Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

Hi Simon, welded the rim to the guard, like I wrote : fiddling!

drawing for the O ring seal:

The inside measurements can differ a few tenth (mm) between different TS cases

Looking very nice!

Thanks for the dimensions.

I will give this a try next time I have got the magneto off.

mucking about trying to get a wng mudguard fitting the teles.
forced two dents sideways for the tele covers :

My mudguardstaypincher comes in handy again.
Needs a big lever

well..... I think its in the centre now

slowly I am getting there....
numerous small bits ready for primer

Assembly day is nearing limit myself not to do that before the paint has fully hardened ...

Busy with the oil pump.

atm there is no spring-ball-cap behind the feed side .

I know those are there to keep oil in the crank if the oil pump packes up, (never had that )
Also if you want to have a reading on a oil gauge but my VB does not have that.

So, is it needed ?

Thanks.

Vincent, it should also prevent oil draining back into the sump after you turn the engine off.
At least my 1946 VB works like this.
Mine was draining back even though I had yet to start it up.
Took the pump off and extracted the cap ( it has a very small channel down the side ) ball and spring and found a minute spec old debris sitting on the ball seat. Cleaned it up and now all good.
I am still wondering how the little cap channel down the side doesn’t let oil drain to sump over time?
Gary

Hi Gary,

I looked at the small cap but It does not have a channel down the side.
These are the parts I have :


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