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3patC
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Well folks here is the result of my tight fisted handiwork over the summer. Another ex-Spain bike, one owner but abandoned to the elements and unused for the last 20 years. It must be a good climate in Zaragoza mind you because under the caked on mud the bike cleaned up well apart from the original silver paint.
Someone must have left the right hand petrol tank on all that time ago and as a result all the petrol migrated to the sump and on its way gummed up the valves, the rings and made an unholy mess of the carbs which despite my best efforts I haven't managed to clean out properly yet.
The tank contained no petrol, just rusty water.
I was trying to find out why the owner had stopped using the bike but I haven't found the actual cause. The rotor was wobbling all over and clouting the alternator casing. I thought the crank was bent but it isn't, looks like the rotor plate itself is bent. He had also had a go at shimming the valves and had managed to butcher the centre exhaust bearing which fortunately still had good bearing surfaces so I (ahem) rebuilt the top with araldite and cleaned up the base where it had been forced into the head. The generator light is staying on so maybe that was why he gave up on it or maybe it was the fact that the starter wasn't working properly because one of the brush holders had pivoted and the brush wasn't making contact properly. Oh and did I mention the melted wiring all the way up to the light switch itself, melted connector blocks to the ignition switch and light switch etc?
Anyway, judging by some of the horror stories you hear concerning Spanish bikes I got away lightly.
New rear chain, gaskets, seals, front wheel bearings, flasher unit, and a few other bits and pieces so the cost wasn't great and I have 'borrowed' parts from a dismantled 3CL I have (also ex-Spain) carbs, rotor and cable clutch lever and casing which I'm fitting temporarily until I can figure out if all the hydraulic clutch items are there. The casing is ok and the bleed nipple is free so I have a fighting chance with it.
It starts and runs well, needs tyres, a battery, a left hand side panel and probably a voltage regulator. Now it's running I'll make a snagging list and work through it bit by bit.
Special tools I had to purchase .....a precision ground 20mm curtain rail
and a rawlplug bearing puller form the Bricomarche here in France.I've enjoyed doing this bike, makes a change from throwing money at something and as a bonus if it all goes horribly wrong it's worth more in parts than I've shelled out.
