Well, still got a few jobs to do on the Puma before it's back on the road next year including heat wrapping the four branch, sealing the Cat, painting the mirrors etc, etc but in the meantime I've been busy on the other vehicles.
The 1.25 Fiesta I bought earlier this year badly needed a service;
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barry wilson, on Flickr
The air filter's not shown but it was filthy and a bit oily as the car had been overfilled with oil. The cabin filter was black and may never have been changed but the fuel filter was the easiest filter change I've ever done, you can do it with no tools in about 2 minutes and no need to jack the car up as well.
Next up was the Aprilia. I'd wheeled it out of the garage to give it it's monthly start and run and noticed that one fork seal was weeping. It badly needed servicing including a valve clearance check which is super expensive so I thought sod it I'll do it myself.
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barry wilson, on Flickr
It's a dry sump set up on this with a paper cartridge filter just behind the alternator and a washable strainer at the bottom of the oil tank. I thought it looked quite complicated but in the end it was easy, the hardest bit was getting the oil (Putoline nano tech 4+ fully synth)
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barry wilson, on Flickr
With it being a V twin the cylinder heads are behind the headstock and under the rear of the tank so the tank hinges from the back giving easy access to the air box so whilst that was off I did the airbox mod and took the restrictor (for noise emissions) off the front of the airbox.
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barry wilson, on Flickr
The air box is force fed through the front of the frame.
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barry wilson, on Flickr
With the airbox off access to the cylinders was reasonable for the valve check.
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barry wilson, on Flickr
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barry wilson, on Flickr
The valve clearance were within tolerance but one of the rear exhaust valves will need shimming soon and I'm definitely not doing that.
Also taking a lot of my time and keeping the Puma out of the garage is my Sons Anglia.
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barry wilson, on Flickr
I had to rebuild all of the top of the inner wing and half of the kick panel.
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barry wilson, on Flickr
Onto the sill structure now. the black box section is welded in bracing to stop the car from collapsing.
So, very busy at the moment and probably booked up for the next two years
If anyone's interested on any more Anglia stuff it's here on my sons posting;
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