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*New* Follow the restoration of my Fli S2 Lambro, as it happens!
Well I started work on restoring my Lambro in August 2004, with the plans to have it all done and ready to ride it the next year to the Isle of Wight scooter rally. Well after some rather lenghty delays in the paint work side of things, I have pretty much got it all painted and going back together now!
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I stripped, and got painted the main frame, and a bit of other stuff got done way back in 2004, to see what was done then, click here
Other wise below is the work part II starting again in May 2008!
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The cab and doors was a major hold up on the restoration of my Lambro. Being the biggest part and the most visible when you actually look at the truck, it needed to be good! |
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The inside and out needed full prep and paint, so this was dispatched off to a friend who specialises in panel beating, and paint. Unfortunalty thats were is sat for 18 months as he was too busy to do the work. So I got it back and entrusted it to a man in the same yard as I work, and between us we set about straightening, filling, flatting and generally preparing the cab for a local man who paints all the scooters in the area to complete the job! |
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The cab came back in lovely condition, so with most parts in hand, this has given me the kick up the *** I needed to carry on the restoration of the truck. The main body of the cab is held on with three screws each side, and two on the steering column. Between the frame and the cab is a strip of felt. Unfortunaly my felt was not in good enough condition, and I had lost an anount of it, so I have used a modern foam type strip more comon to motor cars for the anti vibration material. Once the cab is bolted on, the two floor pans are also fitted and these also help to secure the cab by the holes going through both items. For now I have not secured the floor pans so I have plenty of access for all the wires, cables, fuel lines etc. |
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The headset is "normal" Lambretta, so those of you with a scooter should be farmiliar with these. Fit the switch housing first, then feed the switch wires and fit the switch. Then fit the throttle roller, and then turn your attentions to the gear side and repeat. Play plenty of attention to greasing and properly shimming the handle bar control rods, as this benefit you greatly when your finally ready to ride the thing! For me there is nothing worse then stiff, or rattling controls on a scooter/truck, take your time and you will be please you did.. |
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The rear mudguards are held on by three screws each side, so these are easy enough to bolt on. On the inside of my mudguard around the bolt holes are small thin plates welded on, I presume earlier models didnt have these and suffered from splitting, or maybe as ever Innocentis attention to detail is excellent considering how long ago these were produced! |
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I found some NOS front side lights on e-bay, which is handy si I didnt need to clean all the over spray (from the last owners) from the rubbers around the light unit. Also the small yellow repeating indicators always seem to get broken and go missing. The new lense, we fitted to my original metal covers, as these had been painted along with the rest of the parts. |
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The new bulb holders and rubbers units are fitted to the cab body first, run the wires to the centre dash board, fit the bulbs. |
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Fit the metal covers with the new lenses, and another part of the jigsaw can be ticked off as completed. |
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The rear light housings are bolted to the frame, and then the bulb holders and lenses are put together as a unit. There are two specialist grub screws that fix the bulb holders, and the frame together, the lenses are simply trapped in between the two. |
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The wiring loom was one part I put to the back of my mind, hoping one would just fall from the sky ready to be fitted! Alas no luck, I had asked an auto electrican if he could make me one, no problem but he wanted £150 and the rights to my pattern so he could sell more! OK, its not that hard, main thing is getting the outer sleeving, although having to buy two rolls of red/black and blue/black for the rear indicators was going to be a tad expensive. Goofy (owns three Lambros, including the famous fire engine one) came to the rescue though as he needed some, so he brought the two rolls, gave me enough for my truck in exchange for some other colours I already had. Rear wiring all complete, with new sleeving, the front part of the cab loom is still asis for now until I can find more supplies to renew it all. It will work (fingers crossed) for now, so the loom is in place waiting to be connected. |
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Yep its blank, I must be working on this one now...............! :-) |
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The back end is just about done now, I cant believe it, I feel as though I am getting some where now. Brakes, wiring, rear axle, wheels and tyres all checked off and complete. Yeah OK, I have the N/S light to fit, but I have lost one screw would you believe it! Another major part of the restoration is the back pick up box, although I am not going to do this until the truck is done and complete. I have two back beds, I want to make one perfect one from them! |
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The N.O.S Innocenti exhaust is in place, just trying to track down some brackets so I can fix it to the truck! |
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