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I'm checking and cleaning up a Jet200 casing for my next engine.
The casting inside is not completely smooth like the Italian engines i have also been stripping lately. It's fairly textured in fact. is this a feature of the Spanish castings ? Or has it maybe been blasted in it's life ? i'm not overly concerned, and wasn't planning to make it smooth [unless there was a good reason for doing so], just wondered if that was usual...?
cheers

You should have asked earlier as my 190 is built into Spanish casings.
I don't remember them being rough inside though mate, different name cast into them - obviously wouldn't be Innocenti but wasn't Serveta or anything I recognised.

This is how the motor looked inside when I first took the side casing off - it was a NOS, late 125 motor - look how clean the oil was !

Stokie wrote:You should have asked earlier as my 190 is built into Spanish casings.
I don't remember them being rough inside though mate, different name cast into them - obviously wouldn't be Innocenti but wasn't Serveta or anything I recognised.

This is how the motor looked inside when I first took the side casing off - it was a NOS, late 125 motor - look how clean the oil was !

by the clutch sprocket at about 90degrees to the right there is a little triangle cast in, (just below the part No) which tells you its Spanish and they are usually well cast smooth and very clean when new. Unlike the Indian castings. I bought a couple off Bedlams a few years ago, IMO money well spent!

cheers guys. yep it's got that triangle cast in. it's definitely Spanish, got the longer shock mount and neutral light switch hole [ how does that work ? ]
I've just spent the night cleaning it up and checking the threads etc. all good, only had to run a tap down one, the other fifty were all good. I've never counted how many studs there are on a casing before !
i think i will get it a bit smoother in there. be a shame not to.
yours does look nice and clean Stokie, comparing it to the orange slop that was all inside my Italian 125 when I first opened it up.

Here my 175TV engine:

The mecanism of neutral light switch have a "small ball" inside the engine, and when you put neutral, the gear selector push up this ball, and switch the mecanism.

ArKaTxU wrote:The mecanism of neutral light switch have a "small ball" inside the engine, and when you put neutral, the gear selector push up this ball, and switch the mecanism.

thanks. i might look into wiring that up. need to fill the hole with something, may as well be the oe switch.

I have this switch in the Lince and works when he want