1937 VH Project

[mark.prizeman]

My tank is a mildly dented scratched post war tank but still provides a cautionary tale is to be clear about the curves to whoever is painting the tank up..., Using a compass centred on the front badge screw hole gives a good rounded side panel front view. The other top curve centred elsewhere the attached photos show me trying to correct some rather 'Japanese stylee' tank lining - apparently generated by using the dimensioned drawings being refereed to (!)
As Paul says, Bert, Tom et al provided a far range of variations and I personally regret not having first explored the three dimensional geometry simple beauty of tank lining with a bit of masking tape and some marker pens beforehand.....

[ChinniK]

I did draw some lines with a tape as i am not so good with the artistic side of the restoration and also gave the drawings to the painter.
He will draw the lines (a lot better than me) and then i will have a look for review before painting.
I will try to just make it beautiful to the eye than follow an exact pattern

[ChinniK]

So finally the bike is cosmetically where i want it and as correct as I could get it for 1937 although i have wng girders and a few more chromed bits than factory standard (feel free to find the mistakes ).

Initially it struggled starting and when it did, it was going for a couple of miles and then it was giving up with the spark completely black. I changed the magneto and fitted an easycap which resolved that so i did the first 50 miles successfully.

Today after a 10 minute ride i discovered that there is no oil return and everything is coming out from the drain line of the timing side. It drained half a tank in a few minutes! Time to get it apart i guess to find what’s wrong.

[simon.holyfield]

Could be something as simple as a bit of dirt in the return side ball valve in the bottom of the oil pump...

[AlbertR]

Oh no! Good luck finding whats wrong with the oil system, keep us updated