Re: points-shorting/misfiring heads up
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:46 am
We weren't too purturbed by them requiring a slight mod, as they were only 6.65 British lbs, or roughly 9.8 Australian bananas.
What would that be in US cheeseburgers?DucatiPete wrote:We weren't too purturbed by them requiring a slight mod, as they were only 6.65 British lbs, or roughly 9.8 Australian bananas.
Pete, I'm glad you got that sorted. We discussed all sorts of pissabolities to do with the issue, and I totally failed to consider what happened to a similar set of Motobins points on Brunhilde a couple of months ago. I also had a short there and had far too many electrons going through the points spring. A lot of smoke escaped and the spring lost its spring (its raison d'etre), leaving the points permanently open. It was a scary moment, seeing smoke escape from the timing cover. I'll be keeping an i on that in the future.
oooww... gotta keep that smoke in... we all know what happens if that gets out... 