'83 Triumph T140ES Refurb project

[otherwise]

Not very hot. It's just a small bottle torch, and I only waved it around for maybe 2 minutes.

Hold the tip of the flame off the part, and keep it moving; touch it every now and then, and you'll see when it's getting too hot to touch. That's hot enough.

(you can sacrifice a tiny fingertip burn; or just keep a 6-year-old around, they'll want to touch it and you can teach them a lesson at the same time)

See, that's the kind of great advice we get on TT, ya can't find gems like that elsewhere.

 

[Bonnie79D]

(you can sacrifice a tiny fingertip burn; or just keep a 6-year-old around, they'll want to touch it and you can teach them a lesson at the same time)

Hi GrandPaul,

Thanks,

I don't have a 6 year old but do have a 5 year old grandson living with me. I'll use him!!

Love your sense of humour.

 

[Bonnie79D]

Washed the exterior of the lower end, swapped out the clutch plates, and painted the cylinders in place. Sent off all the specific parts to cad plating & polishing, and the speedo off to have a new glass & bezel installed.

Hi grandpaul,

What paint did you use on the barrels?

 

[devo]

Hey Ian
Over here we have VHT engine enamel in gloss black,Check around,I'm sure youll find it over there.

edit: I may have jumped the gun on the gloss black,but is definitely available in matt or satin.

 

[harper6t]

An Impact screwdriver with an allen key adapter would probably be a good thing to use to initially loosen the screw, a sharp knock is often better than a slow increase in pressure for shifting a stuck screw.

 

[grandpaul]

I use Rust-O-Leum gloss black in the rattle-can. One regular size can will easily produce two very nice coats with leftover paint to touch up various areas on frame, swingarm and other bits.

I typically mask and paint the cylinders in an upside-down position first, all the way around, between the fins, etc. Allow to dry just a bit, then flip 'em right-side-up and repeat. let dry in the Texas sun for a day, then repeat the process the next day. let dray another day before attempting to install.

In this case, I didn't have the luxury of painting them off the engine, so I did the best I could in-place on the bench, and used a fan to assist in drying.

 

[grandpaul]

Cad plated stuff finally arrived!





Sorted stuff out and set to work bolting up all the rear brake master cylinder bits; that's the FIRST THING you bolt up to a rear disc OIF Triumph when you start building it!

 

[grandpaul]

Going back and forth to my friend/neighbor Keith's house for various items on several projects I have going; I "borrowed" him on one trip to help me get the engine off the bench stand and down into the chassis - zero scratches or issues, it just eased right in place with a heavy towel over the lower frame rails. Sorted all the proper spacers and fasteners and nipped it all in place-



Installed the swingarm after greasing the bushings heavily. Then disassembled the Marzocchi shocks to touchup paint them; here they are loosely on the bike, the springs are still drying-

 

[DaveM]

oooh nice shiny parts starting to look great

 

[CarlS]

Looking mighty good.

 

[mikechev]

Hmmm... the tip about the rear brake M/C is a great one... I'm now finding out the hard way DOH!

 

[Bonnie79D]

Looking good. Hmmm wished I lived ..... Just down the road!!

 

[grandpaul]

You almost can't live "just down the road" from me, there's only a little chunk of Rio Grande valley below me, then it's all Mexico.

 

[grandpaul]

Too busy on the '67 Norton project to do much today, but I did get the shocks done after a mighty struggle with a human spring compressor!



Also got back the speedo that had the glass replaced. Joel Levine (Atlanta) also spruced it up, it looks like new but retained the original mileage (kilometerage?)



That's all I've got today, but the weekend should be VERY busy!

 

[otherwise]

What's the history of the bike that it has a km/h speedo, a bit strange for the US?

 

[grandpaul]

It's a Canadian bike.

 

[CarlS]

Joel did his usual fine work on the speedo.

 

[grandpaul]

Took the brake discs to my friend's shop to clean them up with his lathe, then realized it would be easier to bead blast them, then turn them in the lathe and dress them with medium grit sandpaper. They were not gouged at all, and were very true-



Here's a shot of one disc already painted and ready to mount as soon as the wheels get here from Buchanan's-



Quite a difference "before and after"-



Too busy with another client's Norton, that's all I got done on this one today.

 

[mikechev]

It's a Canadian bike.

Appoligies on GP's behalf to all you Pommes/limeys out there... what he meant to say was It's a British bike built for the Canadian market hence the KMH speedo:y87:

 

[devo]