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by david
Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:50 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Suspension seems hard
Replies: 5
Views: 12259

Re: Suspension seems hard

presume you squirt caster oil inside the cylinders regularly to keep them sliding???
by david
Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:41 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Supercharged Blackjack Avion
Replies: 51
Views: 93834

Re: Supercharged Blackjack Avion

On the supercharged Triking, Alan added a steam system for cooling the valves...into the intake..tank,water, element...and presume a switch...

[and eventually fitted a bottle of nosgas.which made a big difference...]
by david
Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:38 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: 123 ignition / brown coil
Replies: 2
Views: 5873

Re: 123 ignition / brown coil

the brown coil is different in output and will fry things....
don't fit it...
by david
Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:42 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Three wheels to Four
Replies: 11
Views: 21562

Re: Three wheels to Four

Why ?????
by david
Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:51 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Gear lever connection to gearbox
Replies: 6
Views: 8560

Re: Gear lever connection to gearbox

the rubber donut rings between lever and vertical also need to be good to be precise in action...
you don't really need to actually hold the knob/ball just push or pull it with palm or fingers giving a slight left or right action..and baby powder on the tube NOT oil or etc...
by david
Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:30 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Strengthening of rear axle arm
Replies: 7
Views: 11838

Re: Strengthening of rear axle arm

that is very clever stuff....A+
by david
Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Oil Cooler info. Cylinder Cooling fans too!!!
Replies: 49
Views: 79167

Re: Oil Cooler pipe union sizes?

well blow me down with a feather...a lomax hovercraft....
by david
Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:33 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: No excuse to not have a digital meter!
Replies: 10
Views: 10183

Re: No excuse to not have a digital multi meter with continuity buzzer too!

Those do work well, remember to turn off or remove battery otherwise it will ruin the inside...mine did..oops
but I hardly used it so it sat degrading....
by david
Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Dyane diffed gearbox
Replies: 6
Views: 21934

Re: Dyane diffed gearbox

if you lift a wheel ,remove plugs, make a mark on the flywheel and road wheel , turn the road wheel or the engine with handle - the number of turns will distinguish a 2cv or Dianne box.
but can't remember which number of turns is which...
its in Cats 2cv site...
by david
Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:04 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Dyane diffed gearbox
Replies: 6
Views: 21934

Re: Dyane diffed gearbox

I had a long gearbox in the pembleton..as it was lighter than most, it worked really well and gave a good top gear overdrive type of ratio...[with twin dellortos was really effective throughout the range..] If you look on Cats site at the gear ratios of different boxes you will see the Dianne box wa...