Friday 29 May 2015

Oil change Harry + bikes

Halfords 10/40 semi-synthetic for the bikes + filter HF303 (+ about 1l of Motul same spec)
me 47440km
Stella 30718km
Ecauto (Intermarche) 15/40 for Harry 1.4 L.



Deck was thick with grass. Belt wear on inside edge closest to the ground.  The old pulley was rusty on the inside edge, so used a rotary brush to clean in smooth.  Replaced belt the other way up.  All bolts needed tightening

Stripped and greased starter.
Clean all airways.
Cleaned & oil foam filter. (junior too)
Put long spring from governor to carb back on.
Filled holes in exhaust, new metal covers and put in some new fibre glass.
Spark plug was quite black, so brushed it clean.  This suggest too rich, but idle mix was made richer turning ACW.
Turned idle mix out (ie richer) by 1/8 turn, so now 1 7/8 out, Reduced idle by 1/2 turn acw.
Plug was greyish on checking.
Warm starts ok on mid throttle now.  Cold start fine. Oil clean


Bike discs.
me
rear 4.8 . pads both 5.3
front
left 5.0 pads 4.46, 4.34
right 4.95 pads 4.2, 4.3

Stella
rear 4.9 pads both 4.6
front
left 5.0 pads 4.4, 4.0
right 4.9 pads 4.6 4.2

Thursday 14 May 2015

Ralph sold

After being with us for over 5 years, Ralph the ride on got sold today.