1975 xlh ironhead

[HUCKINFARLEY]

Hi Everyone, I've just bought a 1976 registered XLH with electric start as a winter/long term project. Some work has been done but is as yet of unproven quality. Bike came sort of loosely assembled with a box of bits as well and no loom fitted and I've no idea where some parts should go or what is missing. Is there anyone reasonably close to Wrexham/Chester who would be prepared to let me come and look at their fully assembled standardish bike and let me make notes and take photos to help me get the project off to a start.My main ride is an Heritage Classic TC88B and that gives me no clues at all needless to say. A link to a photo gallery of the same would be great as well. Thanks, Rick.

[Gray]

First thing you need is a MoCo Workshop Manual. If you can get the Clymer and the Haynes as well. Also a MoCo Parts book. Armed with that lot you'll have all you need plus specific advice on here. Good Luck. It'll all be worth it when that Iron fires up and breaks all your windows.

[HUCKINFARLEY]

Originally Posted by Gray

First thing you need is a MoCo Workshop Manual. If you can get the Clymer and the Haynes as well. Also a MoCo Parts book. Armed with that lot you'll have all you need plus specific advice on here. Good Luck. It'll all be worth it when that Iron fires up and breaks all your windows.

I have a haynes manual and the moco parts list and useful they are but don't tell me where the voltage regulator fits and I have what looks like two of them, is there a rectifier on the downtube, how should the clutch cable be routed etc. My first job is to try to fit the pushrod covers but they seem to be about 7mm too long. The walk through on tappet adjustment on YouTube makes it look like they slide in easily-do they?

[1978xlh]

The haynes manual isn't quite useless, just nearly so. I am in north Staffordshire with my '78. It is nearly stock. I also do have the MoCo manual. Get in touch if I can help.

Andrew

[daverix]

If it's a 1975 then it should look like this whereas a 1976 model should look like this.

[kevscrivener]

Originally Posted by HUCKINFARLEY

My first job is to try to fit the pushrod covers but they seem to be about 7mm too long. The walk through on tappet adjustment on YouTube makes it look like they slide in easily-do they?

Yes, but under no circumstances do the job outside, or anywhere that's got dark inaccessible corners!

Reason is that until you get used to doing them, you'll find that they ping out when you think you've nearly got them in, and fly off into the darkest depths of your workshop.

You need to get registered on the XL forum in the States; best online resource in the world for all Sporties, takes a fair bit of navigating but what they don't know on there ain't worth knowing.

+1 on the factory manual BTW; initial cost is far outweighed by time and money saved by having it.

[Tibbs Art]

If you need a factory manual I think I have a disk at home somewhere that I could copy and all you'd have to do is take it to a photo copy shop and they could print it.
Printing and binding doesn't cost too much.
PM me if your interested.

Tibbs

[45Brit]

so.. which year is is that has the same colour both sides? Is that the famous '79-only one I hear so much about??

[Batman]

Whilst on the subject of factory manuals, do you have one for the 1980 XLH as well Tibbs?

[HUCKINFARLEY]

Thank you all for the replies and offers of assistance, they have been a great help and to be honest just the response I was hoping for from this forum as I attempt to get this bike back on the road. I'll be back with more questions for sure.