Only 492 kilometres in
564 days since returning home from the 2015 edition of Club Triumph's 10
Countries Run! That was the total count when I pulled the DHC from the shed on
April Fools Day. From that point of view 2017 already looks much better, with 747
kilometres covered since she was allowed back on the road after her mandatory three month winter hibernation. With most of
those kilometres being clocked up over the past Easter weekend. All rather
enjoyable ...
As I had
some doubts about the repair of the gearbox' leak I decided on another
inspection of the area in between various Tours. After a few hundred kilometres
there indeed was some oil there, but very little. But I decided to remove and inspect the oil plug nevertheless. It still was tight and there was
a tiny trace of oil. Time to remove the plug and give it a closer inspection.
Sure enough two of the threads were slightly damaged, but nothing a good clean
with an M8 die would rectify. And just to be sure I used some Teflon tape to
aid sealing and locking it in position. Officially I should have used Loctite
for that but I tried that the previous time. And probably due to some oil left
in the galley that didn't work. Hopefully it is better now.
There was
another, rather positive, side effect to this repair. As the gearbox' oil pump
didn't loose pressure any more the gear changes have improved significantly!
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