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Grumpy, It was a fairly desperate move i'll tell you!! To have to take a 5" grinder to something that should never change is definately desperate!

The problem was as the drive plates slid over to engage the forwards driven plate, the reverse drive plate on the backside, so the face that is on the selector bearing side, was smashing into the support frame for the selector fork. It still drove fine but it would just make this loud smashing noise which no one would put up with. If I removed or added anymore shims to the clutch pack it would have been far too sloppy on the pedal for anyones liking and the cork liners would have been engaged almost constantly and just prematurely wear down. I could have spun the drive plates up in the lathe but I really couldn't be bothered making a mandrel to suit the square shaft!!

Hopefully this picture shows you what I cut back. It hasn't and won't affect the structural integrity of anything so i'm not overly concerned that I had to cut it back.




So while i'm at it i'll do another quick update. I've got the engine 90% refurbished, a decent coat of paint in Dulux Metalsheild QD enamel in Signal Red. Looked the closest to an original B&S red that I could find. Just have the fuel tank straps and the starter motor to do and the engine is done. The plastic throwout gear on the starter motor is stripped badly so i'll have to chase a new one of those. Also when I was removing the covers on the engine to remove all the old wildlife and dirt from within I noticed the positive wire from the alternator/generator had deteriorated and been shorting out on the crankcase. So I removed the flywheel and the generator and repaired the wiring, cleaned and reassembled all of it. Also gave the generator a quick coat of Isonel Clear spray varnish just to give it that bit of extra protection on the coils.

I've now got the engine bolted back down onto the chassis and thats the last time it comes off!! Unless it fails or whatever. Fixed my handbrake after I found a few pics of some machines on here to see what was required. So hopefully tomorrow i'll attack some of the guards and get some new paint on those. I've stuck with the Dulux Metalshield Epoxy Enamel for the body and chosen Golden Yellow for the color. Seems to be the closest I can find to original color in that range. I emailed Greenfield to see if they had any stickers available at all to replace the important ones such as cutter in/out, E Brake etc but got given a rather rude response and told very bluntly no theres nothing. So i'll take photos of the ones that are left and see if I can get them made somewhere.

Anyway heres some photos. Enjoy.