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Heh. I’m progressing, but the trouble is when you’re not sure of what you’re doing and having to check everything over again, then it throws...

Okay, thanks for the advice. :) I’ve got that on my to-do list now. At least it feels like I’m making a bit of progress now, but it’s slow...

S/Damper nut and locating screw. [ATTACH]

During the clean up of the steering head parts I had in passing noticed a small screw through the lower lug that passed through to the central...

Not a great deal of progress at the moment. It’s absolutely freezing in the garage where I’m working on the bike. I manage about a fully muffled...

Yes. I’ve got most of the stuff I need now. But as well as the replacement bearing nut I’ve got a few bits to get yet so as to be able to hang the...

So the ‘missing’ parts delivery turned up on Friday. All the bits and pieces for the front fork rebuild, bushes, seals and most importantly one...

I had the thought that I would try to get the forks refurbed, finished and screwed onto the bike by Christmas. With that in mind and having...

I spent this last Saturday morning at a bike Autojumble having a look around to see what was on offer and in particular for a couple of parts for...

Character building… ah yes. Personally I found a great help has been the little ‘gadget’ I picked up at the last auto jumble I went to. :) [ATTACH]

HI Surlyone2. Thanks for the encouragement, it’s appreciated. :) I’m going to plead ‘not guilty’ to the monkey wrench marks though, as they are...

I’ve adopted a loose plan of action to make some sort of progress with this job. The engine looks like being the biggest task and it’s got a lot...

Thanks for that. Carefully noted for future reference. :)

Can I ask please if you use a sealer between the crankcase halves, and if so, which one would you recommend? Also, do you use a thread sealer on...

Well done on finishing. It looks and sounds great. May I ask, after you’d cleaned out the petrol tank did you use any sealer inside? Dave.

Centre Stand and Lug. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

It’s nice to get some sort of positive progress so long after starting up this refurb. To some getting the broken lug for the centre stand...

Ha! I have one of those. Dave [ATTACH]

Well done. That must be most gratifying Dave.

Thanks darkman, that’s a big help. It looks as if I should go for upgrading to the later 68 parts including seal holders. I assume their screw...