Muttster: A long, slow '74 resto-mod

gortnipper said:
Jim Comstock (JimC on the forum) makes and supplies these breathers. He also supplied me with the new cam (he is a WC dealer) and lifters. He is also doing my head.

Nigel - I will be in London for a week starting Monday. Mostly working in the city, staying in Shoreditch. Come and pick me up for a ride on Saturday, since that will be my free day! I will pay for the pub stops! :p

Bugger. I'm away myself then. Shame, you could have had a blast on the Blue Bomber and I could have taken you to some really expensive pubs to buy lunch! Maybe next time.

BTW... For Ed... It's Comnoz on the forum (real name Jim Comstock) who makes the breather and applies general Norton wizardry. He recently did a stunning job on my head too.
 
Fast Eddie said:
gortnipper said:
Jim Comstock (JimC on the forum) makes and supplies these breathers. He also supplied me with the new cam (he is a WC dealer) and lifters. He is also doing my head.

Nigel - I will be in London for a week starting Monday. Mostly working in the city, staying in Shoreditch. Come and pick me up for a ride on Saturday, since that will be my free day! I will pay for the pub stops! :p

Bugger. I'm away myself then. Shame, you could have had a blast on the Blue Bomber and I could have taken you to some really expensive pubs to buy lunch! Maybe next time.

BTW... For Ed... It's Comnoz on the forum (real name Jim Comstock) who makes the breather and applies general Norton wizardry. He recently did a stunning job on my head too.

No worries. I will PM you my hotel info, just leave the Blue Bomber there and most of it should be there when you return! :mrgreen:
 
gortnipper said:
Fast Eddie said:
gortnipper said:
Jim Comstock (JimC on the forum) makes and supplies these breathers. He also supplied me with the new cam (he is a WC dealer) and lifters. He is also doing my head.

Nigel - I will be in London for a week starting Monday. Mostly working in the city, staying in Shoreditch. Come and pick me up for a ride on Saturday, since that will be my free day! I will pay for the pub stops! :p

Bugger. I'm away myself then. Shame, you could have had a blast on the Blue Bomber and I could have taken you to some really expensive pubs to buy lunch! Maybe next time.

BTW... For Ed... It's Comnoz on the forum (real name Jim Comstock) who makes the breather and applies general Norton wizardry. He recently did a stunning job on my head too.

No worries. I will PM you my hotel info, just leave the Blue Bomber there and most of it should be there when you return! :mrgreen:

That's a good idea... :? .... :shock:
 
Thanks both for the info on the breather.

Gort, with your Fullauto head (I want one desperately) what work did you have done by Jim?

Eddie, what type of work did you have Jim do to your head?

Thanks,
Ed
 
Jim is doing some porting, 1.5 over valves, conical springs, lightening rockers, drilling rocker spindles.
 
APRRSV said:
Thanks both for the info on the breather.

Gort, with your Fullauto head (I want one desperately) what work did you have done by Jim?

Eddie, what type of work did you have Jim do to your head?

Thanks,
Ed

I have an RH10 head, to which Jim did the following:
Ported it to his spec (he has lots of development and learning in this area) and blended to the cNw inlet manifolds (supplied with the 35mm FCRs). Fitted 3mm oversized and re-angled inlet valves, 1.5mm oversized exhaust valves, and a general full re-condition. It came back MUCH better than new!
You can read / see more here:

engine-build-prep-t18461-120.html

It will be going on the dyno soon, so we can see before and after flow charts AND before and after dyno runs, so keep an eye on the ‘engine build prep’ thread if you’re interested.
 
https://www.accessnorton.com/threads/removing-dings-in-ss-fender.20822/

So I have been watching out for a used bossing mallets since new ones here are a bit pricey and found one recently for cheap.

I spent about half an hour or so on this so far today using a bag of grout as my sandbag. It looks a bit better, and I think with some more time and then a polish it might be passable

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Maney's high compression forged pistons, which he milled down for 9.5:1 to suit the 312a cam.

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Finally got my gearbox apart, and in general things were pretty good.

As expected the kick pawl needs replacing and I will replace all the bushes (as there seems to be a bit much play in most of them), bearings, orings, seals, etc.

The box looks pretty clean inside, and all the gears are nice.

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The layshaft bearing had significant play in it before I pulled it, with quite a bit of heat on the case - so at least it wasnt spinning in the shell. Cant tell what the bearing is yet as my old splitter seems to grown legs.

Muttster: A long, slow '74 resto-mod


However, I am wondering about my main shaft - does this need replacing? I can feel the three large grooves with my thumbnail.

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I cant seem to find the main shaft circlip in the parts book or on the Andover site, does someone have a p/n for me?


Also, I tried for about 15 minutes at the end of everything to get the sleeve gear circlip out, but it is a bitch. My smallest screwdriver didnt work, nor did circlip pliers nor an awl. I gave up for a drink instead. Any tips on that one?
 
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Old Britts has the circlip

Mainshaft doesn't look too bad to me (I'd re-use it)

Layshaft bearing looks like an acceptable one (metallic cage).
 
gortnipper said:
The layshaft bearing had significant play in it before I pulled it, with quite a bit of heat on the case - so at least it wasnt spinning in the shell. Cant tell what the bearing is yet as my old splitter seems to grown legs.

Brass-cage, so very likely the exploding Portuguese FAG bearing! (no metal cage ball bearing is "acceptable" so replace it with the roller upgrade or non-metallic cage Hemmings 6203TB bearing)

The bearing should lever off easily enough.


gortnipper said:
I cant seem to find the main shaft circlip in the parts book or on the Andover site, does someone have a p/n for me?

If you mean the 06-0752 clutch location circlip, then it is on the clutch assembly drawing (item 53)

https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-dr ... alternator




gortnipper said:
Also, I tried for about 15 minutes at the end of everything to get the sleeve gear circlip out, but it is a bitch. My smallest screwdriver didnt work, nor did circlip pliers nor an awl. I gave up for a drink instead. Any tips on that one?

Thin pointed knife blade.
 
L.A.B. said:
Brass-cage, so very likely the exploding Portuguese FAG bearing! (no metal cage ball bearing is acceptable)
I thought the aramid cages were the unacceptable ones?
 
So, my clutch operating lever and roller have quite a bit of wear and I will replace those.

I took this pic of a bunch of parts that need replacing (sorry for the crummy pic- it is in a ziploc) and you can clearly see the roller is lobed.

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However, on the AN page the same part does not appear to have this .

https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-de ... -op-roller

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What's the deal?
 
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I've never seen a hunk taken out of the roller like that. I would think it would be virtually ineffective with that cut-out.
 
L.A.B. said:
Brass-cage, so very likely the exploding Portuguese FAG bearing! (no metal cage ball bearing is "acceptable" so replace it with the roller upgrade or non-metallic cage Hemmings 6203TB bearing)

The bearing should lever off easily enough.

OK - will try and lever it tonight. I have a good replacement roller bearing already,


L.A.B. said:
If you mean the 06-0752 clutch location circlip, then it is on the clutch assembly drawing (item 53)

https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-dr ... alternator

Sweet, thanks!


L.A.B. said:
Thin pointed knife blade.

Yeah, tried my Stanley utility knife, but I will try one of my exacto knives tonight.
 
gortnipper said:
So, my clutch operating lever and roller have quite a bit of wear and I will replace those.

I took this pic of a bunch of parts that need replacing (sorry for the crummy pic- it is in a ziploc) and you can clearly see the roller is lobed.


However, on the AN page the same part does not appear to have this .

What's the deal?

The roller is supposed to be circular. :D
 
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