Laverda1000.de
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Well he should have gotten the mice out for sure.There must be a dingo hiding in the fold down armrest
Paul LeClair newest project July 2023
- Thread starter Paul LeClair
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- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I think all the mice are gone from the car, the one i saw running out of the car and into my storage structure seems to be thriving, the little bugger, fresh evidence of mouse droppings in my storage and I have put out traps. In the car itself I am still dealing with the last remnants of their nesting in the ducts, but they left the rest of the interior unscathed.
New fan blower motor and some other bits just arrived from Rock Auto, now the ducting and dash are coming out and apart. It has been warm here, have been driving the car around with the windows down and the power sunroof fully open, and the internal fan off and all the vents firmly closed, don't want mouse viruses blowing around.......
Everything in the venting and ducting and blower housings and assemblies are coming out and getting replaced or sterilized as the case dictates, then the car will go to an air conditioning shop to have the air con serviced and recharged.I found this stuff https://www.zeroodor.com/collections/zero-odor-pro-zero-odor-direct and ordered it, comes highly recommended, we'll see.
Daily driving the Lincoln is sort of like being in a parade, heads turn, other vehicles honk, various thumbs up. The engine rear main seal has started leaking as was expected and will be replaced this week. Going to fettle the car to a condition where I will feel confident in taking it on a couple of thousand kms lap of western Canada, same as my wife and I previously did in the now sadly gone Bentley Turbo R.
The bloody thing is just ridiculous, so over the top it is actually kind of interesting in its own weird way. I wound up acquiring the car sort of by accident, I went to an acreage property a few weeks ago to buy two Jaguar XJ 40's, an 88 and 92. Turned out there were 6 cars and a bunch of other stuff that had been sitting there for over six years, and long story short I bought everything in one lump buy. Both Jags had rust, so I stripped the 92 for parts for my current 92 then sent its carcass to scrap, sent the 88 XJ 40 directly to scrap, sold the rust free 85 Cadillac Seville and the Cadilac Eldorado Biarritz both as is not running to a delighted Cadillac collector who is going to get both of them running apparently, leaving me with the Lincoln and a Chrysler Convertible. The Chrysler "took one for the team" over the years the 6 cars were in the storage Quonset and bore the brunt of the heaviest mouse damage. Although it was in great condition otherwise its interior was so saturated in mouse urine the car was not salvageable and I have now sold it for parts to a Chrysler convertible collector. So, I have the Lincoln left.
Next on the car project list, the engine in my 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged overheated and warped the heads and the block a couple of weeks ago. Going later today to look at a wrecked 2013 Range Rover Supercharged with the intent of buying it and harvesting its engine for transplant to my 2012, we'll see.
My neighbours are all wishing someone would sell me a project Laverda to rebuild, stripping the engine out of a wrecked Range Rover in my driveway is not likely to be very popular......
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GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
That thing is literally awesome.
Couple of years back i pulled a racebike out of my barn where it had sat since we moved in. The mate who helped me took one look at the deposits on frame and engine and immediately named it "rat cum". It all came off once pressure washed outdoors. Worse was what the rats had left in every cavity on the bike - seeds from the oak tree next door. They'd set solid with the aid of sundry rat fluids and took quite some removing.
Rebuilt it and ran it at a local Classic Festival. It'd won a support class at the local WSB round in 1989 and led a lot of our F3 National rounds.
Couple of years back i pulled a racebike out of my barn where it had sat since we moved in. The mate who helped me took one look at the deposits on frame and engine and immediately named it "rat cum". It all came off once pressure washed outdoors. Worse was what the rats had left in every cavity on the bike - seeds from the oak tree next door. They'd set solid with the aid of sundry rat fluids and took quite some removing.
Rebuilt it and ran it at a local Classic Festival. It'd won a support class at the local WSB round in 1989 and led a lot of our F3 National rounds.
Steve G.
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I think all the mice are gone from the car, the one i saw running out of the car and into my storage structure seems to be thriving, the little bugger, fresh evidence of mouse droppings in my storage and I have put out traps. In the car itself I am still dealing with the last remnants of their nesting in the ducts, but they left the rest of the interior unscathed.
New fan blower motor and some other bits just arrived from Rock Auto, now the ducting and dash are coming out and apart. It has been warm here, have been driving the car around with the windows down and the power sunroof fully open, and the internal fan off and all the vents firmly closed, don't want mouse viruses blowing around.......
I found this stuff https://www.zeroodor.com/collections/zero-odor-pro-zero-odor-direct and ordered it, comes highly recommended, we'll see.
Daily driving the Lincoln is sort of like being in a parade, heads turn, other vehicles honk, various thumbs up. The engine rear main seal has started leaking as was expected and will be replaced this week. Going to fettle the car to a condition where I will feel confident in taking it on a couple of thousand kms lap of western Canada, same as my wife and I previously did in the now sadly gone Bentley Turbo R.
The bloody thing is just ridiculous, so over the top it is actually kind of interesting in its own weird way. I wound up acquiring the car sort of by accident, I went to an acreage property a few weeks ago to buy two Jaguar XJ 40's, an 88 and 92. Turned out there were 6 cars and a bunch of other stuff that had been sitting there for over six years, and long story short I bought everything in one lump buy. Both Jags had rust, so I stripped the 92 for parts for my current 92 then sent its carcass to scrap, sent the 88 XJ 40 directly to scrap, sold the rust free 85 Cadillac Seville and the Cadilac Eldorado Biarritz both as is not running to a delighted Cadillac collector who is going to get both of them running apparently, leaving me with the Lincoln and a Chrysler Convertible. The Chrysler "took one for the team" over the years the 6 cars were in the storage Quonset and bore the brunt of the heaviest mouse damage. Although it was in great condition otherwise its interior was so saturated in mouse urine the car was not salvageable and I have now sold it for parts to a Chrysler convertible collector. So, I have the Lincoln left.
Next on the car project list, the engine in my 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged overheated and warped the heads and the block a couple of weeks ago. Going later today to look at a wrecked 2013 Range Rover Supercharged with the intent of buying it and harvesting its engine for transplant to my 2012, we'll see.
My neighbours are all wishing someone would sell me a project Laverda to rebuild, stripping the engine out of a wrecked Range Rover in my driveway is not likely to be very popular......
I’m afraid you lost me at Range Rover and Jag Paul. I get to work on these things all the time, and my neck hurts from head shaking, at the complete lack of common sense engineering English made cars today. Basically, IMO, building a unique vehicle need not be at the expense on common sense engineering, which is what had happened to most European sourced cars. Literally 100% of the 16 techs at the shop I work at run away when this crap rolls in, and management has to offer various “incentives “ for the vehicle to be repaired. Even insurance companies understand this, offering labour time incentives. My head is shaking,,,,,
CLEMTOG
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its not just recent cars Steve, I have in the last few weeks sold my 1958 AJS 350 single, the engineering has all the best intentions but somehow (as you say) common sense is not there, take a look at an exploded diagram of the wheel bearings, both ends have taper rollers and a grease nipple externally (great ideas) but why invert them? every single vehicle or trailer that I have seen with taper rollers wheel bearings has them installed so that the smallest dimension of the tapers are facing each other, AJS... Oh no, they are the opposite way around, and the front ones are contained as part of the friging wheel spindle, hence the 4 bolt fork end caps, and no way to remove the spindle without dismantling the bearings, the rear ones if not bang on will take the speedo drive gearbox with it and that causes the ten foot long speedo cable to impersonate a winch, why not drive it from the 4 speed (AMC) gearbox or the front wheel. The sliding mechanism for adusting the primary chain where the gearbox penetrates the primary inner case, is "sealed" (yeah righto) by two plain disc that rub and scrape inside and outside the case as you move the gearbox through a machined slot. = = = leaks, the cable for the crank mounted alternator exits right between the same inner casing with an inner protrusion and an oil shielding "shelf" over it = = = leaks, the engine breather exits into this chain case creating pressure = = = leaks the swing arm bearing are lubricated by an oil bath of EP90 with felt washers around the bearings and little level plugs on each end = = = leaks, the kickstart shaft exits the gearbox under the oil level, same applies, I am stopping now, I bought a sidecar ouitfit XJR1200 yamaha, and Watsonian GP which is superb and glad to see the back of the crapo English bike that aided the demise of the Britsh Motorcycle industry, So British bikes are best then are they, well I say where are the 40 or so manfacturers that made those "best" bikes then?
The Japs started out badly, but they learned and got it right, consqently you can buy any number of UJM's of about 25 years old capable of taking you anywhere and delivering fun without maintenace hassles, plus speed and acceleration, brakes, instrumentation, winkers, self starters (ever seen an 850 Commando cranking???) that the Brits only ever dreamd of for under 2 grand and if off the road and no MOT, duff battery wand a little bit of servicing required (if kept in a dry garage) £500 to £1,000
CLEM
The Japs started out badly, but they learned and got it right, consqently you can buy any number of UJM's of about 25 years old capable of taking you anywhere and delivering fun without maintenace hassles, plus speed and acceleration, brakes, instrumentation, winkers, self starters (ever seen an 850 Commando cranking???) that the Brits only ever dreamd of for under 2 grand and if off the road and no MOT, duff battery wand a little bit of servicing required (if kept in a dry garage) £500 to £1,000
CLEM
Steve G.
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The Early Japanese efforts were very good IMO, so good that they brought a legion of non motorcyclists into the fray by the millions.
English electrics were crude, no doubt, modern electronics have helped 40 yr old English bikes as much as 40 yr old Italian bikes.
Modern European cars suffer from extreme over complication, and limited life plastic under the hood. Pitiful. We see it every day at the shop. Simple component repair involves multiple layers of single use plastic components on top of it, expensive, time consuming, and less than understanding owners. Almost as bad as Tesla owners.
English electrics were crude, no doubt, modern electronics have helped 40 yr old English bikes as much as 40 yr old Italian bikes.
Modern European cars suffer from extreme over complication, and limited life plastic under the hood. Pitiful. We see it every day at the shop. Simple component repair involves multiple layers of single use plastic components on top of it, expensive, time consuming, and less than understanding owners. Almost as bad as Tesla owners.
1200ts
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Yes the AJS wheel bearings are a strange design. You forgot to mention when the front bearings go bad as the rollers run directly on the axle you have to replace it too.
Very familiar with these bikes. I have a 1929 AJS 350cc single, 1951 AJS 500cc single, 1951 AJS 500cc twin and a 1967 AJS 500cc single.
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- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
de-mousing the ventilation system has required taking the dash of the car out and all the vents, blower motor, fan housing, etc.. The gear set from the differential is out of the car and off at a specialty shop. New exhaust going under the car shortly. New brakes are going on with all new brake lines. I have a mechanic acquaintance helping with the differential and the interior dash/venting stuff, car is presently in his driveway on frame stands, it won't fit into his garage...... 
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chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
If I saw the picture without text, I’d reckon the local thugs had gotten to it overnight
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- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hi Steve
With the older Jags and Range Rovers, the 72 Triumph Spitfire ,the 90 Bentley Turbo R, etc., I guess I am just contrary in my thinking, maybe why I am and remain attracted to Laverda's......
My current 92 XJ 40 I bought from the original owners estate with roughly 38,000 km kms on it a couple of years ago, still on its original tires. After a complete going through it now has nearly 70,000 kms on it and it is a magnificent highway car. I have had several XJ 40's previously.
My 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged now with warped heads and warped block is stupid to service and work on, many of the tasks on the engine and transmission require lifting the body completely off, including my pending engine swap. Sounds daunting, but leave it to the British, the body is designed to come off easily, I can have the body off within 2.0 hours or less with a two post lift, then access to everything is easy....... The car is now worthless to anyone else, not worth repairing, as paying a shop to fix it is $25,000 +. I am in the process of doing it myself, negotiating on a totaled 2013 for around $4,000, will cut the engine out of the wreck with my plasma arc, then maybe $1.500 in incidentals to swap the 2013 engine into my 2012. Good thing this is one of my hobbies......
What it really means is I can buy really cool and formerly expensive stuff to drive cheap once they come off warranty, and if something goes terribly wrong, I have other stuff to drive anyway and my total costs are still way less than deprecation would have been.
Steve G.
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Yeah, for sure we are ‘contrary’ in thought regarding vehicles.Hi Steve
With the older Jags and Range Rovers, the 72 Triumph Spitfire ,the 90 Bentley Turbo R, etc., I guess I am just contrary in my thinking, maybe why I am and remain attracted to Laverda's......
My current 92 XJ 40 I bought from the original owners estate with roughly 38,000 km kms on it a couple of years ago, still on its original tires. After a complete going through it now has nearly 70,000 kms on it and it is a magnificent highway car. I have had several XJ 40's previously.
My 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged now with warped heads and warped block is stupid to service and work on, many of the tasks on the engine and transmission require lifting the body completely off, including my pending engine swap. Sounds daunting, but leave it to the British, the body is designed to come off easily, I can have the body off within 2.0 hours or less with a two post lift, then access to everything is easy....... The car is now worthless to anyone else, not worth repairing, as paying a shop to fix it is $25,000 +. I am in the process of doing it myself, negotiating on a totaled 2013 for around $4,000, will cut the engine out of the wreck with my plasma arc, then maybe $1.500 in incidentals to swap the 2013 engine into my 2012. Good thing this is one of my hobbies......
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
Heading home after buying this banger, 7.3lt with bigger turbo fitted. No mice.
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Andy
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- Auckland, roughly
How are you going to tow the trailers without a turntable?
CLEMTOG
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"Yes the AJS wheel bearings are a strange design. You forgot to mention when the front bearings go bad as the rollers run directly on the axle you have to replace it too"
very true Gerald, the thing is it is not possible to buy the bearings without the axle, since they are part of it and made by the bearing manufacturer, and imperial, available? yes but be jeesus, I wept at the price, (they have got the owner bu the short and curlies on this one! but the rollers run on a conventional tapered track which are the only easy bits to get at, but no one told mr design bod that if you adjust the bearings using the the threaded ring and lock ring that the wheel is moving from the centre line, since the adjuster is on one side only, not by much, only micro fathoms but still wrong. I cant be bothered to see if the adjusters for front and rear bearings are on the same side, (cant remember) I would wager they are not, making this tiny centre line error doubled! I very nearly remember the count for individual components to assemble a rear wheel, but it was something like 55 seperate items, the Laverda rear wheel in the same job has about 7
CLEM
very true Gerald, the thing is it is not possible to buy the bearings without the axle, since they are part of it and made by the bearing manufacturer, and imperial, available? yes but be jeesus, I wept at the price, (they have got the owner bu the short and curlies on this one! but the rollers run on a conventional tapered track which are the only easy bits to get at, but no one told mr design bod that if you adjust the bearings using the the threaded ring and lock ring that the wheel is moving from the centre line, since the adjuster is on one side only, not by much, only micro fathoms but still wrong. I cant be bothered to see if the adjusters for front and rear bearings are on the same side, (cant remember) I would wager they are not, making this tiny centre line error doubled! I very nearly remember the count for individual components to assemble a rear wheel, but it was something like 55 seperate items, the Laverda rear wheel in the same job has about 7
CLEM
Alzero
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Is that the Ford Powerstroke? Designed by International? I’ve had two of them and they never gave any trouble. Great motor, lots of torque for pulling trailers.
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chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
Yes it is, a rare one in Australia. Most here with the 7.3 are automatic, this one is a six speed manual.
And ‘Shazam’ my third F series
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia