While messing with my off side free wheeling hub the other day I thought it was time to check any movement in the bearings. Did the usual thing- jacked up the corner and had a jiggle N,S E n W. Found some movement north and south. Tightened the nut one castlation and still a minute wobble...

Give it a start but keep the bonnet up just in case. Nowt worse than a hole in your bonnet. Just kidding 😉 if it’s a seized engine the starter won’t turn it. When I smashed the top end to bits with a snapped timing chain the starter wouldn’t budge anything. 👍

I’m sure you have to change it at the speedo end. There are a few recalibration services out there. Not sure if you have to know what your ratio requirement is but they will know.

I was thinking a rub over with wire wool and a spot of superglue and baking soda. Worked for me.

Can you see the leak ir is it buried in the fins.

I lifted the stripped block on and off a workbench for the mobile rebore man but even completely empty it was a fair umph. Hope you get it out 👍

Mines got a plug underneath anorl. I thought I was the only one 😳

Seems such a waste of the bare footed chaps time crouched in the dirt. Not to mention his stack of flattened oil cans. 🤫

Bought from craddocks but arrived direct from Britpart as usual so poor craddocks dint have to handle such tat. 🙄 I did receive lots of free ‘oh thats never happened before’ and a couple of ‘we’ve sold lots of these without issue’ bestowed on me without charge. 😡 I think they’d have to be...

I had four Britpart radiators delivered one after the other and all leaked. They came in tissue thin boxes that were battered and damaged the bottom hose spout. Got a refund no trouble but the heap was off the road for weeks while the promises and abject shock were handed out. Went with plastic...

Less of a factory and more of a bare footed chap crouched in the dirt 👍 I’d love to sing crappy budget tat from the rooftops but I value other road users and my own safety. Not that the junk is guaranteed to actually fit without an engineering workshop. 🥰

At 80 I intend to sell everything and secure a nice home with good looking nurses to change my nappies. I doubt I’ll get there 😳 🫣

Postage at cost ??? No idea but I’ll find out 👍

I’m up for anything that will stop oil leaks. 🤷‍♂️

So your build is relying on investment potential. 😂🤣😂🤣

Who can tell. It often relies on what they had on the shelf at the time and who was on strike that week. 😳

Has it got any diff guards?

They never last so it’s not worth going to town on them. The dimples for the studs should be bare steel so I’ll likely rig up an overly complicated jig and lap them in so the salt can run up under the enamel. 🙄

I’d have been happy to pop over with a few plumbers smoke tablets and a blank cartridge or two to make an entrance but I’m on holiday that week. 🙁 Hope the lad gets sorted.

Worth replacing the chassis before you start. It’s going to be a money pit anyway so you may as well start spending on the big stuff and getting over the shock early.