New tank and fixing the head.   

I was certain that I was suffering form blowby, and needed some new pistonrings, so to make things complete I decided to give it a Top and barrel Overhaul.

This is the Head and pistons before:

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This is afterwards:

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And now for fitting:

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Draganfly has new tanks made from india. these are in very great condition, and comes fully cromed.

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Checking the gearbox for excessive Greasing, and yes there were too much..

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Cleaning out the axcess grease.

It ws found that vibrations at high speeds were due to worn bearings in the gearbox, so i finaly took it apart for complete overhaul:

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the reaming and fitting of end bushes were done with help from Henrik Larsen, and making and fitting of new mainshaft bushes were done with help from Torben Olsen.

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The raw panel from draganfly has now retruned from the cromer, and can be seen here loosely fitted on the panel tank. Waiting for complete assembly when the speedometer cable and DC40 trouble ligt arrives from draganfly. Please note the nice Speedometer I got from Henrik to complete the KG500 Project. 

I am a member of the "Danish Ariel Club" (www.arielklubben.dk), and "Ariel  Owners MC Club", Back to start page HOME - Get your Ariel things here www.draganfly.co.uk. 

Email me at - kimfmx@gmail.com