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by Oli Hulme
11 Mar 2025 11:18
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: speedo drive removal
Replies: 11
Views: 1631

Re: speedo drive removal

Hi Ollie I had my wheels done by AC in Yeovil. They did an excellent job of masking everywhere I asked for (including the speedo drive etc etc) and achieved a very good finish. They spectographically analysed the paint on the rim under the tyre to get the 'correct' colour too. Thanks! Yeovil is fai...
by Oli Hulme
10 Mar 2025 12:09
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: speedo drive removal
Replies: 11
Views: 1631

Re: speedo drive removal

thank you!
by Oli Hulme
10 Mar 2025 11:24
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: speedo drive removal
Replies: 11
Views: 1631

speedo drive removal

I have searched for an answer to this, but can't find it. can anyone suggest a successful method of taking the speedo worm drive off a cast wheel? My Strada's wheels have a ruined finish, and i want to get them restored, but most powder coaters need the wheel bare. i can get the bearings out but tha...
by Oli Hulme
17 Dec 2024 10:36
Forum: The 500
Topic: 500 model names
Replies: 1
Views: 1681

500 model names

a question: I've always thought the 500 roadster came with two names, the 500 Maestro and the 500 sei-v.
Was there ever a 500 Sport or a 500 Strada and if there was, were they sold as such in the UK?
by Oli Hulme
17 Feb 2024 09:12
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Bottom end strip
Replies: 4
Views: 2998

Bottom end strip

I'm undertaking a bottom end strip on a long abandoned (long story) engine that has been sitting with it's barrels off and has a lot of dried in oil residue and may have debris inside. The engine doesn't appear to have any appreciable wear. I have three current issues. 1: how do I get the two heavil...
by Oli Hulme
16 May 2023 08:43
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Strada/kanguro Hybrid
Replies: 3
Views: 2041

Re: Strada/kanguro Hybrid

That's brilliant news, thanks. There's no dish on the rotor, and no case, but I've a spare one of those. Thanks again Steve!
by Oli Hulme
14 May 2023 17:07
Forum: Off road bikes
Topic: Kanguro
Replies: 11
Views: 10142

Re: Kanguro

Can you fit Strada electrics (rotor, coils, transducer pick up, loom etc) to a Kanga engine?
I've got all the above electrics and a Kanga engine, but it feels as though I may have jumped in a bit quickly...
by Oli Hulme
14 May 2023 16:53
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Strada/kanguro Hybrid
Replies: 3
Views: 2041

Strada/kanguro Hybrid

In the middle of my Strada rebuild I've bought a Kanguro engine for a very reasonable price (someone had tried to put it in a hardtail chopper frame and given up). It was a quick decision and I didn't do my homework. But i would have bought it anyway as a source of spares... Anyway I now have two an...
by Oli Hulme
07 Mar 2022 12:04
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Carb inlets
Replies: 0
Views: 2148

Carb inlets

I'm in the middle of an engine rebuild, and I have three cylinder heads. Two of them have the later type carb inlets, which use the rubber manifolds, and one has the older type inlet, which the carb bolts on to. Apart from missing the inlet stub, (I do have it, lurking in a box) this early type is i...
by Oli Hulme
17 Aug 2021 10:26
Forum: Bikes and bits wanted
Topic: Steering head bearing cups and others
Replies: 3
Views: 3511

Re: Steering head bearing cups and others

Actually, scrub this. After weeks of searching, I found the damn cups shortly after posting this. I'll get the rest from Mdina...
by Oli Hulme
16 Aug 2021 19:30
Forum: Bikes and bits wanted
Topic: Steering head bearing cups and others
Replies: 3
Views: 3511

Steering head bearing cups and others

Has anyone got the following for a 1980 350:

Steering head bearing cups x 2
A clutch spring bucket (I only need one)
And an exhaust ferrule ring.

Cheers
by Oli Hulme
04 Aug 2021 12:37
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: special tool MOR-T4
Replies: 5
Views: 4785

Re: special tool MOR-T4

Thanks for the offer Harry, it sounds like i did the same thing in the end! I just stared at the thing for ages, tried and failed several times, then rummaged around in a box of triumph bits and found half a two legged puller which I attached two 8mm bolts and washers to on either end. It did work, ...
by Oli Hulme
27 Jul 2021 13:08
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: special tool MOR-T4
Replies: 5
Views: 4785

special tool MOR-T4

My old Harglo manual says that I should always use something called Special Tool Mor-T4 to get the camshaft drive gear off.
Can anyone advise what it looks like, where I might get one, or what I could use instead?

Cheers!
by Oli Hulme
03 Jul 2021 14:21
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: 375 liner enough meat?
Replies: 14
Views: 9144

Re: 375 liner enough meat?

Thanks chaps!
by Oli Hulme
02 Jul 2021 10:37
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: 375 liner enough meat?
Replies: 14
Views: 9144

Re: 375 liner enough meat?

To my enormous surprise and delight, the shop has measured and honed the bores and despite there being 38k miles on it, the wear is minimal, so I can use the old pistons with new rings. Now to solve the head gasket issue... I'll anneal the old ones, but does anyone know if I can use composite ones? ...