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Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:39 pm
by itma
do it on the compression stroke, thats both pushrods free to turn.
you can set these engines with ignition in the retard position, or, what the book is getting at, in the advanced position by wedgeing the advance weights; I'd use a 1/4 inch nut: set it, mark it and then remove points plate after to remove the nut. Mark it clearly and there will be no problem.
While you are in there, check over the auto advance unit.
Wipe the centre spindle clean, DO NOT use abrasive paper, oil the spindle with a light oil, 3 in 1 or the like;do the same for the pivot pins of the weights,they are usually showing rusty red dust;have a look at the springs as well, are they stretched?
Just make sure that every thing goes back as it came off;mark it all with a dab of paint as a guide.
the cam should slide off easily, if it sticks at all its because the end has been hit and mushroomed,use an oil stone to remove any burr.
Under the blot head should be a shakeproof washer, then a plain washer.
This washer should not be so big as to restrict the movement of the cam when its all done up,
I have always put a thin 4BA washer under the first plain washer to keep it away.
A free moving auto advance will make a world of difference to acceleration and tick over.

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:44 pm
by mn757
Thanks for the info on timing, that makes much more sense now. The mrs wont let me in the garage until the weekend, but I'll have a crack at it then.

thanks again,

mn757

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:48 pm
by Rick.Edwards
cant you go in there on the pretense of doing some important work for the house?

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:19 pm
by itma
he's obviously not been married long, otherwise she'd be glad to get him in there out of the way.
Married men invented sheds.

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:44 pm
by Rick.Edwards
My better half would not let me out the shed untill it was fixed, mindyou she let me restore a Beezer sloper in the middle room. she hasn't got any sisters! by the way.

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:04 pm
by SPRIDDLER
quote:
The mrs wont let me in the garage until the weekend, but I'll have a crack at it then.
mn757


Ah, you need to learn the secret of a happy marriage:
Compromise, compromise, compromise........
.......Never, EVER, compromise.
I should know - it's worked with all three of my wives.

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:07 pm
by Rick.Edwards
THREE!

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:28 pm
by MikeM.
My Greeves frame has been in our dining room for over a month now, the engine is in the garage waiting to go in the rear half then I can fit the front end and forks. I will probably do the assembly in the garage----when I can find some floor space!

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:18 pm
by itma
Three, but not all at once

Non starting G2 - New owner seeks help.

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:01 pm
by Merlin
Only two so far

So many women so little timeEdited by - Merlin on 25 Mar 2009 9:01:54 PM