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Measuring O-Rings
Oddjob:
I remember that day well, I took the missus with me and was on my K reg 500 which I had fitted with an oil pressure gauge mounted about the clocks, along with a volt meter and a digital clock (yeah, really) on the motorway doing about 70 I noticed the oil pressure suddenly drop, the oil light flickered on and off a few times and the engine just sort of stuttered, then the pressure came back but not as high as before. I stopped, checked the engine over but couldn't find any leaks, the oil light now flickered on tickover which it didn't do before. As we were close to Derby by this point I decided to carry on but keep an eye on the engine and the pressure just in case. I got all the parts I was after at Palins by asking for the parts themselves not the numbers, there were so many he asked if I wanted to buy a used parts book for £5, I nearly kissed him. Limped home on the A roads and found the oil filter had collapsed, like someone had wrung it out to dry, the paper was spiraled. Pattern filter not genuine. Replaced it but still low pressure, replaced the oil pump, still low. Eventually I took off the sump and the mesh filter was almost totally covered by paper fibres from the inside of the filter, scraped that off and it was fine after. The pressure relief valves must have worked that day. Never used a pattern filter again after that.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Great Letter Head Ash - you can see just what a multi-franchise dealership they were back in the day - 12 brands!
Oddly enough most of my Honda Spares I bought from Samways when they were on the corner of Mill Street/Nuns Street - now a Sainsburys Local Store.
Samways were on my first Derby foot beat so on nights I would dream of one day owning a CX500 as I gazed at the new & used bikes circa 1979.
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Laverdaroo:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on June 29, 2023, 02:35:25 PM ---Roo can remember the 1880s but not the 1980s Ted.
You've met Roo Ted, is he a spritely 80 year old or a really knackered 70 year old would you say.
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A shagged out 50 year old! ;D
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on June 29, 2023, 02:35:25 PM ---
You've met Roo Ted, is he a spritely 80 year old or a really knackered 70 year old would you say.
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I think as one ages you can identify with folk your own age but youngsters all look the same- tbh I thought Roo was in his late thirties or early forties. :-* :-* :-*
I have been paid handsomely to make this unbiased statement from his features on the 10th September 2022 when he delivered my current money pit. ;D ;D ;D
AshimotoK0:
Trying to identify 500 top end o rings. Ken ..is this everything. There is also weird tiny one which may just be a bit of flash or rogue part.
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