Vincent Motorcycle Misc Information Vincent Technical Sections: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vincent Motorcycle - Miscellaneous Information A collection of communications dealing with tidbits of information that may or may not be true or accurate but are enjoyable to read. Minor condensation and editing. Scroll down for Max Lambky's Restoration Tips. An entire series of Great Tech Articles. 2/24/10 Recomissioning a stored Vincent: With rocker caps removed, also the big end quill and cylinder feed quil, and the long forward banjo bolt on the timing cover removed. And of course the main feed banjo bolt feeding the oil pump itself, ie at the bottom end of the large feed oil line, this loosened off before pouring oil into the tank above.

Using a lever type oil can one begins by pumping a half dozen full strokes down each of all four pushrods tubes thus flooding the cam lobes and followers. This later drains down into the sump to be returned more quickly by the pump. Then before replacing the rocker caps you shoot a stroke over the top of each rocker arm to oil the inner rocker contact tips and thrust pads, and the lower valve stem and guide. In all near a pint can be injected by these means described above. All to the good in a dry motor. Next one inserts the oil can spout through the forwards banjo bolt opening deeply enough to deliver oil into the filter element housing and pumps that at least half full, soaking the filter and cutting down on the time it takes before delivery of oil begins to the rods etc upon startup. Replace that banjo bolt.

Refill your oil can. Then you can fill the connecting rod big ends via the feed quill bore, even easier to simply do so via the small screw opening in the end of the quill, delivered through a clean shop rag, one layer across the opening to act as a seal. Here you can load up the timing cover passages via the top feed quill beneath the dome nut, replace. With the forwards big feed line banjo now loosened off by several turns a shallow pan is placed below to catch the oil lost in the next all important step.

Pour into the empty oil tank at least 2 or even 3 quarts of good oil, I prefer Valvoline Racing 20 / 50 wt, and watch it arrive down below. Expect to see it blowing out air bubbles and what ever it's driving ahead of the fresh stuff before finally exiting as a clear solid stream into the drip pan below. Only then snug up the banjo bolt, knowing that you have provided fresh oil right to the oil pump entry port. Check the transmission level and the primary chain case contents, draining off any excess via the level plug. That covers the motors immediate needs for firing up after long storage or being rebuilt.

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Best to remove the spark plugs and rotate the motor before starting. ( Sid 2/22/2012) I noted years ago that most copper, steel, or SS oil pipes did not mate up with the rocker feed banjos very well, and like Jack, thought that a flexible pipe would allow the mating joint to self-align. I also noted that the standard pipe is prone to interfering with a plug spanner, and usually coming off worst. I happened to have a good handful of old oil pipes in my 'come in handy' pile, battered in various ways and not fit for use 'as is', but selected the ones with restorable banjos that had at least 3/4' of reasonable oil pipe still attached. I fettled the upper and lower faces by rubbing on wet-and-dry emery paper, cut the pipes down to 3/4' and made them round again, then made a flexible section to fill the gaps. Obviously the ends with a threaded gland nut received either a suitable cut-off pipe end, or a new end. The pipe is from a UK company, Vehicle Wiring Products, and is SS overbraided fuel/oil pipe, fitted with SS ferrules crimped on.

The pipe is a tight fit, and the ferrules even tighter, requiring much fiddling and often blood as the strands of SS go through the skin very easily. Chat With Eliza Software Free Download on this page. The crimp is probably unnecessary, but I am a belt-and-braces person. (For our colonial friends, you might say belt-and-suspenders, but to the English, suspenders hold up stockings on a lady's thigh). I made all the pipes a bit longer than the originals, which arcs the pipe upwards, and leaves room for the plug spanner. It now does not matter if you do hit it with the spanner, it just moves.

All the banjos now sit down flat with ease, and, coupled with sealing rings around the ET189 washer and the Monobloc hybrid bolts, I have no oil leaks from that overhead section of the oil system. Richard Sherwin 2/1/2012.