Hannibal's Elephant

[jimson]

G'day viewers it's been a while. I've bought a new light weight battery Shorie  I think it's called had to make a battery box up now it's getting close to working out the wiring. Do I need a regulater or a rectifier if I'm not running lights ? Jimson

[Tim754]

 J If your charging the battery from the engine , you will need to rectify the AC current to DC and then  regulate the DC input charge to said battery.  Using total loss ignition? turf the bloody lot Cheers.

[jimson]

Thanks Tim. Jimson

[matcho mick]

Jimson,dont use std seperate rectifier,or regulator,get solid state combined rec/reg,think white & yellow is your 2 charging wires from stator into rec/reg,(could be a pink too if it's early motor),cb250t/n is a good one to use,2 phase,2yellows in,red/white is battery charge out,black,or probably greens earth from memory  ,cheers 

[jimson]

Thanks Mick I'll have to look through my stash & see what I can find. I might have to put a pic up as I'm not sure what I have & what it's from     jimson

[jimson]

G'day viewers I had to make a new battery box. As it  now comes from the side of hannibal not under the seat. I found a old steel dyson display stand and took to it with a grinder drill and pop rivat gun also some black paint. Not to bad the main thing is it fits. jimson

[jimson]

[jimson]

After checking to see if it fits.I put a coat of flat black on it. looks a bit better painted. Jimson

[jimson]

Well had a weekend at chopped & took old Hannibal to shake out some cobwebbs & have some fun. Jimson

[Nathan S]

You don't look like you're having any fun at all there...

[jimson]

In my head I'm Steve McQueen  but now I look at the pic I look more like Side Show Bob lol jimson

[matcho mick]

bugger the movie star piccie,wheres the report,when, where, & what!!, ,big crowd in the background,

[jimson]

G'day Mick yes I  went to Victoria over the long weekend. The event is called Chopped it's pretty big supposed to be pre 64 but Hannibal slipped in without a problem.
As you know the gear shift was a bit shitty & that failed but apart from that was very cool
Riding Hannibal is like sitting on a tractor lol I need to adjust the brakes maybe new cables
It's still a work in progress but loving the feel of the old girl. She feels better to ride than my DT1 lol
Thanks for your help a while back without your work Hannibal would still be just a thought in my head with all the other ones that don't go anywhere. Jimson

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[matcho mick]

 

[yzhilly]

good job jimson looks great .