Ready for powder coating 250 D Restoration Project

[rob99]

Looks realy good looks a realy clean bike

[butchers]

THANKS FOR THE COMPLEMENT GUYS TBH IT DOES HELP
This is the situation atm i've stripped the front master cylinder to establish whats goin on and tbh it's two months free council tax (feb March) so i decided to get them done via a professional body ( Nick Chambers ) so ere ya go atm

i've stripped the front/rear calipers ready for powder coating and have purchased the seals etc to complete the refurb along with gen indicator lenses's front and back. Hopefully i'll build the motor nextr w/end now i have all the seals etc

while everything is being done out of my control i thought i'd carry on with a few loose ends etc,
i fitted the front front muddy which came with the bike. man i'm glad of that as the prices have gone thru the roof
So after some time in the garage i,ve finished off with this with a plan to build the motor next w/ed
This is what i've finished off at the end of the w/end

[marsbar350]

does look good paul
nice meeting you today

[butchers]

Jan 12, 2014 19:04:20 GMT 1 marsbar350 said:

does look good paul
nice meeting you today

Like wise Andy its good to swap etc

[marsbar350]

notice i got the thin end again
you have a paypal deposit

[butchers]

Jan 12, 2014 19:08:35 GMT 1 marsbar350 said:

notice i got the thin end again
you have a paypal deposit

you have the general stuff and i have the hard to get stuff swaps is easy "text" sent you know ya on a winner

[marsbar350]

"everyones a winner" hot chocolate

[butchers]

Who says men can't multitask this is the situation atm i've dry fitted the gear box in the lower casing for a trial fix etc,

one thing to bare in mind when your casings have been blast cleaned is be sure to clean all the threads etc. i've washed these and cleaned the threads out with the appropriate tap and blown them out with compressed air etc and still had debris in the threads


i have at the powder coaters:-
both front/rear calipers and all the various seals etc ready to fit pics to follow.
both master cylinders are away for refurb Pics to follow
all the handle bar switches Pics to follow
the plan is to build the motor over the w/end and fit into the frame at leasy then it won't be rolling around on the bench
i'll keep ya informed guys

[butchers]

OOOppps tried the gear box again to see if i could select all gears and i couldn't turns out that 1 set of selectors ain't positioned correct massive thanks to Dave (Fizzydog) for the pm,s

thanks to andy graham for a second set of eyes

[marsbar350]

my eyes arent 50 yet paul

[butchers]

Ok its getting late atm the top fits good so i'll wait till the w/end to close it up

[duckegg]

Keep the pics and info coming mate very useful

[butchers]

Well Guys after a busy Saturday helping my daughter and her boyfriend fill there skip with rubbish etc the forecast said it was to rain at 2pm this was what was happening at 2.20 pm

so they were almost right but you get the drift :-\ :-\
Anyway that left me free for sunday as the forecast was wet/windy so for me thats a day in the garage
My target was to complete the bottom engine build and fix into the bike tbh its not a big task normally but you know how it is when you get started :-\ :-\ anyway i finished up with the motor assembled



and a cheeky pic from Sue while i was concentrating ;D ;D ;D ;D

and as promised to myself it was in the bike Fewwwwww ya can't work to hard on a Sunday can ya

So havin worked as a Gud Un i thought i'd have a tidy around and have a look what the future,s like
i ain't lookin forward to attacking this

What with bodged screws and bullet connectors etc tbh i some times wonder Wtf peeps were thinking when they did these type of things

plenty to do as they say

[hooley10]

I like the grease gun trick

[steve h]

Just rewire it Paul. Everything's available, just get the correct crimping tool
You've got a wire striper You will piss it!!!

[Haggler]

Could you poss measure the 2 engine spacers at the rear of the cases as am missing those but can get some made

Thanks

[Haggler]

Whoops looks like I'm too late but the bikes looking good

[butchers]

Jan 29, 2014 18:52:06 GMT 1 Haggler said:

Whoops looks like I'm too late but the bikes looking good

Ya defo not to late mate i remember the help with the speedo

Its 25mm top and 55mm bottom if ya need owt else pm me

[butchers]

Well today Friday 31/1/14 i received the master from Nick (Chambers) my community payment paid for these i'm pleased with the out come

all ready to fit 8) 8)
Tbh i ain,t ready yet for master cylinders so in the mean time i sorted out the calipers as i'd got them back from the powder coaters ;D

after doing the prep work i'd got them ready to fit minus the brake pads
i prepped both the dust and oil seal with Red grease to help preserve the rubber prior to fitting the piston



and with a little effort i finished up with the completed item just waiting the pads

Saturday i'm planning to fit the barrels and head

[butchers]

Guys this w/end has been full of ups and downs now it started friday after Dinner friday is a great day its an extra hr in bed i work 2hrs and have breakfast 3cheese oatcakes and lashings of brown sauce and then work another 2hrs and i've finished for the w/end
Any way i picked up the gaskets etc from the local bike shop sadly it was pissing down big time.

i managed to fit the barrels and head and torque them down to the desired settings. i also had a sneak preview of the front pipes fitted

i'm well pleased with the progress

i managed to go thru the Generator side of things established what connections and shrink wrap i need 8-)so the parts will be on order monday
i established that my kick start mechanism which came with the bike was incomplete nothing major just a spring missing NLA but thanks to Dave James i'll be sorted.
so with little time left in the afternoon i took the time to clean up and prep the casing (RH) as i was interested in how it would go together with the oil pump and all fitted

the pump has been completely refurbished By Arrow i'm well pleased 8-)and a good price too


Anyway the day was a gud 'un so i took the Lc out for a quick spin Man it was fresh


more progress later Guys

[marsbar350]

good work butch
shame about the kickstart letting you down
taking the LC out in january

[rsvr1000]

RD is coming on nicely, should be all done and run in ready for the Rally the LC looks spot on as well, do like them seats would luv one on mine but not gonna pay what there fetching on eBay thou

[butchers]

Feb 2, 2014 22:55:44 GMT 1 marsbar350 said:

good work butch
shame about the kickstart letting you down
taking the LC out in january

just to the round about and back its enough with jeans and body warmer on and a helmet of course

[butchers]

Feb 3, 2014 19:52:32 GMT 1 rsvr1000 said:

RD is coming on nicely, should be all done and run in ready for the Rally the LC looks spot on as well, do like them seats would luv one on mine but not gonna pay what there fetching on eBay thou

i'd like to think it could be ready but tbh i've an up and coming wedding and i've no doubt its goin take up some of my precious time i also want to paint the bike myself so it will be necessary for some warm weather. and tbh i didn't expect to be this far at this time. there lots of small issues to be sorted

we'll have to see i'd like to do more biking this year and less time in the garage

[butchers]

Well it was a challenge to say the least the wiring was the easy bit but crickey the rubber dick thing was a bitch I feed the wires thru it first and then tried to fit it into the locating hole No Chance
I stripped it down again this time fitting the rubber into the hole first and then pushing the wires thru the last wire was a bitch

Then it was a similar situation fitting the sleaving over the wires
Anyway i'm please with the result i hope it don't need to come off thou

[fatty]

Butchers

That Aircooled is looking good mate, bonus front muddy and gear shaft. .. Cracking job.. The LC is looking good also
It will be nice to see her finished ...

[rsvr1000]

you did well on that one Butch, i put some heat shrink tape on mine just to tidy the loom across the crankcase to the connectors.

[butchers]

Feb 9, 2014 20:43:52 GMT 1 fatty said:

Butchers

That Aircooled is looking good mate, bonus front muddy and gear shaft. .. Cracking job.. The LC is looking good also
It will be nice to see her finished ...

Yeah ya right Ash thats the bit what clinched the deal Glad ya liking it

[butchers]

Feb 9, 2014 22:18:28 GMT 1 rsvr1000 said:

you did well on that one Butch, i put some heat shrink tape on mine just to tidy the loom across the crankcase to the connectors.

Cheers tony it was a task to be fair i hope it holds

[arrow]

Excellent work. Looking really good.