mint 61
Donation Time
Got to take my 61 S2 on it's first road test since probably around 1982. Here's the good, bad, and the ugly.
The Good:
I got it at a pretty good idle before I left the house, and gave it a much needed bath. It still had a pretty nice shine under all that dust. The brake master and caliper rebuild seemed to be successful, and the clutch master and slave as well.
The Bad:
It developed a pretty good shimmy at around 40mph, I'm pretty sure it's just flat spots on the old tires, I'm pretty surprised they even held air after sitting flat for so long. There's a fair amount of valve noise. Is that just that "british sound"? The lifters all looked brand new, I think the PO did a valve job on it.
Ignition light is staying on, ammeter reads just below 0, less when I turn the headlights on, so this tells me it's working. Can't figure this out, the generator is charging according to my tester, new VR, all contacts at VR, Fuse Block, etc, greased with dielectric grease. There was one particular start that the ammeter jumped around all over the place for about 2 seconds, that's the only time it's ever showed a charge. While typing this I realized I haven't checked the main ground. Any other ideas?
The starter only partially engages about 1 in 10 times, making that grinding sound of gears grinding on gears, ideas? The other 9 out of 10 it works fine.
The Ugly:
My drive was about 2 miles to my folks house down the street, about 2/3 of the way there it stalled on me coming down the hill, I kicked in third and restarted on the fly, then it died on me at the bottom at a stop sign. It would start back up run for about 5-10 seconds with some choke manipulation, and die. Ended up towing it with my Dad's tractor up to the house. It sat for about 2 hrs, fired up ran fine and drove it home. Vapor lock maybe? Any remedies? Has anybody insulated the fuel line that comes across the top from the pump to the carbs? Seems like this would heat up and cause a vapor lock. It seemed to be linked to the temp.
The Good:
I got it at a pretty good idle before I left the house, and gave it a much needed bath. It still had a pretty nice shine under all that dust. The brake master and caliper rebuild seemed to be successful, and the clutch master and slave as well.
The Bad:
It developed a pretty good shimmy at around 40mph, I'm pretty sure it's just flat spots on the old tires, I'm pretty surprised they even held air after sitting flat for so long. There's a fair amount of valve noise. Is that just that "british sound"? The lifters all looked brand new, I think the PO did a valve job on it.
Ignition light is staying on, ammeter reads just below 0, less when I turn the headlights on, so this tells me it's working. Can't figure this out, the generator is charging according to my tester, new VR, all contacts at VR, Fuse Block, etc, greased with dielectric grease. There was one particular start that the ammeter jumped around all over the place for about 2 seconds, that's the only time it's ever showed a charge. While typing this I realized I haven't checked the main ground. Any other ideas?
The starter only partially engages about 1 in 10 times, making that grinding sound of gears grinding on gears, ideas? The other 9 out of 10 it works fine.
The Ugly:
My drive was about 2 miles to my folks house down the street, about 2/3 of the way there it stalled on me coming down the hill, I kicked in third and restarted on the fly, then it died on me at the bottom at a stop sign. It would start back up run for about 5-10 seconds with some choke manipulation, and die. Ended up towing it with my Dad's tractor up to the house. It sat for about 2 hrs, fired up ran fine and drove it home. Vapor lock maybe? Any remedies? Has anybody insulated the fuel line that comes across the top from the pump to the carbs? Seems like this would heat up and cause a vapor lock. It seemed to be linked to the temp.