I've already posted a couple of pleas for help in the tech section but thought i should introduce myself properly.
I'm back in Worcestershire (UK) for the summer and bought the '77f2 (blind on a whim) for summer transport and to ride back to Spain in September.
Mechanical skills were confined to oil and plug changes pre-purchase but so far i've bodged my way through valve adjusting, new points,coils and HT leads, setting the timing and balancing the carbs. I've finally discovered the sump plug oil leak is due to a cracked thread so the oil pan is now off and being sent for welding/retapping by a friend of my stepfather's (who's spent the summer in the garage effing and blinding with me while i abuse his tools).
It's been pretty slow progress but i'm still optimistic i'll be on a ferry to france with a tent on the back in a couple of weeks.
Current nagging worry is a knocking/pulsing felt through the pegs with engine under light load..
Anyway, thanks for all the help
Regards
Ian
