I have a Guzzi

Happy New Year...

At last, a sunny day, and what a day, clear blue sky, no clouds, no salt on the roads, just a little damp here and there, damn near perfect.

So I thought I should take the Guzzi out for a spin, it is the first time I have had a chance to ride it since I bought the old thing, and got trailered home with the oil leak! time to see if all my work has paid off. So I opened the garage door, and there it stood in the sunlight of a new year...

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So I pushed it into a new day, aand it fired right up, and soon settled into a pleasant tickover, we were ready to go. But where should we go on this fine day, well the Phoenix at Phoenix Green that's where. So I made a couple of calls, to see who was about, and off I set, on quiet empty roads, heading for North Hampshire, and a coffee at Hartley Wintney...
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So having had a nice hot coffee, I made my way the short distance up the road to Phoenix Green, and soon found somewhere to park up, before going off to see what was about...

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Well it was soon time to be heading for home, so I fired up the bike, and headed for the lanes, some of these were a bit dodgy following all the rain of lat, with lots of mud on the corners, But I was soon back home, and the bike ran pretty good, the gear change has improved with the new clutch cable, although I still have a little work to do there, but alas, my left foot was again covered in oil, :confused: but not this time from the breather assembly, this time from the head, so it looks as though I need to do the head gaskets and o-rings.

:thumb2
 
i certainly sold mine at the wrong time.

it was something of as habit with me. now i just don't sell anything :D
 
cookie said:
i certainly sold mine at the wrong time.

it was something of as habit with me. now i just don't sell anything :D
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I must admit I am usually on the wrong side of a trend, but maybe this time I got lucky.:bounce1 but I have no intention of selling it so in reality it makes no difference.:thumb
 
Just looked at the photos, Kev. That Norton Wasp outfit is something else! Thanks for snapping it.

Fluff
 
Just another Sunday morning...

Sunday morning was upon me, so I thought what should I do with it? I know, I shall drag the Guzzi from its slumbers, and have a pootle about in the direction of the Barge, and maybe look into booking a few places for a camping weekend later in the year.

So I walked down to my lockup, and dragged the old girl out, she was a bit sluggish to start, the cold had got to the battery, but it did start. Next I had to find a garage as both tyres were pretty soft, so once that was sorted, and after a blast round the block, to make sure all was well, I headed out.

The first thing I needed to do though was find a roadside coffee hut, and grab a bacon roll and coffee, well that wasn't to hard to sort out and I was soon getting on the outside of both...

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while enjoying the coffee, a nice little Fiat 500 pulled up..

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Coffee and roll now done I once more headed out, to do my task for the day, and having done that I returned home to give the Guzzi and my R80 a good wash, to clear the lingering road salt that blows about at this time of the year...

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Once that was done, I adjusted up the gear linkage assembly on the Guzzi before dropping it back to the lockup.

I am so looking forward to warmer days...:thumb
 
Just a short bimble on my Guzzi...
Just to warm it up so I could change the oils, and find the stripped threads left by a previous owner, that now need sorting out. Luckily they were only on a level screw, and not a drain plug.

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I now have a new oil leak, after curing all the others, this time from the distributer, I guess there is an oil seal or o-ring at the base where it goes into the block.

:blast
 
the level screw going is a common problem. i've seen a lot with over sized/wrong threaded/bodged in with ptfe tape b olts.

the dissy has a gasket. at least it should come out with the engine in the frame. i seem to recall they don't on tontis.

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while you're there, check the dynamo bracket (11) to crankcase bolts. almost never see one that's got two left.
even if they are ok, fabricate a strap to weld to the back of the bracket and fix to the dissy base bolt. this works if you can't get the original stud out too ;)
 
England-Kev said:
Just a short bimble on my Guzzi...
Just to warm it up so I could change the oils, and find the stripped threads left by a previous owner, that now need sorting out. Luckily they were only on a level screw, and not a drain plug.

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I now have a new oil leak, after curing all the others, this time from the distributer, I guess there is an oil seal or o-ring at the base where it goes into the block.

:blast
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The gasket at the base of the distributor is a 'f&%Ker' for leaking! Its a paper gasket..Well on the Tonti's anyway, not sure about the loop frames. The frame needs to be lifted off the engine to get to it. Definitely a design oversight by Moto Guzzi in my opinion. Smear a bit of instant gasket on both sides of the paper gasket. Worked on mine anyway.. Lovely bike!!
 
England-Kev said:
the oil appears to be coming from the top of the stand, not at the bottom where the gasket is shown:confused:
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not heard of that one. not taken a distributor apart either, but i guess there's an o ring in there somewhere.

i'm wondering if you have a lot of crankcase pressure? got oil coming out of the engine breather?
 
Do any of you have the tool for removing the fork seal holder, that I could borrow, I have the fork legs out, I have new seals, but I can't get the chrome holders off the sliders
 
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