KH TWIN OIL MODIFICATIONS

[philip.butcher]

Hi all i seem to remember reading about a modification to the oil feed to the cylinder head on the 500 twins can anybody enlighten me as to what and why? please,. also burman gear levers my kg has a solid lever with a polished end 7" between centres and no provision for a rubber , i wonder if this is a wd lever ? what length lever should the cp gearbox use as i have various length ones to use , thanks in advance philip

[paul.jameson]

Which year KH are we talking about? The oil modification is, from memory, 1956 onward, but only required because they cocked up the oil supply to the rockers with a mod in 1955. Earlier models are no problem from this point of view.

[philip.butcher]

hi paul thanks for the reply my kg is a 1950 model philip

[adrian.hannam]

Here are a couple of posts about this subject, is this what you are looking for?

http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/viewt ... f=4&t=6804

http://forum.arielownersmcc.com/viewt ... f=4&t=8351

[philip.butcher]

Hi Adrian, thank you for the links ,that was what i believe i read in the cheval der fer in the distant past regards philip