Timed breather disc & spring arrived yesterday-



Installed cam & crank, nipped up case halves-

I happened to run into a piece on the hybrids that covers removing the head in the frame.




All these first machines went to Berliner, the main distributor in the USA. There must have been quite a hectic rush at the factory to get the scramblers built because there were a few 'oversights' on the first batches. One was that it was impossible to remove the cylinder head in situ because even when the exhaust rocker spindles were extracted there still was not enough clearance between the top frame tube, to tilt the head back and withdraw the push rods because the three cylinder head studs were about 1/8" too long, necessitating lowering of the engine. These studs were shortened on all subsequent Atlas engines.

Cylinders properly repainted in Silver-



Re-installing the valves in the rebuilt head-



Lovely, just lovely-

Rockers all re-installed, head is done.

Now comes the good part!

When assembling a Norton head, You leave it bare metal?

My 1969 Fastback head was unpainted from the factory.
IAN

Yes, the aluminum head is always bare.

and the barrels on N15s where always black .

HUH?

DOH!

It WAS Silver, but SHOULD BE Black, correct.

Oh well, keeps me busy while I wait for the CORRECT layshaft top gear to arrive (received another Commando spec bit which I already have one of.

Not that an N15 CSR is anything to go by, but my head was unpainted and my barrels were black.

Decided to go with a stud at the 9 o'clock position, and I'll secure the 2 other screws with locktite stud lock.

Also dabbed some JB Weld into the 2 bearing removal holes, will dress it all up after it cures.

Round 2 of the new parts (cycle parts) started arriving last night...

Pipes, rubber bits, fork bushings, ammeter, fork top nuts, oil tank cap, oil level decal.

More new stuff-

Washers, o-rings, wiring harness, fork seals, start capacitor, tail lamp, and the CORRECT layshaft top gear. Now the trany and finally go back together.



Handlebars, fork stanchion tubes, clutch lever assy, gas tank badges, speedo cable, cush rubber set, bulb, warming light, "Reserve" decal, "Oil recommendation" decal.

Slipped my mind, but the pipes will be swapped for a set of P11 spec upswept headers...