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Thanks Dave, that's very reassuring.

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It is possible to remove the crankshaft without removing the head and pistons.

You would still need to remove the timing gear and frontplate.

Assuming you remove the timing gear without removing the chain from the sprockets, it should all go back as it was before, without upsetting the timing.

I need to remove the crank from my 1275 Sprite for some grinding. I am wondering whether I can get away with just removing the bottom end and leaving the pistons, head etc. in place.

Would leaving the top end in place just make re-setting the valve timing unneccisarily awkward or straight forward?

Am I just being lazy? I've always been very wary of mucking the valve timing up (it...

Greetings All,
Near to fitting my running boards . They are nearing the end of fairly extensive surgery and i need to shape the end where it fits around the rear wing .
Could anyone let me have some fairly close up photos of where the rear of the running board wraps around the wing please.
That would be a huge help .
Thank you in advance as always .

John B Y4424

Flip, when my gearbox did this (pre T9) it became apparent that it was the inside face of the selector fork. And once worn it was prone to happening again if I rested my hand on the gearstick when in 1st gear between selecting second. A bad habit, I know. If lifted my hand clear of the gear knob between changes it didn't happen.

Les, ages ago I read someone who had tackled this problem by inserting bolts from the inside, before assembling the glass into the frames. Using, I think, flat cheese headed bolts that were shallow enough to not interfere with the glass. The result was fixed studs that fastened into the stanchions and we're secured on the outside with chromed dome headed nuts. A solution of sorts, but even with th...

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Thanks to the clear photos, I was able to push the gears back into their correct positions.
The problem was quickly resolved.
The fork now seems to slide back into the right place, and I don’t see any other underlying issues.
However, I did add a bit of weld to the plate that secures the gear stick—specifically in the area corresponding to 1st gear.
It appeared to be somewhat worn ...

Honey and blueberries are good too. But isn't honey still classed as sugar, from a health point of view? And I think cheap supermarket honey is little better than honey flavoured pure sugar syrup.

On the subject of bread, and going back to gluten; --

Interesting that white bread was once the food of the rich, and wholewheat for peasants. Time's change.

Gluten.
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I make bread from scratch. I had considered a breadmaker, but have seen mixed reviews.