Ivy: Leather Wraps

Wrapped Ivy's new bars with the same Tourneau tennis wrap I used before.  Went for a few laps after that and they felt great.

Ivy: New Bars

Swapped the bars over to the new Euro setup.

Went smoothly but realized that the old mirrors looked horrible on the new bars.  Couldn't really get anything to work that looked good and showed enough of the rear view.  Finally left just the right side on so I at least have something. But ordered some bar end mirrors from Dime City right off.

Ivy: Timing and Loose Wires

So Ivy losing spark was either the timing being off, or the points wire getting disconnected, or maybe both.  Although the disconnected wire makes more sense as I may have kicked it loose when I stopped to check for smoke the previous day.

Still, good to set the timing correctly anyway.

With that done and the points wire firmly connected, she started up easily and we ran a few laps around the hood with no issues.  Though did need to tighten up the clutch cable a bit.

Ivy: New Piston and Rings

Process of elimination to determine why Ivy's still smoking.  Figured first easy fix was just to swap in a new piston with new rings.

Had a new STD piston marked "HF" and installed a new 5-piece ring set.  Three-piece oil ring went on easy.  Top two rings were a bit more fiddly.  Used the ring pliers but was very careful to only open them the bare minimum so as not to snap them.

Install went smoothly, somewhat in part to all the practice I'd put into getting the piston circlip in and out.  Top Tip is to use the small punch to get in under the circlip and then coax it off.

On first start, no smoke!  Good sign.

Took her out for a ride and was all going swimingly at first.  Did a big lap around the hood.  Stopped at the top of the street to check smoke and she died!

Took her into the garage and after a few checks realized she had no spark at all!

Tried swapping the plug but no dice.

Ivy: Cylinder and Piston Swap

Swapped Ivy's cylinder and piston for the ones just removed from Roxy.  Straight forward swap, but no joy.  Still smoking.  Which was somewhat to be expected given they were smoking coming off of Roxy, too.

Flipped the horn right side up so it wouldn't hit the fender, though... damage done.

Ivy II: Seat Reshaping

Just used the bread knife to reshape the foam to match the contours we did on Red.

Ivy II: Shift Test

Torqued front sprocket to 15.

Chain installed and chain slack set.

Installed the new 100db horn.

Tensioner bolt was NOT TIGHTENED down.  Once tightened, no leaks, go figure.

SHIFT TEST: Ran a couple laps around the block.  She shifts!  Shifts are a bit "tight" and vague but no problems.

Ivy II: The Good Kind of Leak?

Lucky, lucky.  All things being relative, it seems that the cold-engine oil leak may only be coming from the tensioner bolt.  Going to add in the washer and see if that makes a difference.

Also installed the front sprocket but didn't torque it yet.

Ivy II: Fire Test Go!

Playing with the new soldering iron.  Made the static timer a lot more bulletproof.

Downstairs, added the alternator gasket, tighten the camshaft and advance bolt.

Torqued head cover bolts to 10 ft.lb.  Too gun shy to go higher but maybe will go up even slower to 14.

Added 850 mL of fresh oil.

But initially, was getting nothing trying to kick it over.  Wasn't even coughing.  Was cold, too, in the mid fifties.

Then reset the air screw to 1 1/4 turns out (from 1 1/2) and suddenly she fired.

Let her run for a few minutes until noticed a giant leak from the left cover.  But left that for another day.

Ivy II: Got Spark!

First of the Three Trials passed.  We've got spark.

Didn't even have to adjust the points at all.

Ivy II: Top End Install

Piston back in with a little moly-B.  Replaced a few gaskets that looked perished.

Torqued the rotor bolt to full 20 ft-lbs.  But a little gunshy on the head covers - only torqued to 5 ft-lbs.  Will slowly increase torque bit by bit before running.

Ivy: Motor Swap Day

Had a clear Sat afternoon to work on swapping the motor from the old original Viola to the new Monkey Motor.

Surprisingly painless.  After removing exhaust, pegs and kicker pedal, simply dropped the old one out.

Noticed that the rear screw on the ignition coil was almost all the way out!!  Note to self: use lock washer and/or loctite on those screws.

Removed the tank and laid her down and mounted the new motor after running the coil wire through the frame.  No problem with fitment.

Next, test for spark and then for oil leaks.

Ivy II: Chain Off

Removed Ivy's chain.  Disconnected the clutch cable and zip tied that and the carb out of the way.

Testing the headlight grille on Red.  Looks like the mounting holes need to get drilled a bit more forward to pull it backwards and close the gap.  At least it fits, though.