CACCIATORE ROSSO
While the repairs for the fuel tank were curing, I sent the magneto off to Tony Cooper - the first one I sent to him. It had been working , sometimes intermittently, and I had got it to be reliable by just cleaning the pickups but, like a lot of these things, it didn't work for long. I was astonished when it came back - aside from looking like a new magneto, it would spark with a loud crack if I turned it over by hand.
Another job I did while waiting for the 'Seal-All' to return the petrol tank to usable condition was to put a V-Reg regulator in the old MCRl box . It always seems a shame to remove these old regulators, but the charging systems on my bikes have always been robust with the V-Reg fitted, and you can't tell from the outside.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the speedo had disappeared during the bike's long Latin layover. I found one on eBay that was good enough. Right model for the Ariel; brass bezel, but it has a light and a trip so is probably civilian.
