1 Mistakes so far Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:03 am
Denovision
active member
Started refurbisuing the bike and began by trying to fix the seized front brake calipers by renewing seals etc(she has been stood inside for eight years)...after much "non improvement" it eventuallyturned out to be the brake lever jamming NOT the calipers. (two days wasted) Then I turned my attention to the REAR leaking brake caliper...loads of visible oil on the floor. Same process of cleaning out and replacing seals renewing tubing and oil header tanks etc...turned out to be a leak from the rear hub. (another two days wasted) All this time the engine wasEngine was starting and running fine on jump leads. Bought a new battery and for good measure repaced the Earth cable. Proud of myself till I realised I'd momentarily had the jump leads on in reverse order. Now she starts but the ignition light stays on. It will probably turn out to be something like another Earh somewhere but definitely NOT the voltage regulator which is where I'm starting today. I thought it might just be a bit easier than this!Oh yes...and now the radiator has started to leak...