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01MLacey's MK3 Bike carb'ed Breadvan (Project)

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LITTLE UPDATE:

so 2 alloys and centre caps finished the other 2 are primered but ran out of spray :x

anyway here they are

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let me know what you all think :thumbsup:

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Hmmm, not a massive fan of them mate. Like the colour, but they may look a bit out of place on a breadvan.

I also thought you had painted some pancakes white, then left them to dry on that newspaper on the the wheels :lol:

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Welcome to scrubville!

indeed I'm lowering the back another 10- 20mm aswell :lol:

I think he may be talking about Bideford :lol:

Welcome to scrubville!

indeed I'm lowering the back another 10- 20mm aswell :lol:

I think he may be talking about Bideford :lol:

:lol:

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Hmmm, not a massive fan of them mate. Like the colour, but they may look a bit out of place on a breadvan.

I also thought you had painted some pancakes white, then left them to dry on that newspaper on the the wheels :lol:

there not the nicest of wheels prefer thm over tranculors :lol:

hate them things not sure why i ever bought them

haha pancakes ;)

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Welcome to scrubville!

indeed I'm lowering the back another 10- 20mm aswell :lol:

I think he may be talking about Bideford :lol:

:lol:

My bad ;)

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finelly got some things through the post which means i can make a little more progress :-D

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might update more tonight if its worth but ill see how i get on :)

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done a few little things today finished smoothing the rad cowling tray thing

summin a little different not seen it done before so why not

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need some more primer then finish it same coulor as my polo or gloss white not decided yet ;)

let me know what you guys think of the progress so far

going to get on with the casrb set up tommorow but still waiting for a rotor arm till i can crank it over

also sprayed another wheel and used a whole can i guess a 300ml can was not enuff god dam :(

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Just seen your from bideford. I live in bratton fleming.

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Just seen your from bideford. I live in bratton fleming.

yaaay new dubber only really 4 in bideford :)

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Finished the cowling rad cover today looks smooth 8-)

theres a dam hair onit :(

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fitted the bike carb manifold aswell but as its a bodge all the holes line up except one :oops:

take a file to that hole and get the last bolt in

then waiting for spring hose clips and a rotor arm and i think i can try crank her over and hope for the best ;)

CHEERS THEN!!!

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were did u get the exhaust rubbers from and how much ? you got a link cheers

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As normal i dont have much luck and nothing goes smothly fitted the inlet manifold ,thought ill double check everythings tight and..................PING!

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i have no drill either I've tried tapping it round and it seems a little loose so hopefully it should extract easy

set backs annoy me :(

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LITTLE UPDATE:

All 4 alloys now gloss white centre caps done aswell

the boot is primered

hopefully tommorow going to extract the bolt from the head as I've got hold of a drill

if the bolt extraction goes well ill get the manifold and carbs on and try get it running

just hope things go my way :)

How is the arch?

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How is the arch?

dunno haha i aint touched it yet just put my manifold and carbs on :D

guna try get in started in a bit just having a little break :lol:

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good day today

bolt extracted

manifold fitted

bike carbs fitted

alloys fitted

boot sprayed up

:-D

heres the bay

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let me know what yous all think

plus any sugestions for the no spark problem :?

cheers

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Good news on getttin the bolt out bud, lookin good too.

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Good news on getttin the bolt out bud, lookin good too.

cheers mate only took 10-15 minutes was really loose which was great

just got the no spark problem now

should look alot better once bodyworks finshed aswell

cheers

Ah even better,

Spark issue humm could be a few things. Cheaked all fues'? always a good place to start

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Ah even better,

Spark issue humm could be a few things. Cheaked all fues'? always a good place to start

fuses?

I'm going mk2 ignition setup by the looks of things now

anyone got mk2 dizzy & amp cheap as posible please pm me

cheers

I've got one, sadly not for sale :p just on with makin a manifold, duno why tho I'm stayin with the digifant lol

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