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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:43 am 
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Has anyone removed the guts of their ignition units and shipped them off for this service?

http://www.lakeserv.net/kaw/h2_rebuild/index.html

If so any tips on getting the potting compound out? Is there an easy way?

Is anyone running a Super Regulator on their H2?

http://www.lakeserv.net/kaw/regulator/index.html

Thanks, Ed

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:58 am 
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Yes and yes I am running both.
Our own fellow board member Adrenaline Jim Hobbs is the owner. His work has enabled many of us to not have to rely on 40 plus year old electronic components in our triples. His work is 1st class and so is he.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:44 am 
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I used a torch to soften the epoxy, but the smell is worse than a old dead body, so be warned. A heat gun might work for you. And Jim is Jim here on the board. He is your electronics guy! :thumbup:

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:07 pm 
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Ed, here are the instructions I send when customer asks for more details about un-potting the old units:

If you want to use your old housings, the quickest way to empty the cans
is to hold a unit by its wires and heat the outside with a propane
torch. Eventually, when you've heated it enough, the block of potting
compound starts to rise out on its own. Then if you pull the housing
with pliers, it'll come off.

The heat will damage the plating to some extent. You can sand the
housings and clean them up a bit. Then, after I rebuild them, you can
easily paint them by making a couple holes in a piece of cardboard,
placing a unit over the holes with the wires hanging through, and
spraying. That way you don't have to mask the bottom or the wires. Of
course you can also get them replated with zinc and a yellow chromate
conversion coating before you send them here.

If your plating is good and you want to save it, you need to use a heat
gun carefully, heat until the potting compound is soft, and using a
screwdriver to chisel out the contents. Chisel around the outside, and
when you get some clearance all around, you can pop out the chunk
that's left. One recent customer used a high speed rotary drywall
cutter to go around the outside and said it saved time. You can also
carefully use a drill if you feel skillful. In any case, be very careful not
to jam the screwdriver into your wrist, or any other part of you.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:59 pm 

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The super regulator works great. I have two of them on my triples. One tip - make sure the unit is well grounded. I installed a super regulator on my H2C and attached the ground wire to the battery box, which is rubber mounted. Result - the super regulator didn't work. Moving the ground wire to a solid part of the frame fixed the problem.

What I like about the super regulator is you can use a sealed battery. When the battery dies of old age, no big deal, you can still ride. The only difference is the bike won't have juice when the motor isn't running.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:07 pm 
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Thanks for all the info and I am going to get a set ready in the next couple of weeks.

I was thinking of keeping the stock look with new insides.

I agree Mike and no more acid stains.

Ed

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:14 pm 
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I used a heat gun and a large screwdriver, no damage to the housings, takes a little longer. :)


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 5:56 am 
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All frogs who used Lakeland products have been very satisfied and are still very satisfied.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:13 pm 
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Location: Holmestrand, NORWAY
husson73 wrote:
All frogs who used Lakeland products have been very satisfied and are still very satisfied.


Looks like I'm the only one who's been let down by a Lakeland unit.
It died on me 300 miles from home while on a three day ride with some friends. I had to leave the H1 at a gas station parking lot and ride pillion with a friend for 200 miles to meet up with my girlfriends son who brought a small van. Drove the van 200 miles back to pick up the H1 in the middle of the night. Luckily it was still there. I then hauled the bike 300 miles home in the van. When arriving home it took me about 20 minutes to fit the old units and it was running again. This was June 2016 and the unit was less than a year old. It'll be hard to trust another one so I haven't bothered making a claim.

Still running my old unit(s), and when I'm on long trips I've started bringing a NOS unit that I bought for this purpose.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:56 pm 
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PK, I'm sorry you had the trouble, and I'm even more sorry you didn't let me know about it. I've had extremely few failures over the nine years I've been making ignition units, and would still be happy to send you a replacement or replacements. If you email me to remind me of what you have, I'll be happy to get it/them on the way.

Sending the failed unit back to me would be helpful, since I might be able to determine what failed.

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