Lucky Phil

He says he replaced the battery in his initial post? ( "I was tested about"... with battery at the top of the list). Ciao

Welcome aboard Kevin, and thanks. This is Joes email and he lives in Britain and speaks English better I think than Italian. joe.caruso@ntlworld.com He can take a day or 2 to respond, mention my name and this board so he can keep abreast of his reach. We need guys like him and scudd and Chuck with the skills to make well engineered stuff to keep the Guzzi's running and improving. Joes getting ready to make his own pumps that will be even better the the DAS pump so I'd wait for his to become available. I should be fitting his jackshaft and oil pump gears to the Daytona engine very soon. Ciao

Yes Chuck, Valpollini gaskets I have them on my bike. From an engineering perspective they appear to be far superior to the originals and so far zero leaks. Mind you I havent done many miles on them yet but Pete says they are the go. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20295&hl=gaskets Ciao

Managed a little more progress today. Crank installed. One thing I noticed while checking yesterday and returned to today was the rear main bearing mounting bolt protrusion. They all looked to be bottoming a little too early for mine so I measured and did a calculation. So the main bearing carrier flange together with the gasket and the wave washer measure at 8.65 mm thickness give or take and the bolt under head face to flange with the bolt bottomed out in the threads measured 8.37 mm. That's about 0.3mm or 0.012" or 1/4 turn from thread bound. Not so great. I managed to extend the tapped threads another 1.5 mm or so and get the bolt threaded depth somewhere back to comfortable. Because both the main bearing carriers were a snug fit I decided to heat the cases in the oven to 100 deg C and the front and rear both just dropped in with a few studs fitted for alignment. Better than trying to crank them down with studs and nuts I think. Better First round of the 2019 WSB at Phillip Island this weekend so I'll get back to this next week. Ciao

Ha,excellent. Will do thanks. Ciao

Thought you already had that covered Pete, along with me Ciao

Well after doing the priority task (installing 2 600 liter water tanks for the wifes gardening) I managed to sneak an hour or so on the Daytona engine. I cleaned out the crank and oil galleries and fitted the new plug. Here's a tip...when you trial fit the plug and tighten it up re check the interior of the crank pin again for aluminium particles off the plug. The last thread or so of the plug can get shaved by the end threads in the crank and the shavings end up inside the pin bore. Happened in this case to me. Re cleaned the bore of the pin and loctited the plug in place. I'll give it a couple of punch marks tomorrow when the loctite has cured. I also roughed up the rear cam bearing blank and applied some hi temp JB weld as has been suggested by some. Belts and braces I guess. Hmm.....doesn't look quite this horrid in the flesh thank goodness. Ciao

Thanks for the image, the guard seems to compliment the style of the bike nicely. Ciao

Very neat docc. Ciao

Very nice work. Can you post a shot of the whole bike side on? Ciao

Well these days sand cast is more suited to small production runs as there is no investment in expensive tooling just the cheaper patterns. It also enables you implement modifications to the casting quickly and cheaply buy modding the pattern. Some claim the materials are stronger but the shapes need to be a little less complex to get the material to flow into the mold compared to pressure die cast. Its a good question. My Ducati 1198s uses pressure diecast crankcases but the R version (and therefore the WSB bikes at the time) used heavier and stronger sand cast cases. So they were Homologated with the sand cast cases. I remember the Ducati sand cast bevel cases from the 70's and most had Araldite in them somewhere to fill porosity and voids. But then again the pressure diecast ones on the 80's and 90's eight valvers also suffered from porosity. Chuck may be able to chime in with more detailed info. Ciao

No, this new bearing and carrier just have a slightly larger drilling for the restrictor and a deeper shoulder for it to sit on. Not sure why. Its also a sand cast carrier as well and the original is diecast. I think it came from HMB Guzzi in Germany and may be an aftermarket piece. Its nicely made and I have no issues using it it just differs in details. The original restrictor would have contacted the crank journal on the new one. The carrier is a separate part with a single piece double track bearing pressed into it by the looks of things. Same for both old and new. Ciao

Machined up a new rear main bearing carrier oil feed restrictor today. Same overall length just a longer shoulder and slightly larger OD to position it in the carrier and fit the drilling better. Ciao