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It is not that large - good for my little Yanmar - it's quite compact and mounts easily (hole is for mounting bolt), but you will need larger for your Smart engine. I'd troll ebay for larger - saw some filters there for 36 and 45 hp kubota filters. I believe that you just unscrew the plastic bowl to...

Neil:

I found a little Kubota diesel filter on US ebay for $12. It includes an ON/OFF valve (no res):

The supercharger and primary covers look production. Terrific work.

I'm going to tie the vertical gearbox plate to the footpeg rod (spacer) to put a some more support on the back end of the engine mount. I think you can get creative under there. Henry Price's mount might be a good place to start for you. It's beefier and welds up instead of bolting. It also has room...

Yanmar lists overbored pistons and rings (.040 and .060?). The 15A alternator and stator are listed in above part link too. The clones appear nearly identical to the originals and it would be a reasonable bet to say the parts will fit. The only 'wear' on the 1000 hr (25k mile equivalent?) ditch pump...

Yanmar manuals are here: http://dawinfo.com/

The one you want is an L100AE (or similar clone). As mentioned above, they have various straight and tapered crankshaft models.

The come with 3 amp alternators (see manuals), with an optional 15amp available.

The footpegs (hex rod) is longer to clear the wider primary case. Someone else can chime in with a better answer, but I believe the Taurus (and yanmaclone) engines use the extended gearbox shaft to 1) center the engine in the frame and 2) provide an 'adaptor' (with the ring) between the diesel engin...

Congratulations! Since it's a feat to get a petrol Bullet past 10k miles (16k KM) w/o rebuild, it's probably been more reliable, too...

- Charlie

The shifter comes out the left side of a harley gearbox and it's meant to go to a (left side) shifter linkage, which could be adapted (on the frame) to cross over - like the late model Enfield rear brake or somesuch. Not to keen on that. And, Heiko could probably tear apart the gearbox and fashion a...

You might be able to get a 'hand shift' top, but not a right side shift.. It's a Harley big twin gearbox.

Brilliant!

Any reason for the wide belt/pulleys? Could you do it with an 8mm set?

- Charlie

I'd really like an Aerostich suit.

Remember to pull the branch out of the primer cup before tickling.

There are a lot of new REs coming into the US as '60s and '70s 'restorations' to avoid California (and other state) emissions tests.

Yes, it is metric. It's on there pretty good. You'll need a 'puller' of some sort - just the homemade bar-and-3-bolts kind, but it should be pretty stout. Something like this:



- Charlie

There's a whole lot of flywheel there. You would definitely need to work out a replacement, but it could be of lesser diameter.

Apologies, Arnaud. But, we're solid fuel cooker deprived here in the States and I couldn't help but jump on the Sam's mention. The injector pops right out on the yanmars to have it checked, just keep track of the shims, etc. The fuel pipe from the pump is pretty long. Could it be leaking a bit or re...

I took apart the used yanmar I bought for the bike and it is pretty spotless inside after about 1000 hours of use. How much veg oil did you burn last summer? It has greater solvent properties and clean it out. Unfortunately, if the insides were dirty, it may have dumped some bits from your tank or l...

OT: Sam: we have a Coalbrookdale Darby heating our home now, and burn anthracite, which is relatively inexpensive here in NY. We love the thing and were looking for a solid fuel cooker to put in the kitchen, using anthracite. Web wisdom has it that the AGA solid fuel were the best at that game and y...

Flex pipe is a great idea. Found some lengths in 1 3/4" at the local NAPA autoparts. It's also good for covering up ugly header pipe. If the exhaust comes out kludgey looking, it's going over (like '50s harleys).

OT Yes, I'm referring to the scandanavian version, similar to this "Bullwinkle" romancing a statue: http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f3/14448d1222132232t-moose-trying-hump-statue-moose-humping-statue...jpg They are the largest deer and have a 'strong' deer flavor, making...

I'd give Bassani in Anaheim a try: http://www.bassani.com

- Charlie

Great combination; looks like a good match.

*Really* big rear sprocket; was it set up for speedway?

... But my thoughts are now mostly revolving around the charging unit of the Yanmar, 15 amps or the nighmare 3 or 1 amp... That's the stage I'm in, also. The 15A alternators seem to be a rare and expensive (E120 for just the coil) find, so I'm trying to figure out Herr Altmann's "Darlington tr...

You might want to take a look at the RuggerField. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUc5xJdmIg8 ) It has the bigger twin (same or similar to the Lombardini) in the Enfield, which should be cheap and available down under(?). The separate gearbox (and looks) are the main advantages. I think the RuggerF...

I like just about anything Browning designed.

Didn't know it was Monroe; probably made in Michigan :o . I put 70,000 miles on them (113,000km) and they were still good as new. They, and the springs, are very well tuned to the rig. ARB makes a good difflock that is very popular here. Wouldn't mind taking the heep around Oz, either - but she is a...

Andre: I've got some Ozzie "Old Man Emu" suspension and ARB bars on my jeep. Great stuff. (I'd like to tour africa with it...) But, how's that for a brand name, though? Here in the States, we don't have too many emu and people are confused by the name, so they mostly go by "OME"....

20*4L/km (@72Imp/60US mpg) = 80l (25 Imp/21US gal) x .85kg/L = 68kg(148lbs) 20L (4/5 gal) are in the bike leaving at least 3 cans @ 60L (13/16 gal) to carry at 51kg (112lbs). How much water? 8-10 gallons, no? That's another 36l and 80kg (175lbs). If you're just heading down a hard two-track, you mig...