First Generation Ascots > The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs
Dutch FT project
FT500R:
Changed the output shaft seal yesterday.
Description can be found in the splitting the engine cases topic in the tech section.
Also repaired the neutral wire for my new stator so everything is ready to go, just waiting for DHL to find the rest of my parts.
FT500R:
DHL officially lost the package with the kickstart axle, both side covers and the cilinder head cover.
Very unfortunate as they will only refund 3,40 euro per kg which ofcourse is nothing compared to the value.
The seller officially is responsible but as this was a private person and not a webshop getting my money back or replacement parts is going to take a while if I will get it at all.
Really bums me out, had a lot of time to work on the bike these days and was really looking forward to it.
Project is not halted though, I'm going to get my head cover machined to accept the decompression lever and remove the plug in the clutch cover for the kickstart axle. I still have to source a new kickstart axle and will not have the automatic decompression for now though.
Will keep you posted on progress.
FT500R:
Got the shaft with all the bits needed and installed everything into the bottom casing.
Thankfully I have an expert mechanic (meCatnic) who checked if I fitted everything correctly.
FT500R:
Was able to close the engine today. It is quite fiddly but eventually I got it done.
I also took the cylinder head cover off to have it machined for the decompression release and I found the little piece of the setting ring that went missing some time ago!
Removed the spark plug to make sure there was no compression and gently checked if the kickstart worked.
Conclusion; Succes!
Unfortunately the wrecker where I bought my clutch cover send me the wrong one (XL500S with the smaller kickstart hole). Next to that I discovered that I can never make a XL500R stator cover work. There is simply no room in the cover to mount the FT500 stator.
FT500R:
Made some blocking plates to get rid of the pinion gear and the starter motor.
Also applied some paint stripper to the covers to get them completely clean.
At first my covers started to look like the painting starry night by Van Gogh but eventually the silver paint stripped of completely.
The black original Honda paint won't come off though.
I'm now looking for a paint that looks a lot like blank cast aluminium. Might go for VHT engine enamel although that looks to be a bit too shiny. Any thoughts on what product works best and looks most like aluminium?
regards,
Paul
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