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    Starter Motor problem

    When I suggest you jump power to the spade terminal on the solenoid this is a low power (about the same as a horn) draw. You do not need a car jump lead. Just a bit of noormal flex. This suggestion was in response to your statement QUOTE I guess the first indication was yesterday when I took...
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    Starter Motor problem

    Sorry Read your first message too quick. I thought you said you had an 850T, not a T3. As you have a T3 then my description of the Solenoid arrangement sitting on top of the starter motor is 100% correct, and the elimination procedure I suggest is 100% appropriate. When you press the starter...
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    Starter Motor problem

    I guess the starter motor has the solenoid sitting on top, like on a T3 / LM1 / LM2 ??? The Solenoid has the high power heavy duty cable coming in direct from the battery positive terminal with a bolted down banjo connector. And there is a spade terminal on the solenoid that powers the...
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    '88 1000SP - Carburetors tuning

    Those plugs look really sooted Are you sure you are running with the right plug for the engine? Geoff
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    Bleedin' &$#@()+! Brakes

    Or you can make your suction approach work better. Get hold of a spare bleed nipple. File or grind the bottom off it until you break through into the cavity. (sounds like a long boring task but it only takes 5 minutes. You can then screw this modified nipple tight into the caliper and suck away...
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    OK, I have now done the complete job. In my original plan you will recall that I blew a fuse every time when I used the existing red wire to the solenoid spade terminal to trigger a new micro relay that takes full battery power direct to the starter solenoid. Now I have discarded the old...
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    John, Brian OK You have shamed me into it I will replace the existing relay as well Geoff
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and ideas. Today I bought a basic 4 post relay. I was going to use it either as a substitute for the Micro relay with the diode that I had been using in my custom solution, or to use it to replace the original relay that sits under the right hand panel...
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    I am saying that with the new micro relay correctly wired I can make the relay light a test bulb if i make direct connections to the battery. But if I use the wire removed from the spade connector on the solenoid to put the positive current into the new micro relay low power circuit. Then the...
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    New fuses arrived in post yesterday. Blown two more already. I retested my wiring using a test bulb with everything connected direct to the battery. My relay wiring works fine. Tried to light my test bulb by using the starter motor "Big Solenoid" lead from the spade connector. Kept all wires...
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    Thanks John But this is not really the issue. The original relay works fine What is lacking is the power supply to the starter "big solenoid" And my solution to fit a direct cable powered by a new relay caused a fuse to blow Any ideas why my modification would not work? Geoff
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    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem.

    1976 T3 Starter Motor wiring problem. This is the problem they all get - where the relay under the right side panel clicks but the current supplied to the starter motor is not enough to energise the “big solenoid” that sits on top of the starter motor and throws in the heavy duty power and moves...
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    GuzziTech: A few thoughts & frustrations...

    Pete It sounds to me like you think I was rubbishing WG. Quite the opposite. I think it is a great multi purpose site. The point I was trying to make is simply that a narrow technical site cannot expect to capture the user volume. Nor canb it expect to capture all the technical traffic -...
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    GuzziTech: A few thoughts & frustrations...

    In my view Guzzitech is and always has been the #1 place to go for technical help. There are always people ready to offer support and the quality of the responses are great. Before I take on any major task I research it here. Undoubtedly Guzzitech is the best at what it does. So why doesn't...
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    Rocker Cover Gaskets

    I am surprised you tear your gaskets (almost) every time. I rarely have this problem. First time I took my T3 apart it did tear because it had glued itself to the aluminium in places. I cleaned up the surfaces really well. I used a new gasket. I grease (any general purpose grease) all of the...
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    Bleeding brakes

    I guess Jon must feel safe with his bleeding secret now this thread is de-moted to the second page on the forum. Some of us poor dumb guys out here must be wondering if there is any bleeding secret at all.... No, I am not getting mad! I am just bored here in deepest Indonesia after too many...
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    Cush Drive Maintenance Follow-Up

    All of this makes sense. The Rubber wedges are rock hard when you first take them out, and on my 25 year old bike were well jammed in. I got them out, drilled every one with one approx 10ml hole. And liberally greased them. And there was my error! I put too much grease on. Centrifugal force...
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    Bleeding brakes

    So I have sat here quivering in anticipation. We are all on the edge of our seats. Please please share your secret Brake bleeding is so often a headache. I have totally rebuilt all the calipers, then refitted them, pumped through the fluid and they work fine first time. Other times a...
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    Long Term engine storage

    The plastic bag idea (coupled with loads of Silica Gel) is a copy cat of a product often advertised for whole bike storage. This is clearly a huge bag that the whole bike sits in. You then draw out all possible air with a domestic vacumn cleaner. The bag is advertised as containing moisture...
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    Long Term engine storage

    I would guess not many people have done this, so all answers are more or less guess work based on limited experience. In the 1970's I had a small motor boat that we laid up in the winter but it stayed in the water - ie a hostile salty environment. I live in the UK, so in any event this is...
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