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Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and hard won advice/experience! For several reasons I didn't want to take the head off and take it to a machine shop, so I persevered with careful drilling (though don't buy the Sealey left hand drill set as it's rubbish) and was initially able to run a 7mm tap...

One of the exhaust studs sheared as I was removing the exhaust headers from my Norge donor bike engine. The nut had rusted solid onto the stud and it sheared the stud about 10mm proud of the head. I tried welding a nut onto the end of the stud but it just took a bit more off the end of the stud when...

Thanks - I didn't know HT lead connectors like that existed

As you may know, the balance bar adjusts how much force goes into the front and rear brake master cylinders when you press the brake pedal. I can't see how it would make the front brakes stay on unless it was fouling on one of the other pedals. But to answer your question, one solution is to thread ...

I need longer HT leads for my Type 4 build which I can probably do myself by carefully removing the "threaded" stud clamped to one end of the HT lead and passing a new copper cored HT lead through the hole and soldering it on. The other end that goes into the coil I can also do with careful use of v...

Everything is back together - new flywheel bolts and washers with Loctite 243, new clutch assembly with careful graphite spray application on the splines, new gearbox primary shaft oil seal which was where the leak was coming from together with new splined drive gear and a new clutch cable as well. ...

Based on my own experience, two people can usually manage a bare chassis ok. As for a rolling chassis, if you've got the reversing box in as well as all the suspension and wheels I would try and get 6 people if it's a complete lift off and lower. By that I mean it's lifted up, held in the air whilst...

Thanks guys

I will use new bolts and washers - for the relatively low cost it's not worth the risk (however minimal)

Did you put graphite on the clutch splines as well as the flywheel splines?

Dave

I've got the engine and gearbox out of the Type 3 to fit a new clutch and fix a minor oil leak. The flywheel is off and last time I refitted it I used new bolts and washers as recommended. They're still nice and shiny but if course I should fit new ones although this is the only engine that I've eve...

I live about 20 miles from Scole so if anyone is bringing their Triking by trailer there is room to park your tow car and trailer on my drive during the duration of the meet. I could possibly get two cars and trailers on my drive if you don’t mind the possibility of pigeon droppings!

Dave