Many many thanks ddgonzal - as ever. I have requested the adapted magnet from E-spark europe who supplied it.

Hi there, I have a B211 with a Hitachi D4A5 (22100-H8301) and I am trying to install a hotspark ignition conversion but can't get the hotspark magnetic collar past an 18.2mm collar on the dizzie shaft. I attach a pic of the offending item. I'm also baffled by the 3 posts on my ballast resistor and the fact that the gap for the wires in the dizzie is way bigger than the replacement rubber insert that hotspark supply but I can silicon my way out of that one.

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you were right! The supplier had a box of caps that had become separated from the old packaging and found the right ones (pictured). Really pleased though I think the ride will be a bit too firm when I get it back on the road,

Thank you so much. This forum and its contributors...remarkable.

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My inserts are 38.5mm in diameter BTW and 430mm from the very bottom to the end of the orange at the shoulder. Max length to the top of the thread is 475mm compressed and 650 extended. A tough job it was to extend them by hand it was too.

Ahaha. The inserts did not come with any new caps. The one in the photo was the original with the rubber pulled out. If I had the new caps I think I would be back in business.

Hi again. I think they are Armstrong 3991-6101 if that makes any sense

Thanks ddgonzal. I get a satisfying clunk when it hits the bottom so I think it is sitting right. It is more their girth as the maximum inner diameter of the cap is about 4mm too narrow to slip over the insert and the rounded which should sit over the rounded shoulder of the insert is narrower still. I'll dig out the part number when I'm home but suspect I need to get some alternatives.

Hi There,

I wonder if anyone has had this problem. I have a B211 with a bouncy front end. After dismantling the strut assembly I discovered the old refillable strut inserts weren't functioning as intended. The cork seal/washer is still there but the plastic bush.spaced had crumbled and I doubt I could get a repair kit. I bought some Armstrong "heavy duty" sealed inserts which fit snugly but come up quite close to the top and the strut cap cannot be screwed down (see pic). Short of having the screw cap re-machined is there anything I can do? Either repairing the old strut inserts or finding a way to use the ones I bought?

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my grammar was poor - I have replaced it and it is now drip free. cheers

Just wondering if anyone else has had their sender unit start leaking from the unit rather than the screw thread. I just replaced it and all was fine but it took a while to realise that was where it was coming from. Probably an egg cup of oil every 30k or so which I thought was coming from the oil filter seal.