belfastguzzi

CONGRATULATIONS! How did you get them? Are they the ones that you had ordered ages ago? Do you know if new stock has been released?

KB, have you been able to see alignment marks on the Scura flywheel?

At the beginning of the year, one of UK's biggest MG suppliers told me that the Ti kit is just not available (and it won't be).

How come you lot can still get those MG Ti kits? Has there been a big stockpile of them in the USA that is still being accessed???

Hmmm, maybe not much sense, as the switch works (if my bad memory serves me) when the 'actuator' drops into a depression and pressure is taken off it, for neutral (like a courtesy light car door switch). Therefore removing a washer to push the switch further in would make it more likely for the light to stay off. If a washer was inserted to move the switch out, then it might be more effective – or the light might stay on permanently.

That's what I was going to suggest and then you can start to narrow down where the fault is. Also just check that connector anyway in case it as simple as a disconnection or bad connection there.

With that many parts flying in formation together you are referring to a helicopter of course! Yes, I was actually! Wondering if the 'break-in' is regarded as just the time that the rings/bore take to settle in, with no further procedure to bother about (apart from oil stuff). Of course I dare say that aircraft parts are machined with a different degree of precision than Guzzi parts.

Maybe so. I actually drilled the hole at the top, near the bulb, hoping to encourage condensation out (not the side to duplicate the speedo). Perhaps a drain hole at the bottom as well may do the trick.

That's what I've been wondering. Maybe someone here knows?

Sounds like that gets the rings sorted, but what about the rest of the 1,235,986 parts?

I assume that the glass gets a lot colder (esp. compared to the air inside the clock housing).

but as I said earlier, drilling an equivalent hole in the tacho has made absolutely no difference.

Surely the condensation is not because of a leak past the glass? I have never seen water sitting in the tacho. The speedo does not mist up and it is the same glass/seal construction.

ahem..... make sure that you use the right sort of oil...

I think that the hopeless part is the pivot/adjuster end that the brake/clutch lever fits into. It is so thin that it bends as soon as you look at it. I find it hard to imagine the lever itself breaking before that skinny stuff bends or snaps. AL won't approve, but I have glued and bolted a broken one back together, without adjuster as I don't want that and it's just a point of weakness. I carry it as a spare for emegency use.

it's over there

You can do an upgrade by adding a feed from a compressed oxygen tank. It shold increase the flame significantly. It's great for cutting through traffic at night.

1 Even when you are out wiggling your relay? 2 Constantly wet with Atlantic weather heading this direction and - No 3 I will need to check it, but I don't remember this gap and certainly water does not enter and collect

I think that my very first post here was about this and I discovered that there had been lots of posts before... and there have been lots since. This is one of those simple little issues that are so utterly perplexing. I took the tach off and thoroughly dried it out. Made no difference. I drilled a hole to make the tacho side as identical to the speedo side as possible (as the speedo doesn't fog) – the main difference is that the speedo has a lage hole in the METAL case where the reset shaft goes through, which would allow an exchange of air. Made no difference. Interestingly it seems that the latest clocks. which are completely different models as I understand it, are suffering in the same way as the earlier Veglia units. ? It's hard to see that there can be a warranty fix (exchange) when it appears to be an inherent problem.

Yep that's the problem. Can anyone give more information on the Quat D box? I know it has been mentioned before but there was talk of problems - weld seams splitting? Is there a better version now that anyone has experience of?

Re Ratchet, isn't that the opinion that was given 'everywhere' – that those bikes were supplied with a tyre that was too big for rim? Then eventually MG moved it up to a wider size.

yep: gaffa tape, gaffer tape, duct tape, duck tape, elephant tape, etc. etc. It holds the world together, but only for so long – and then it leaves a horrible mess. The worst is when it has been used to repair seat covers and hand grips.

OK, I see what happened now. There is a thread elsewhere that I had been avoiding. I've just looked at it and I see that there was a picture of 'someone' posted that had the effect of unhingeing you. Nature isn't always pretty. Here's hoping that your inner child recovers and your wild behaviour stops.

Dear Al, are you mad? Publishing your graphic details like this. How many times have YOU been told – wiggle your relay in private. The cops are clearly onto you and next time could be the time when indeed they manage to get a good look. Then you've had it. Stick with your own advice and keep everything buttoned up.

This is interesting. Does the 3M stuff remove old Gaffa tape glue? I don't know anything that makes a good job of cleaning that dreadful residue up. Maybe this is it? I wonder where I can get it?