Recent content by Burnerman

You'll be replacing the auxiliary belt too, I guess? John :)

As above twice.......look for the truth marks on the engine mounting and all will be well. Have you got the tensioner kit yet? The last one I did came with it's own tensioning two pronged key but I can't remember what size engine it was. If it has a spring loaded tensioner, check out Youtube...

That's correct - I've just come home from a Normandy beaches visit and I noticed at the Omaha museum the trucks had Prestone stencilled on their radiators. John :)

How about the fuel supply.......fuel, tank filter etc? John :)

The anti - freeze properties stay with the cheaper mixes for many years......it's the anti corrosion additives that lets it down. John :)

The idle screw is visible in the first pic. Count how many turns the brass screw has before removing it completely. The carb may benefit from a good clean out, of course! John

I'd use the Prestone stuff without any qualms at all- it's been on the go for many years. John

The screw indicated by the blue arrow is actually a tapered needle that fits into the main jet......personally I've never had to adjust one of these so I'd go for the other one, and unscrew it anticlockwise an eighth of a turn at a time. John :)

When I smart charge my new Yuasa motorbike battery it never reads over 80% even when the charge indicates full. On starting up however, the battery indicates 100% when the motor is running. Maybe it's just a syndrome of battery charging that you are experiencing that we don't know much about...

I guess it all depends on the weight you intend to carry.......steel angle for me, and including steel tubing for the upper works. Consider copying an existing design, and maybe using Indespention suspension units. You may of course be able to recondition a second hand trailer from Gumtree or...

By doing this you are teasing the ignition coil to produce a stronger spark at the plug......aged mechanics trick! Take the machine back if convenient but if not, try a new plug first then maybe a new igniter unit. P.S using a ready mixed Aspen type fuel will pay dividends! Stihl and Husqvarna...

I have a Bipper, bought new in September 2017, £10000. The first thing I did was to chuck away the shell partition between driver and load space and replace it with a ladder type one, second hand. This greatly increases the load space and access. It now has 70k on the clock, I'm the only...

Good move, the black comes from various rubber seals, combined with some heat. Dextron 3 I guess! John

No reason not to check the resistance of the injectors, I seem to recall 16 ohms was about the normal on these but they should all be the same. John

I've used clay bars before but these days I use the No Nonsense wash and wax from Screwfix, Muc Off for bugs etc and Meguiars products if I want to go deeper. I don't have a garage so the cars have to get on with it really. Autoglym do a great dash board cleaner, forget the name of that one...