Our G2 finally sorted
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Our G2 finally sorted
For all of you who have kindly provided thoughts , ideas and technical tips our thanks indeed.
It's running nicely and seems to be working well , a couple of teething hiccups to sort, but that is to be expected.
I'm amazed at how well it starts and what a lovely sound/bark from the exhaust.
Brakes are bedding in and head gasket to be retightened sometime soon.
Perhaps some reverse advice for your 12 volt conversions , I used a Chinese £2.99 free post from China regulator and rectifier. What a doddle and nice stable charge now.
Anyway , to everyone who contributed, thanks.
It's running nicely and seems to be working well , a couple of teething hiccups to sort, but that is to be expected.
I'm amazed at how well it starts and what a lovely sound/bark from the exhaust.
Brakes are bedding in and head gasket to be retightened sometime soon.
Perhaps some reverse advice for your 12 volt conversions , I used a Chinese £2.99 free post from China regulator and rectifier. What a doddle and nice stable charge now.
Anyway , to everyone who contributed, thanks.
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
Well done, Richard! You get a medal for perseverance. Glad it's finally happy & sorted
PS: what was the issue with the oil return? Did you find out what was causing the restriction?
PS: what was the issue with the oil return? Did you find out what was causing the restriction?
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
As you may know we've rebuilt the entire lubrication system, pump , pin etc.
The culprit on the return side , causing wet sumping , breathing etc was the short oil filter.
We'd washed it a million times and blown air through it , but without it there was a lovely dry sump and good scavenging.
With it , even with correct "top hat" buttons at either end , it slowed the return up drastically.
So we've pulled the felt out for the moment and just relying on the perforated tube to coarsely filter any bits.
The oil will be changed regularly anyway and we use sae 50
Cheers
The culprit on the return side , causing wet sumping , breathing etc was the short oil filter.
We'd washed it a million times and blown air through it , but without it there was a lovely dry sump and good scavenging.
With it , even with correct "top hat" buttons at either end , it slowed the return up drastically.
So we've pulled the felt out for the moment and just relying on the perforated tube to coarsely filter any bits.
The oil will be changed regularly anyway and we use sae 50
Cheers
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
Top hat buttons? Shouldn't that be button as there is only one, the other end being a shouldered cup washer.Richard Hyatt wrote:As you may know we've rebuilt the entire lubrication system, pump , pin etc.
The culprit on the return side , causing wet sumping , breathing etc was the short oil filter.
We'd washed it a million times and blown air through it , but without it there was a lovely dry sump and good scavenging.
With it , even with correct "top hat" buttons at either end , it slowed the return up drastically.
So we've pulled the felt out for the moment and just relying on the perforated tube to coarsely filter any bits.
The oil will be changed regularly anyway and we use sae 50
Cheers
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
Sorry my description wasn't too clever
There is 1 cup at the bottom with a hole in the centre allowing the oil up into the core of the filter and a cup with the spring and the scew in plug.
There is 1 cup at the bottom with a hole in the centre allowing the oil up into the core of the filter and a cup with the spring and the scew in plug.
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
Spot on.Richard Hyatt wrote:Sorry my description wasn't too clever
There is 1 cup at the bottom with a hole in the centre allowing the oil up into the core of the filter and a cup with the spring and the scew in plug.
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
HiRichard Hyatt wrote:With it , even with correct "top hat" buttons at either end , it slowed the return up drastically.
Do you have any photos of the filter assembly before removal of the felt? Is this another case of a pattern filter being unfit for purpose or just symptomatic of the oil pump's marginal performance?
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Re: Our G2 finally sorted
I see the club spares now have listed the 350 long fine mesh filter - I presume this is not as good as the felt but better than none at all