I am going to order a new strainer the screws were a bit mangled where somebody had a go at removing it before I think so had to use mole grips to undo the old screws, but have a couple of stainless button head screws the same size so can use them with the old washers and refit the new one.
While searching the forum for oil strainer I came across this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1386&p=11715&hilit=white+spirit#p11715
Now filling the engine with 5l of white spirit sounds like a great way to give it a good clean and I think mine really does need cleaning now.
Bob can you extrapolate on how you do that flush, putting the white spirit in instead of oil and then draining from the sump I understand but do you run the engine with the white spirit in or do you just cold crank it? Should I have an oil filter in while doing that? Sorry for all the questions it's just I have focused myself on getting this bike going now and why to try and do a good job of it.
