Subject: RE: oil relief valve info with pic
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Aug 7, 2003, 9:34 AM
Post ID: 1714075053
Kev,
not in a hurry, but when you look, let us know. Thanks. I'd also be
curious how many, if any, shims are inside.
Ray
Kevin Graf wrote:
Ray, The photo looks correct, I would have to double check. I have one laying around that came out of one of the projects. If you wish, I could take it apart real quick and see how things line up. a bit curious myself. I could probably get to it tonight. Let me know. Kev -----Original Message----- From: Ray Hale [mailto:ray.-@sfcc.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:30 AM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: oil relief valve info with pic Hi, If you'll indulge me one more time. Ok, the plunger inside the oil relief valve has a hole drilled thru it. I asked whether this hole needed to be placed any way in particular and whether there really needed to be shims inside the cap. Several people answered that they had seen these units with zero shims. I'm willing to take that and when I start the motor, I'll run some oil pressure tests. As to the hole in the plunger, no one seemed to know. I quizzed two non-list members who are Guzzi mechanics and they both said that they believed the plunger spins in the valve, so the hole placement didn't matter. To be honest, I do not remember how it came apart. None of my reference books deal with this very well and I was not anticipating anything fancy when I took it apart. My intent was simply to clean it and reassemble. The parts book shows what it calls a bottom plate, probably the shim. Dave mentions the valve in Guzziology but no talk of any no-shim units or plunger placement. If you're curious, as I obviously am (just can't help it), and have some time to look, I've placed a digital pic on one of my website pages. Scroll to the bottom and you'll see it. If this looks familiar to you and you have an opinion, I'd love to hear it. Thanks. http://inst.sfcc.edu/~rhale/2whpg3.htm Moving on to other topics now (thank goodness) but will post anything else I may learn for the communal pot. By the way, I noticed a topic in the archives about con-rod oil holes. If it helps the survey, mine ('73 Eldo) does not have the holes. It does however have two completely different style pistons, although same size. More on that later as I learn. Ray Gainesville, FL |