Rotary Owners' Club

Peter,

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Tony

No not sorted and still looking

I use Comma gear oil EP85W-140 GL-5 mineral.

My Commander is red. My wife thinks she remembers you possibly sat opposite you during the award ceremony if you were wearing a hat with lots of badges and you talked about a petition asking the club to offer ladder badges then we have met.

I was there as well won best rotary, one of theses days we will meet at a rally and not just through this forum

Having had an off on Friday I'm looking for most of the RH side body work its a Commander with integral panniers. I will take what ever is available the odd bit or the complete set.

JB did you attend ?

C7E is a hotter plug than C8E. An uncontrollable tick over is usually air leaks, you say you have changed the O Rings on the induction tubes, what about where the carbs connect to the plenum chamber, air leaks anywhere along the air inlet route will give a high tick over. What oil are you using in t...

Oil tank capacity is 4.0 litres say 3.5 useable, for that amount I would get close to 3000 miles. I also carry a litre spare where the LH second battery used to be and another litre in the LH cubby hole.

Hope this helps.

Paul,

Yes it very important that you do add some kind of sealant where the fixed part pushes into the casing, I use blue hylomar but anything will do.

While you are in there it would make sense to fit new bearings and lip seal.

Tony

George Lodge stock number MECH SEAL 0127.70.N.C

https://www.georgelodgedirect.co.uk/Pro ... 27.70.N.C/

Paul, I can only comment on Commanders, I do not have any experience with F1's The original size mechanical seal became unavailable some time ago so Graham found a slightly larger seal that required the housing to be machined. As I did not want to machine my pump housing I found a 2 part seal which ...

John,

Yes I will be at the The Solstice Rally #2 - 16th to 19th June

Tony

John,

As I live north of Aberdeen I will take the Newcastle to Amsterdam ferry. I have reserved two hotels one on the way and one on the return leg pricing seems to be in line with Premier Inn here in the UK.

I will be with my wife and camping to keep the costs down.

Tony

tim harrison wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 9:18 pm Booking on the NOC website will be open later this week.

Tim,

Thank you for the update.

Tony

John,

Just me and my wife travelling from Aberdeen via the Newcastle/Amsterdam ferry.

Tony

Paul,

Have you resolved your question concerning the water pump seal?

Tony

John,

I plan to go

Tony

John,

See you there, look for a red Commander I'll not be too far away.

Tony

John,

All the best for 2023, one of these days you and I are going to be at the same rally and finally get to meet.

Tony

Mick,

The seal is the wrong way round, the brass looking section presses into the pump housing.

Tony

Mick, JJust looking through the manual for the Commander.... this might be stupid question time... but, the water pump seal... where is the seal formed? "It’s a mechanical seal with a carbon/ceramic seal which is the main sealing face, also where the seal presses into the pump housing, it is im...

Phillip, As your base line the best thing to do is return everything back to original and then start checking connections and components as you fault find. You have checked the switch on the handle bar so if its OK you can rule that out, check all the plugs shown on the drawing and the earth connect...

Phillip,

Do you have a wiring diagram? if so you will note that item 58 flasher relay has three connections not two as your bike.

My advice would be to reinstate the system as per the drawing retaining the flasher cancel unit, which works OK on my Commander

Tony

Dave, JB has a point about the fast idle rod and worth checking. With a good flashlight it's easy to check that when the choke is fully closed there is play in the lever that connects to the fast idle rod. If found OK my experience of uncontrolled fast idle is air leaks at the engine end of the indu...

Dave,

Type "Bias" into the search bar where you will find a lot of good info on this subject.

My workshop manual lists the main jet height at 3.10mm, that is what mine are set to and I have no issues with how the bike runs.

BTW my average fuel consumption is 47.36 MPG

Tony

Dave, My experience of the air-cooled rotaries is limited I have a water-cooled Commander, smoking on start-up obviously suggests too much oil so I would check the oil pump setting and try to measure oil consumption against mileage, I get around 1000 miles/litre. I have never heard of a rotary getti...

The long one is next to the rear footrest, it also has a thick rubber washer to take up the gap, when I have time I can send you a photo

I use just one battery and have done so for many years

Great finish and lovely colour, does it have a name ?