Sunday, August 15, 2004
A busy weekend
Started off in the garage on Saturday morning with the best intentions of having a good tidy up so out came the Allwyn Pushpak to make some room to tidy up.
I took some photos of it then the curse struck and before I knew it the headset top was off and the engine was out.
I stripped down the engine fairly quickly and was pleasantly suprised with the condition.
However most of the internals were binned. The taper on the crank was very pitted so it would not even be worth flogging cheap on ebay to someone. I might use it in the cutaway engine I want to do, or possibly make a jig for measuring port timings.
There was nothing particularly interesting to find in the engine, it had about twice as much gearbox oil is as normal.
It's got the early type Indian Gp150 gearbox. It looks much better than the Italian ones as it's got a very good ratio between 3rd and 4th gears so I will end up using it I think.
A scooter with no engine in is a pain as it's not easy to move so I've put it in the shed for the time being.
I did plan to just give this one a gentle overhaul with new cables etc and run it as it was but I think I'd better strip it down as I am not confident with the way it is put together.
On Sunday I planned to tidy up again but the curse struck again with the Lamby polo.
Off came the headset top and I found a full box of matches inside. There is plenty of room inside the headset, you could even fit a master cylinder inside linked to the brake lever with a solid linkage. That would be trick.
I then took the rear runner boards off and noticed that the legshields are in three parts - there's the curved bit at the front, the u shaped bit that runs up inside and the flat part where you feet go.
The flat part looks like it has been repaired, quite well I must say, but they aren't quite right.
I'm sending a polo to a friend in the states soon so I will have the chance to compare the two parts and I might find out that the repair is better than I thought!
Out came the engine, which was filthy!
Interesting points on this engine:-
I took some photos of it then the curse struck and before I knew it the headset top was off and the engine was out.
I stripped down the engine fairly quickly and was pleasantly suprised with the condition.
However most of the internals were binned. The taper on the crank was very pitted so it would not even be worth flogging cheap on ebay to someone. I might use it in the cutaway engine I want to do, or possibly make a jig for measuring port timings.
There was nothing particularly interesting to find in the engine, it had about twice as much gearbox oil is as normal.
It's got the early type Indian Gp150 gearbox. It looks much better than the Italian ones as it's got a very good ratio between 3rd and 4th gears so I will end up using it I think.
A scooter with no engine in is a pain as it's not easy to move so I've put it in the shed for the time being.
I did plan to just give this one a gentle overhaul with new cables etc and run it as it was but I think I'd better strip it down as I am not confident with the way it is put together.
On Sunday I planned to tidy up again but the curse struck again with the Lamby polo.
Off came the headset top and I found a full box of matches inside. There is plenty of room inside the headset, you could even fit a master cylinder inside linked to the brake lever with a solid linkage. That would be trick.
I then took the rear runner boards off and noticed that the legshields are in three parts - there's the curved bit at the front, the u shaped bit that runs up inside and the flat part where you feet go.
The flat part looks like it has been repaired, quite well I must say, but they aren't quite right.
I'm sending a polo to a friend in the states soon so I will have the chance to compare the two parts and I might find out that the repair is better than I thought!
Out came the engine, which was filthy!
Interesting points on this engine:-
- API logo on everything, even the gears
- Kickstart lever welded to kickstart shaft, that will be tricky.
- Gearbox matches LI150 Italian ratios (Result!)
- One cylinder stud is broken off, I wonder how long it was run on three studs?
- The cylinder was marked with API POLO, I will have to look at the ports to see if it is factory tuned at all, might make a nice 175 conversion.
So at the end of the weekend I've got the remains of two engines floating around, and the bin is full of stuff I chucked.
I sat and had a bit of a think about a cunning plan to do up all the scooters.
One plan is to do two at a time which in theory could mean deals on painters, blasting etc.
I really do think I will have to learn how to spray as that is the only thing that is really holding me back, apart from money!
