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CB750F2 .... silk purse from a sows ear.
philward:
Dennis, is the vent trap surplus - if so let me know what you want for it
Phil
Spitfire:
Sorry Phil it's probably the only part of an F2 that I have only one of.
Cheers
Dennis
philward:
Thanks anyway Dennis
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SumpMagnet:
It's a funny old world.......
My last attempt at removing the engine had resulted in a weeks downtime on the project, a trip to casualty, and a fair bit of discomfort. But then things began to look up.
My hand was on the mend and whilst it still aches, had knitted together well enough for me to leave the dressings off and for it to start doing some work. Even better...another member on here, petermigreen, had offered to pop down and give me a hand...sorry.....couldn't help that one.... He had a couple of days off, and was looking for an excuse to enjoy the sunshine on his bike.
Only....the weather gods had another idea. After 3 months of drought, sun, scorching temperatures and rainfall that would not look out of place in the sahara....on the day we had chosen ( both of us off work... ) the heavens opened. It sluiced it down all day. No worries....reset, and go for Friday. Nope. The monsoon has carried on. I had a couple of hours this morning when it was still OK with the rain due around lunchtime.
So....I pulled the exhaust studs, undid 2 of the screws on the head breather cover....and applied the impact driver to the single screw that was already a bit chewed, and refused to shift despite an overnight soak with WD40. With the immortal good luck chant of 'shiftyabugger' upon my lips, it too gave up and undid. With the judicious use of a pair of axle stands, a trolley jack, and some zen buddhist meditation of teh miracles of geometry.....the end result was this....
and this....
The engine, of course, immediately tried to fall over, but with the aid of my youngest lad ( I say youngest...he's 18 and about a foot taller than me... ) the engine was rolled back the right way up. Straps went under the front, and onto the rear upper mounting bolt....and we manhandled ( man and boyhandled ??? ) the lump down the garden to the shed, in much the same way as our primitive ancesters shifted the rocks to make stonehenge.....
With that in the shed, we sacrificed a goat, and feasted ( well...no...I put the kettle on....)
The engine is in the shed....the frame is in the shed. The engine is sitting on a wooden cradle on the floor, as we simply could not get it up onto the bench with comfort....but it is where I can work on it. 5 minutes later......the heavens opened.
Thank you weather gods.
petermigreen:
Yay, what a result.
All you've got to worry about now is getting it back in the frame without scratching all the new paint. :o
Peter
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