(Better off in 4-stroke technical - topic moved!)

SG

Seemed a good idea to get all these posts into the same thread.

John - thanks for filling us in with the details, all extremely interesting.

SG

That thread has morphed toward electrical probs, so yes, moved!

SG

For Les Carter:
Do the shims go on the camshaft shoulder inside the crankcase or between the chainwheel on the outside ?

(I got too keen on tidying up and deleted one post too many - which was Les's original. Sorry Les!)

SG

Admin note:
Merged duplicate topics (in case anyone wonders....)

Non-Admin note:
If playing with the choke makes things improve that indicates carb issue (blocked jet even after cleaning?)
However, might be worth checking that the HT brush pickup (and the armature track) are clean.

SG

Les (and others) There's an 'edit' function that can be used to modify posts (the 'pencil' button at left side to the row of button icons at the upper right of each post) - no need to re-post the entire text if you want to make changes. (And there's also a 'delete' function - the X icon !) (I've edi...

Mike (and others) There's an 'edit' function that can be used to modify posts (the 'pencil' button at left side to the row of button icons at the upper right of each post) - no need to re-post the entire text if you want to make changes. (And there's also a 'delete' function - the X icon !) I've del...

Posts with discussion about cast-iron inlet guides moved to this topic (might be getting confusing having them in a thread about alloy-head exhaust valve guides).

SG

John I suspect you'll be quite happy to move this on to anyone, not just the person with the matching frame number, so it's moved to 'Parts'. :mrgreen: When you say 'professionally restored with new bearings', what's been done with the cam bearings, the timing side main and that pesky non-return val...

Quite right Johnny - topic moved!

SG