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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: February 2012
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Sunday, 26 February 2012. Patrick has made a trip to Italy since my last blog in order to get spares. Apparently he does this every so often. I can't imagine why unless he is collecting large quantities of large parts. Maude had added a number of bits that I had asked for but they didn't have in stock. The most important part I needed was a replacement kick start shaft to replace the one issued that was not correct. I have ordered from him a pair of handlebar grips a couple of leaver bolts and a steering...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: February 2013
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Monday, 11 February 2013. I've been thinking about this for a while now. I guess the next logical step is to think about getting the engine running since it would be a great boost to the project. I know that some point in the future I will need to do some welding to the chassis and this could have an impact on what I do next. I have accepted that I will end up with the reworked areas touched up to prevent it looking too much of a mess. This is the fixing point at the off side rear of the scooter, just be...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: The Choke
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013. Is it just me or is it difficult to remove the slack from the choke operating cable? When I received the engine unit back from Scooter Surgery it had a choke cable attached. I had previously bought a choke operating button that fits on the nearside of the frame under the front seat. I assumed that it was a simple matter of connecting this to the cable. Not so for me it appears. It seemed to me that the inner cable needed to be reduced in length by some 20mm. Just enough material t...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: March 2011
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011. I discovered a message on our answer phone on Friday afternoon. I was surprised to hear Patrick's voice telling me that he had got my engine running. As it was late on in the afternoon I decided it was too late to call back and it could wait until next week. We were just finishing our tea when the phone rang and it was Patrick, this was unprecedented, twice in one day! I think he said he had spent 35 hours working on the engine. I failed to tell him that I have decided to assemble...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: June 2011
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011. LINK - TORSION BAR LEAVER. This is the link I traumatised over when I removed the engine. The manuals warned of dire consequences if the pin was removed without unloading the pressure created by the torsion bar and protecting the needle roller bearings during dis-assembly. After a lot of effort and worry I discovered that my link had a plain bearing at the engine end. Now it's time for the engine. When I removed the engine I was aware that the Torsion Bar leaver had some end floa...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: May 2012
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Tuesday, 8 May 2012. Whilst checking through the control cables I discovered that I was short of a throttle cable. You might have thought that it would have been very obvious but as I said non of the cables were identified and none were terminated. I guess I was bewitched by their nice shiny grey covers. I got on to my new found friends at Cassa Lambretta. This nipple should be rotated by 90 degrees. Firstly the end ferrel had to be removed. This is swagged onto the end of the cable and can't just be...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: January 2013
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Monday, 28 January 2013. I have had the exhaust silencer and tail pipe for some time. I bought it in the early days from Scooter Surgery. Thinking that it would only a few weeks before I would want to start the engine. How wrong can you be? Having planned so far ahead I was very disappointing to when a realised that I had not included a gasket with my order (pity no one thought to suggest I might need one). Another call to Scootopia. And I had my gasket. Exhaust manifold "C" spanner. I guess I could have...
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: March 2012
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Thursday, 22 March 2012. I phoned Patrick earlier this week and actually spoke to him. Maude had already let me know that the kick start parts had arrived. So I had hope. That Patrick would have had time to assess the problem. He hadn't, apparently he had been pushed to finish a couple of other jobs and had not got round to looking at my bits. He suggested I phoned next week and he would have had a look by then. On. Secondly, after Tim ( Manurhin resurrection. Had made a visit to see Gransportscooters.
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: May 2011
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011. I had intended to collect the engine last Thursday but June wasn't well enough to go to the Hospice so I had to abandon the trip. This week June was feeling up to the Hospice and so that enabled me to call Patrick and arrange collection of my engine. As luck would have it, Tim (eldest son) was staying overnight prior to riding his Vespa to Italy. 2 Vespas 2 Italy. For not getting up. Saying he had pulled a tendon. There's just so much casting on view and the surface is so dull.
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Lambretta LD150 rebuild: June 2013
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Saturday, 22 June 2013. My scooter never had a stop light switch fitted as I guess this was fitted to the later models in response to legislation. I had a look through various web sites and Blogs in the hope of finding how best to fit a switch. The best I found was at billy192.blogspot. There is a picture of the switch mounted to the frame. I particularly like the switch that was shown as it had a metal body. The switch can be bought for under a fiver and comes complete with the coupling spring. Trying t...
