I recently had coolant leaking problems on my Triumph Sprint St, the overflow pipe spigot had broken off the thermostat housing and coolant was leaking all over the shop. View attachment 28101 I thought that a new housing would probably cost and arm and a leg, so I pondered ways to repair the snapped off spigot. Al ( Arquebus) very kindly offered to help me out, and after many exchanges of emails, and Al drawing up some proper technical drawings , he went ahead and machined the spigot in the photo which will screw into the damaged housing ( once I have tapped it out). Now offering to make the spigot is extremely good of him, but after he had made it I found out that Al doesn't have a lathe! He had made this tiny little spigot by using a power drill held in a vice and used a woodworking plane's blade held in his hand to fashion the various diameters. unfortunately my photo doesn't do his workmanship justice! So, a huge thanks from me to a really clever chap!
My alter ego 'Mr Spigot'................"Yes, that's right, I have come for the job as a runner" Oh, come on FFS, it's a bit of ally turned into a useful (hopefully) repair for John.........easy peasy. About 1-1/2 hours to do something that I would have done if it was my bike....... I'm good at little bodges like this....... Be nice if I could sell my bl**dy paintings though, and become famous that way....
Al's Spigot now in position after drilling out the broken housing and tapping M8. A good effective repair.
