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I think he found one Neil. Cheers, Lex
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I have a list of early WD machines from Jan, but the numbers are lower (the first 20 delivered) than 3267, so best for him to comment. 3267 falls between the first and second contract. Lex
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Ok, yes, best to remove it, but not sure if they used steel drive rivets, or soft aluminium ones? best be careful there. I would, not sand the plate, but just put it in a vinegar bath, that's the least corrosive method I think, just eats the rust. The yellow cloth HT lead is surely postwar, just as the cap! the Lodge caps are getting very hard to find now! Cheers, Lex
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I don't think many had the inspectors stamp Ron, mine doesn't. Lex
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So, Jan, and was this only used on replacement engine, this plate? as I have seen many without. Cheers, Lex
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Yes, I did say similar, have to check what exactly it says on the Flea plate, there seems to be a number stamped?? Lex
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Nice stuff Jan and Ron! Jerry, the metal plates are etched, and very shallow, so be careful. Similar plates were fitted to the James ML's. The NOS engine was for sale at the War and Peace Show, many moons ago, sadly I had not enough money to buy it. Cheers, Lex
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Only see this now, but I don't think those parts were scrapped, when A.C. closed up, there was a big sale, and a lot of people bought a lot of parts! Mr. De Groot from A.C. bought loads of parts from the Belgium dealer Chris Muys in the 90's, and also around that time I bought all the small Diamond parts from the Italian Army, about 4 tons, all in wooden rectangular grey boxes, and took what I needed, and sold it on to Jaap Rietveld, as far as I know he still has a lot of that lot. Lex
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Jerry, yes, one of them is finished now, and sold, the other 2 I'm still building the engines for, but do have them with correct numbers, engines and parts are quite easy. But MKI Welbike cycle parts are very, very difficult, due to the low amount of them being made, (1200 pieces) and then some were retrofitted to MKII's by the factory.
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Found another difficult part, a rear cylinder, mine wasn't really usable, valve pockets too deep, and liner fitted, that was bored off centre, and bottom locating ridge half gone, so bit the bullet, and bought an NOS one in Australia when it came up last month, very expensive, but what isn't these days? Lex Last two pics of the old cylinder, as you can see, no valve seat can be added on the intake.
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Very nice!! I'd be interested in a taillamp, if you are selling one? mine the lense is all cracked up! Incredible what still all pops up somehow, I just got an nOS Indian 640 rear cylinder from Australia. Cheers, Lex
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Yes, got that one too, it's from the 50's I believe, not a current repro. I could make a silicone mould from JT's original, and cast them myself, that's quite easy. Lex
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Nice work, but cold it also works! have done this many times! Keep going! Lex
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Pawel, If the purple shrink tubing is too small, you can stretch it a little, with some circlip pliers, until they fit, and then heat up in place, and you won't notice. Lex
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Yes, you are right, sorry just didn't remember! Lex
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Something went wrong, and I cannot delete this post, so I added another picture, and wiring diagrams for Triumph. Lex
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Like on the left, it wasn't done very nice sometimes, and black (on the black wire) was indeed doen like that. Lex PS, I don't remember green being used???
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Good show Ron, why bother with the lights?? the beach races are during the day!! In the meantime, I just saw this one! Lex
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Always a problem! did you have it welded? I tried that once, but it warped the shaft. But any good engineer will be able to cut a keyway with a milling machine. Good luck! Lex
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Jan, maybe not for Enfields!! Lex
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I do have the contract info, will post it here, might have the sales catalogue, It was auctioned at: OSDD Ruddington 129th. Sale, on 22 May, 1974, Lot 599/14. Cheers, Lex
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The Saddle Thread ( a rivet counter’s guide to the WD motorcycle saddles )
welbike replied to rewdco's topic in Motorcycles
I did find the (not to good) pictures of the saddles, they seem to only be able to make useless video's there, and even worse pictures, sorry. These are presumed Triumph TRW, as there were many more parts from those bikes there. Lex -
The Saddle Thread ( a rivet counter’s guide to the WD motorcycle saddles )
welbike replied to rewdco's topic in Motorcycles
I was offered a quantity of NOS Triumph TRW saddles from Pakistan some years ago, but my bid was not high enough, I think I lost the pictures the guy sent me, but here an NOS TRW, and a different saddle than the Universal type. Lex