having issues firing it up, which after some investigation seem to be down to a combination of a battery which needed some TLC and some dodgy grounding.
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The grounding was caused by it being attached to the gearbox.
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That seems pretty normal, right? The key issues was the gearbox is painted, as is the grounding point, as is the ground.
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After a bit of filing, wire tidying and cleaning it's much better.
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Now the battery has had a really good soak charge it now fires up straight away, whereas before it would turn over a couple of times and die
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Here's a video
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(shot using a potato!
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) of the end result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHJkQH3Y9JM
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I've ordered a proper air filter solution now, after an excessive amount of research
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(as always
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I've opted for a Pipercross PX600
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(the tallest dome filter they do) filter and a base plate suited to R1 carbs.
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They should hopefully be here in the next few days, meaning it should be able to breath freely again.
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The deliberation was due to trying to find something which fit properly, allowed maximum airflow and transparency
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(with what I have to work with at least) and wouldn't catch fire if there was an extreme carb burp and something terrible causing it to spark.
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I've also just bought this little lot, for what appears to be an absolute steal of a price! Thanks for the heads-up, Nick
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141141939413? ... 1439.l2649
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We should be able to harvest the bits we need, to sort any outstanding niggles on the cars and then shift the rest of the bits.
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I've got a crunchy 5th gear, so hopefully the new gearbox will be better than the one I have.
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Oh, driving a car with no doors, windows, roof, any form of protection in the dark, when it's about 3 degrees outside, is definitely something everybody needs to try at some point in their life.
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Reading some of the builds on here recently does make me miss Mule 2 sometimes.
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From what I can tell it's now sold and going to a new home.
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I wonder if it'll appear on here again at some point?
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Seasons greetings one and all
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