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If you haven’t got a socket, cobble one together and use a big impact gun on it. That’ll come right off I’m sure.
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Yeah but the only way to hold it in place is with a bar through the small end. Would much rather snap the nut than the small end!
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With a decent impact you probably won’t need to hold it at all. If you do you could quite easily add some prongs to a bit of flat bar to go over the spokes on the fly wheel or starter pulley I think you said.
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Have you got access to remove the big end bolts?, if so pack some wood in there to stop the crank turning.
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All food for thought. Cracked open another compartment, oh joy, it’s the washable gauze oil filter!
The thing looked very sorry for itself. This engine needs a lot of work. Tidied up ok, though.
Washed it in petrol, for the H&S purists out there. Nothing cleans old oil like petrol!
The thing looked very sorry for itself. This engine needs a lot of work. Tidied up ok, though.
Washed it in petrol, for the H&S purists out there. Nothing cleans old oil like petrol!
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The pulley has five holes in it. Jam your wood into one or more of them and brace yourself Sheila.
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I volunteer your wrist to undertake this task
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No human intervention needed. Bolt or clamp the motor to the bench. Brace the timber also to the bench. Timber on the pulley could be a smidge better than timber on the crank or big end.
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Here's some pics showing what I mean, if you can block the crank with wood the only damage can be to crush the wood.
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Most minimal of minimal progress.
Since the acquisition of this, I heated up the nut until it was red, and even then it took repeated smacks on the end of a 3/4 ratchet with my body holding the block to get it free… but it came.
Now I have to pull the cooling fan off the shaft. None of my many pullers will fit, unsurprisingly…
Since the acquisition of this, I heated up the nut until it was red, and even then it took repeated smacks on the end of a 3/4 ratchet with my body holding the block to get it free… but it came.
Now I have to pull the cooling fan off the shaft. None of my many pullers will fit, unsurprisingly…
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This was a most useful acquisition. The crappiest of pullers I put together using a nut welded to the threads then a bar with chain to spread on the puller. It’s not stupid if it works… but it’s more stupid than I’d have liked, what an annoying design.
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After many snapped legs (re-welded countless times) she did eventually come free. Here is the offending item on its way to the bin. I can now see into the impulse area better. New gasket needs making. Pathetic progress guys, new job has sapped my energy
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Probably time for an update I think. If you can’t fix it, buy more. Two Howard Gems loaded.
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@Dieselman 63 You're a glutton for punishment, but keep the updates coming as they're very interesting. 
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Ones close to running, it was driven into the shed and apparently used to slip out of third gear. The other one is the spare gearbox for the one that ran, plus anything else worth swapping. I’ll scrap it, once it’s stripped.@Dieselman 63 You're a glutton for punishment, but keep the updates coming as they're very interesting.
There's still two Gems in the sheds somewhere.
Got to get the timing right for the starting handle and decompression lever, or you'll never get those single cylinder JAP's started.
Flood the carb, start handle at 2-3 o'clock against compression (with thumb and fingers on the same side of the handle*), pull the decompression lever, push handle down, then as it passes 6 o'clock, release the decompression lever, and pull up the start handle for all it's worth.
*If you're stupid enough to wrap your thumb around the handle, and don't quite give it enough oomph to get that first fire over TDC, you probably won't be attempting any further starts for a while...
Got to get the timing right for the starting handle and decompression lever, or you'll never get those single cylinder JAP's started.
Flood the carb, start handle at 2-3 o'clock against compression (with thumb and fingers on the same side of the handle*), pull the decompression lever, push handle down, then as it passes 6 o'clock, release the decompression lever, and pull up the start handle for all it's worth.
*If you're stupid enough to wrap your thumb around the handle, and don't quite give it enough oomph to get that first fire over TDC, you probably won't be attempting any further starts for a while...
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Do you have ploughing matches in NZ?, we have a couple of that style turn out at the annual club ploughing match, this year's match should have been today, but has been cancelled due to ground conditions
