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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="craig" data-source="post: 148708" data-attributes="member: 1959"><p>Thank you Martyn, I will incorporate this tech advice into this project.</p><p>I do have 18-35-7 seal in stock.</p><p>Any photos of the breather piping? tubing? catch tank?</p><p>Banjo A48/A22? or A61AS/A22? or?</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">"I then timed the breather so that it was closing at or just after 4 degrees AFTER bottom dead centre; on my Comet this meant it was opening at around 24 degrees after top dead centre. I ran-in the rebuilt motor with considerable care and can report, now with over 10,000 miles on the rebuilt motor it remains oil tight and oil consumption is so low as to be almost impossible to measure. As to the breather hose – I followed Phil’s’ advise about a large bore hose running from the breather outlet banjo upwards till it touched the bottom of the fuel tank, then it arches downwards, behind the battery where it exits into my home made catch tank (made from a small discarded plastic juice bottle)."</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="craig, post: 148708, member: 1959"] Thank you Martyn, I will incorporate this tech advice into this project. I do have 18-35-7 seal in stock. Any photos of the breather piping? tubing? catch tank? Banjo A48/A22? or A61AS/A22? or? [I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]"I then timed the breather so that it was closing at or just after 4 degrees AFTER bottom dead centre; on my Comet this meant it was opening at around 24 degrees after top dead centre. I ran-in the rebuilt motor with considerable care and can report, now with over 10,000 miles on the rebuilt motor it remains oil tight and oil consumption is so low as to be almost impossible to measure. As to the breather hose – I followed Phil’s’ advise about a large bore hose running from the breather outlet banjo upwards till it touched the bottom of the fuel tank, then it arches downwards, behind the battery where it exits into my home made catch tank (made from a small discarded plastic juice bottle)."[/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]
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