First start after rebuild

[DomP]

I've adjusted the tappets following the manual and refitted and adusted with a 12v light the electronic ignition today but just realised I've not released the camchain tensioner, pretty sure I should have done that first so I'll recheck it all tomorrow once I've reset the tensioner.  It's all looking very nice now though, my Delkevic is also fitted which looks so good!

My intension tomorrow is to fill with oil but put as much of the specifird volume as will fit in the oil pump, soak the filter and put some through the tappet cover holes on either side.  Remove the rocker end caps and with plugs out turn over on the kick-start, after that, plugs in and turn over in short bursts with the kill switch on until oil light goes out before attempting a full on start up.  Sound OK?

[Johnwebley]

Yes,



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[Nurse Julie]

Sounds spot on. I'm sure everything will go to plan Dom, I bet you're excited, it'll be a great feeling for you when she fires up.

[deltarider]

[...] and turn over in short bursts with the kill switch on until oil light goes out before attempting a full on start up.  Sound OK?

I am not so sure short bursts will result in an extinct oil light... A tribologist has warned in his publications more than once that interrupted starts or killing the engine after a succesful start and then restart are about the worst things you can do to your engine. I assume you have prelubed parts on assembly. I'd open one or two valve covers for monitoring spats, crank the engine in one go and oil should be up there within 10 seconds.

[DomP]

Thanks John/Julie, yes excited is definitely the word! 

By short burst deltarider I think I was more meaning stopping if the oil light doesn't go off after say 5-10 seconds and checking for oil at the end caps.

[Johnwebley]

Thanks John/Julie, yes excited is definitely the word! 

By short burst deltarider I think I was more meaning stopping if the oil light doesn't go off after say 5-10 seconds and checking for oil at the end caps.

The length of time depends on whether you filled the filter housing,

A couple of 10 seconds burst on the starter, should kill the oil light

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[davidcumbria]

On my first connection of the fuel supply one or more of the float valves got stuck on the way up from the bottom and it was overflowing badly and had to close the tap.  Tapping the float bowls with a hammer shaft did the trick and I’ve never had a problem since. Suggest prepare  for this eventuality. Squirt of easy start into the plenum wouldn’t be a bad idea.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

When the carb bowls are empty the floats  can easily stick causing flooding when you  open the tap for the first time as the float valve pin  is fully extended with the brass float part at an extreme angle.

I have found just having the bike off the stand then  rocking the bike from left to right works for me.

[DomP]

Slight issue to over come, the clutch arm has dropped and is jammed, I did notice this when stripping the engine that it could go past its pivot point and get caught.  I think I'm going to have to drop the oil to get the case off

[Johnny4428]

Put the bike on the side stand Dom before you remove clutch cover you will not lose much oil.

[DomP]

Put the bike on the side stand Dom before you remove clutch cover you will not lose much oil.

That's a good point Johnny.  Mothers Day has taken me away form the restart!😪

[DomP]

After a blondmoment with the kill switch...you can guess what I did there, it runs!   I managed to sort the clutch arm without taking the clutch cover off which was a relief, the oil light goes out almost instantly on start up so all the precautionary steps everyone suggested have worked so thanks for that! 

I will need to spend a bit of time fiddling with the carbs as it's running rich and sounding a little rough on idle, I'll try and put a video up.

[Bryanj]

Glad to hear it mate

[DomP]

Glad to hear it mate

Thanks for all your help Bryan, well and Ken and many on here who've chipped in along the way, it was a great relief when it fired up.  As its not road worthy yet what should I do regarding running it in because I've yet to sort the seat and front brakes out?

[Johnwebley]

Glad to hear it mate

Thanks for all your help Bryan, well and Ken and many on here who've chipped in along the way, it was a great relief when it fired up.  As its not road worthy yet what should I do regarding running it in because I've yet to sort the seat and front brakes out?

Wait till its on the road,

It needs load on the engine to get it to bed in properly,
At least its running

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