The propshaft can be fitted when the engine is in but it isn’t easy.
The trick is to keep the front wobbly bit (technical term) straight. A spare piece of shed (she likes to call it the summerhouse), a torch and a bent bit of metal does just the job.Next the new battery was fitted and all was ready to go go.
Plugs out, spin the engine on the starter, all sounded good. Check for oil pressure, after a while it came up to 40 psi.Then needed to set the timing with the strobe.
Fuel pump on, choke and Jemima roared into life.
A little too much life, as she would tick over nicely for a few seconds then race up to 4000rpm, then tick over for a while and repeat or stop, while I was scratching my head wondering which bit to adjust.
After reading the books I went back to restart and all I got was a click.Now looks like the Starter motor has failed.
