Number 5 is alive!

Another good day - though short with the bitter cold.... Finally got the voltage regulator in place - cut the aluminium in sleeves to go over the studs, whacked them on with a few washers and hey presto! Rather neat I reckon....

Once that was done, chuck the battery in and see if it starts - in part to test the regulator and also to warm it up after last night's -14 degrees - having not changed the anti-freeze myself, I was winging it on the chance that the last owner had kept it topped up and not just with water. He had. 20 seconds of turning over then it fired....

Once that was done, it proved that the voltage regulator worked properly - you can hear it cutting in and out with the dash light flicking on and off as it should. Job well done!

Next job was to get the rear light back on - pretty easy, wires back in, bracket back on, copper grease on all the threads. Job done, looks good! And the lights work!!