Hillo peeps, I have been lurking and watchin around for a while and hav decided to join up and introduce meeself. I live on a windersil of a beetiful house in deepest engerland, ( I think I am greek, not sure, but thee man, he sais I sound like I smell kebabs) with a lovely man and wuman, they are very nice to mee and rarily beet me or teese me about my shiney face. I do all the wirk in dee hous and they are very kind to me. I git to eat skraps and sleep on the windersil. I donut have a trumph now, but when I grow up I hope to geet on. The man, he rides a funny looking bycicle, with a fanny lookun ingin in it, I say - you shud bye a Trumph, but he heets me, so I stop now. Hee nows it will rust a lot so he is triing to stop rust I watch him doing stiff wiht nails and stuff and sprays his stuff on it. It ees fun to watch. thank you for leetin me in, and I hope I can have a beeutifull Trumph sum daze.
Starting System Symptoms: Weak battery symptoms: -- Slow cranking. -- Stops cranking suddenly on compression stroke with button pressed. -- Starts when starter button is released at end of cranking. Repair: -- Charge/Test/Replace battery. Failure Modes: -- Loss of capacity. Appears to charge, voltage good but no reserve for starting. -- Won't hold a charge. -- Low voltage/cell failure. Preventative Maintenance: -- Check fluid levels regularly -- Maintain full charge: Regular riding, trickle charger. Ignition Coil failure symptoms: -- Hard starting/misfiring during cranking. -- Rough idle that can't be tuned out with carb adjustments and carb cleaning. -- Idle misfire clears with new sparkplugs, returns in a few hundred miles Repair: -- Replace: Preferably with Nology for higher reliability than stock Gill coils. Failure Mode: -- Shorted turns in secondary resulting in weak spark. Preventative Maintenance: -- None Testing: Pickup Coil failure symptoms: -- No spark at all -- Spark quits with engine hot, returns when engine cool. -- Note: Pickup coil failure is total. There is no random misfire spark loss. Repair: -- Replace pickup coil Failure mode: -- Thermal intermittant with long (15-30 minute) period. Preventative Maintenance: -- None. Get a spare. Testing: -- Ohms checks hot and cold. Worn starter symptoms: -- Sometimes won't crank until the bike is rocked in gear. -- Excessively noisy cranking with a grinding sound. -- Click from under seat but no cranking. Failure Mode: -- Brush wear progressing to commutator damage. -- Bearing failure related to brush wear. Repair: -- Rebuild or replace. Preventative Maintenance: -- Maintan battery in peak condition. -- Follow proper starting procedures. Neutral, clutch in. -- Crank 5-10 seconds at a time max., switch off for twice as long before cranking again. Worn sprag clutch symptoms: -- Very loud rattling when cranking -- Starter spins but engine doesn't turn Falure Mode: -- Breakage Repair: -- Replace sprag clutch Preventative Maintenance: -- Maintain battery in peak condition. -- Follow proper starting procedures. Neutral, clutch in. Worn starter solenoid: -- Click from under seat but no cranking. -- Won't crank after rocking bike. -- Starter continues to run after bike starts and won't stop until the battery is disconnected. Failure mode: -- Internal contact damage resulting in non-conduction. -- Internal contact damage resulting in contacts welding shut. -- Internal damage/wear prevents solenoid core movement. Preventative Maintenance: -- None. Repair: -- Replace starter solenoid. Testing: -- For no cranking, short across solenoid high-power terminals. Normal operation denotes failed solenoid contacts. ------------------
Hi & Welcome. He thinks he's greek, but need to check he's not actually english - Ways to tell - 1) Do you like cheese and running away? As they are all descended from CESM who came over in 1066, this is a big clue! 2) Do you bang on about winning a cup in 1966? although they invented the game, and had never won it before or since! 3) Do you keep forgetting rUK exist (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)? even tho' they got the best bits!
No, the bits your CESM ancestors swindled and cheated and invaded cos they realised they'd got the crap bit !!!! Anyways, back to the original post, before we derailed on a racist tangent, Has nobody read that WSBF, Billy,Left,Right,Ritchie is being abused at home ?????
Welcome to the forum - I hope the new rust treatment experiment is not going to be too boring for you. Watching your little mate trying to climb up on his German tractor every time must be more amusing!
Hi wsbf, welcome in to the forum, I’m so glad you managed to escape from Muir Woods Road but am so sorry you’ve ended up where you are! If you can hang on we shall arrange a rescue mission and liberate you! When the moon is full and an owl hoots twice In The west be ready.........
Hillo again, I can see I am gong to feet rite in hear. Yu lot do talk a load of bollocks, dunt yous! Hes now spending lots of tim sat on th windersill wiff mee. Hee jus sits ther watchin the beet of metal rustin. It is the happyst I have ever bean. I lick the name billy, he yousually calls me much wurse, so billy wood be nise. thank you for beeng so nise
Welcome to the forum WSBF, or can I just call you Bollox? If you can find some wee feller to take you pillion a bunch of us are going to Wales in July. We'd love to hear your tales of rust prevention. Check it out. https://www.thetriumphforum.com/threads/grand-meet-up-2018-wales.12452/