The rebirth of Lazarus

[Bryanj]

Superglue wont hold for long but should be enough to put it together, i am sure Peter has a better way!

[mickwinf]

Spent the bank Holiday in the garage finishing the clock restoration, made a jig as Bryan suggested which helped a lot. A mix of bits from different speeds and tacos to make a decent looking pair.

[mickwinf]

Before pic

[Oddjob]

You not restored the idiot panel yet Mick?

[Bryanj]

Glad the parts worked out for you mate.

[mickwinf]

Cheers Bryan the speedo is the one from you, I fixed the loose bit. Ken that's the next job, will probably need a new decal.

[mickwinf]

things progressing slowly on Lazarus, doing wiring at the moment which I find tedious but has to be done. Most of the electrical bits were beyond repair when I adopted him, every wire had been bodged badly so have started with a used main loom in decent nick, and am removing all the terminals from the block connectors and replacing them with new ones from vintage connections in America. they do the proper 3.5 mm bullets and double/treble females and lots of other hard to get stuff. I treated myself to a pair of ratcheting crimping pliers from them too, does a good job. There has been some talk about handlebar switches on other threads and that reminded me I needed to sort them out. I have a good used LH with PA switch but am trying to build a RH one from loads of old bits I have in my electrics box. I think I am correct that it has P Lo and Hi markings, is that right? Advice also needed on how to remove the wire from the cut out switch without cutting wire, it has a little semi circular plate which i cant get out. Also the main earth cable to the battery, does it fit on the engine mounting bolt near the clutch cover?

[Oddjob]

The earth cable fits over the large bolt coming through the engine, goes under the nut between the bracket and the washer. Don't forget to remove some paint if the frames been powder coated.

P, Lo, Hi is correct as the On/Off is controlled by the extra switch on the bars the K1 was fitted with.

The only way to remove the kill switch plate is to desolder the connections. Then resolder when cleaned up.

[Oddjob]

Those pics BTW show 550 handlebar switches not 500 ones.

[Bryanj]

Dont forget the paint/coating needs removing from both sides of the mounting plateso the alloy casting and the cable end get good contact.
I think the original RH switch had a line between P and Lo which was actualy the off position, which is why a lot of people fitted the circular on/off to the lh side so that things didnt go dark when dipping

[mickwinf]

dammit i have just realised I dont have the top half, all mine are off/p/h, anyone have one to sell? Ken, which pictures are you refering to? Lazarus had some later ones fitted but would prefer the original type.

[Oddjob]

Before pic

The bottom pic on that post shows 550 switchgear Mick.

I think the original RH switch had a line between P and Lo which was actually the off position, which is why a lot of people fitted the circular on/off to the lh side so that things didnt go dark when dipping

Only true on the K0 Bryan, the K1 came equipped with the on/off separate switch and they ditched the ability of the R/H switch to turn then lights off.

[mickwinf]

managed to get a rh switch of the correct type, but thought i would sort the sump out as the one i had vapour blasted turned out to have a crack at the drain plug, probably caused by over tightening. I have a spare which i think is the original Lazarus one because it has a welded repair in the exact same place. As it looked solid I decided to use it but did a bit of grinding and sanding to make it look better. Now fitted so fill up with oil, now why is oil leaking all over? Oh S##t i forgot the sump plug! What an idiot! 2 ltrs of oil oll over my bench and the floor, what a mess. Will I now be struck off from the SOHC forum or be demoted from expert to newby, or a new category of F-in idiot?

[Nurse Julie]

Oh dear Mick, in someways that's so funny but I would loved to have been a fly on the wall listening to you rant 😊😊😊

[taysidedragon]

Most of us have done it, I bet. Fair play for owning up! 👏