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Have you fitted new bulbs lately may be incorrect with an off-set pin or twin filament 

1.6 JX 1989 
I am I the process of carrying out the full heater box overhaul but am unable to purchase the (gold type) resistors BW nil stock .. can anyone advise what value these resistors are please, don’t really want to go PWM route .

Hello thanks for reply
Removing the washer made no difference , it was still very intermittent and when it did work both Rev lights worked, have checked lamps/ earths etc. .?

1.6 JX  1986 5 speed .. I have an intermittent fault with the reverse lights , fitted a new switch ex BW ,lights are still operating very intermittently , I have also removed the washer and wound PTFE around threads , checked switch when removed works fine ,can this be an internal G/box fault…? 

1986 1.6 jx
My speedo had packed up , fitted a new cable now only the odometer works ,no speed needle movement is this repairable ?

1.6 JX std fuel pump. I have fuel leaking from the fuel pump at the LDA pump shaft. I attempted to remove the 6mm nut from the protruding shaft . While attempting the nut removal it had “shear” potential (I had carried out research) with a little finesse I ground away a side of the nut and managed t...

School boy error-Just revisited van, checked the T supplied in kit , I do have a 8x8x6-5 ,T which can be fitted with  an extra piece of 8mm Id fuel hose Engine side of T, thanks for the reply’s . On another note is it worth fitting the exhaust silencer (d1lc eberspacher ) ?
 

Ref Eberspacher fuel line fitment I have just fitted the T( 6x6x6 section) into the diesel Fuel Pipe supply line very close to the fuel tank , I have changed the flex hose on the fuel tank  to accommodate the 6mm T. The T is a brass construction the internal id of the brass T is very small my questi...

Just a post to find a supplier of the High Beam “telltail” bulb. This would be a bulb not an led..B/werks nil stock.

1989 JX The coolant boiled up in the expansion tank , both sides of the radiator cool , I think either water pump or stat,at fault , I decided to “hot “ wire the electric water pump to work constantly, This got me off the motorway, about 30 mile, with no problem , as I was in Holland I decided to le...

Hi Just returned from France towing , a motorbike on a small trailer 1.6 JX (+ retro fitted oil cooler ex brickworks), we had higher than normal temperatures and as all have stated the JX requires some mechanical sympathy during a large gradient thus my answer is to , P..... Off the good lady in the...

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Have been restoring a 1986 1.6 JX . It has the twin pot calipers fitted. In a past life someone has made a poor attempt at replacing the brake lines,
The original securing clamps are missing, does anyone know what the original clamps are and where they are fitted ..
regards
kevin

Hi have been to Lemans moto gp a few times by bike, if its your first time a little advice ,,,,, fill up with fuel before you pitch up for the weekend cos there are a few thousand bikes searching for fuel after the race its a gas station night mare!!!!!!!! Mad Max Four happy raceing and a safe journ...