Winter Project - My New to Me Sad Neglected LeMans

[audiomick]

19 hours ago, Steve Swan said:

... turn the LH pin in for contact, then turn it out between 1/16 to 1/8 turn....

That sounds good. The way I go at it on the V35, and the one time I've done the V11, is to turn the second one in finger tight whilst wobbling the swingarm to see how much play is in there. The aim is no play, and the swingarm stills moves without any restriction, a bit like head-stem bearings. If you're using a tool with leverage to tighten them, they are too tight.

[Steve Swan]

Ok.  On to the the next topic. A couple questions...  Atttached are pics of:  1. The fuel filter, the arrow points to "out," which means gas flow out from the tank to the butt of the arrow?  And the front of the filter, the arrow tip, where does that flow to?  2.  The fuel pump, that hose connection between the Positive and Negative terminals, where does it go to? 3. The two brackets on top of the spine, what attaches to them?

And, now for a free chuckle... when we drop something, or it flies away, if we're lucky we'll here it hit whateve it lands on that gives us a hint of what part of the black hole it ran off to hide in, so hopefully we can find that something sooner than later.  I cease to be amazed at how far away things move from their point of impact...  In thins particulat case, i cannot find that second yellow zinc clamp holding the fuel pump to the frame... I searched for 2 hours to no avail, the only place i have not looked for that clamp is in my refridgerator. All i can think is that i got busy with something, possibly had that clamp in my hand and absentmindedly laid it down to complete what may have required 2 hands... I finally quit looking for it tonight, and will go back out  to the shop another time with a clear mind and a fresh set of eyes and find it.

As always, thanks for sharing your always helpful experience.

[gstallons]

Get in your time machine and go back to the moment you started disassembly and take pics as you tore it down and place all hardware in a bucket , box or something.  When /as you are going back together , replace all rubber parts with new 1/2" high pressure fuel injection fuel hose . For now scroll through pics on this forum and see how things are places and routed. To the best of my knowledge , the fuel hose goes from the tank , to the pump , to the fuel filter and then to the fuel injectors. The fuel pump usually takes the fuel and pushes it through the filter , then to the fuel rail. That is how it does in your car. 

Are you asking?s about the wiring going to the fuel pump ?  The clamp , you need to find it and Sherlock Holmes where it was and where it goes.

[audiomick]

6 hours ago, Steve Swan said:

... I finally quit looking for it tonight, and will go back out  to the shop another time with a clear mind and a fresh set of eyes and find it.

That's the best plan.

My sister figured out the physics of it some years ago:

When you look for something, the act of searching builds up an energy state that, if the search goes on for more than a couple of minutes, causes the sought after object to pop across into another dimension.

Only when you stop looking does the energy state dissipate, allowing the object to fall back into our dimension and be found.