Dnepr + petrol = loud
Not many pictures at all this time. But as it is said by many, "a picture is worth a thousand words".
Lets start here:
To get the engine in, it was a combination of a mini trolley jack and a few appropriately sized wooden blocks. For this task and the following, i got my dad to give me a hand, Having 2 people for this task is definitely recommended, it would have been quite challenging on my own. Its not so much the weight (it is a bit of a beast) but more of the awkwardness of slotting it in to the frame at a funny angle thats hard!
at this point, photo opportunities were kind of forgotten. As to get the exhaust clamps / footpegs / engine mount stud bolts one, was a bit on a hands on job. thereafter i just forgot to get pictures.
So the exhaust and footpegs made it on.
A bit of cabling, relinked up the throttle cables to the carburetors, clutch cable went on only to discover it had a manufacturing error on it. The manufacturer, didn't correctly crimp the metal guide/cable outer stopper on properly, meaning that when the cable was puller, the cable inner just pulled through. So ill be getting a correctly made one.
great.
next the tank went on. and its associated tubes for fuel.
now its looking much more complete.
a dash of petrol, (with redex lead replacement in it), a bit of bare minimum wiring, and filled oil chambers, it was time to see if anything happened.
it worked.
yay
sound isnt very good in this video, but i can assure you it sounds nice
needless to say some issues arose.
It was discovered that the generator was not functioning as expected, on a further inspection it was revealed some of the clamps in winding ends had come loose, and there was a short happening between with the main rotor / brush holders due to their closeness in positioning. a bit of filing, and re-crimping later, the generator was re-assembled. It is yet to be tested, but should go back on an function as expected now. :)
in regards to the rest of the wiring.
After some discussion with my dad, we decided it would be a good idea to modernize the wiring somewhat. replacing the crap ceramic fuse with a proper (and easily purchasable) flat blade type car fuse (hidden in the headlamp housing), route proper wired earths to the various components rather than relying on the frame work (which can lead to huge troubleshooting issues), and perhaps fit a few inline fuses. Overall this is a good idea, as if i wish to convert to 12v later down the line, a solid infrastructure would be there.
now we just need to work out how all the wires connect together though the headlamp / ignition spaghetti mess..
the wiring diagrams we were using as a rough referral guide were obtained from cvkustoms website. Many many useful things here! thanks charlie.
Lets start here:
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| Completed Engine, ready to go in. |
To get the engine in, it was a combination of a mini trolley jack and a few appropriately sized wooden blocks. For this task and the following, i got my dad to give me a hand, Having 2 people for this task is definitely recommended, it would have been quite challenging on my own. Its not so much the weight (it is a bit of a beast) but more of the awkwardness of slotting it in to the frame at a funny angle thats hard!
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| Engine in, Mount bolts in place, no foot pegs / exhaust on yet. |
So the exhaust and footpegs made it on.
A bit of cabling, relinked up the throttle cables to the carburetors, clutch cable went on only to discover it had a manufacturing error on it. The manufacturer, didn't correctly crimp the metal guide/cable outer stopper on properly, meaning that when the cable was puller, the cable inner just pulled through. So ill be getting a correctly made one.
great.
next the tank went on. and its associated tubes for fuel.
now its looking much more complete.
a dash of petrol, (with redex lead replacement in it), a bit of bare minimum wiring, and filled oil chambers, it was time to see if anything happened.
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| pre kick-start tinkering |
it worked.
yay
sound isnt very good in this video, but i can assure you it sounds nice
needless to say some issues arose.
It was discovered that the generator was not functioning as expected, on a further inspection it was revealed some of the clamps in winding ends had come loose, and there was a short happening between with the main rotor / brush holders due to their closeness in positioning. a bit of filing, and re-crimping later, the generator was re-assembled. It is yet to be tested, but should go back on an function as expected now. :)
in regards to the rest of the wiring.
After some discussion with my dad, we decided it would be a good idea to modernize the wiring somewhat. replacing the crap ceramic fuse with a proper (and easily purchasable) flat blade type car fuse (hidden in the headlamp housing), route proper wired earths to the various components rather than relying on the frame work (which can lead to huge troubleshooting issues), and perhaps fit a few inline fuses. Overall this is a good idea, as if i wish to convert to 12v later down the line, a solid infrastructure would be there.
now we just need to work out how all the wires connect together though the headlamp / ignition spaghetti mess..
the wiring diagrams we were using as a rough referral guide were obtained from cvkustoms website. Many many useful things here! thanks charlie.
