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you probably have the old CEI thread in the AAU. your 69 engine should have UNF threads, i would have thought, but earlier AAUs will still fit and maybe you have one.

look through your boxes of partz. what you are looking for is a shouldered stud that supports the alternator on the other side, one of three. the stud has different threads on each end. one of the same age as the AAU should thread into it.

once its in, grip the stud with a pair of vise grips and then give the vise grips a sharp tap tap tap from behind to break the taper.

there may be other bolts in there that have the zame thread

there are more brutal ways of getting the AAU off but try the gentle onez first

 

Lol, longest Boyer install is a far better record than "i messed up"

 

what lots of people do routinely is to carefully hold a piece of wood against the cam and then tap it sharply sideways with a light hammer. i dont like that because the AAU is tapered into the end of the exhausr cam and it isnt supposed to go sideways.but people do it.

if its not super tight that should be okay

 

they make an actual puller that pushes against the cam nose rather than pulling against the thrust surface of the cam bearing, but ive nevrer used one. often you can just thread in a bolt and wiggle it by hand

save all those old parts in case 1969 ever comes back again

 

Yes as a last resort i have seen that done , i invested in my little slide hammer ages ago as i fit a lot of EI kits for customers and they often like to help out even if its only making tea and it looks far more professional when you pull out a trick little slide hammer to do the job.

 

If you are stuck then a small length of smoothed down bolt into the advance unit onto the end of the cam and then reuse the bolt just taken out to press onto the inserted bolt. Tighten up and a little tap with a little hammer and off it pops. If not then tighten a bit more and a bit bigger tap with a bit bigger hammer. I have lots of hammers right up to a 14lb sledge, so this always worked.
However, I did invest in one of these and it never fails to impress onlookers. But you mustn't say "watch this", you have to busy yourself with something and watch for them to be watching. Well worth the ten or so squids:



And as it's got a different 5/16 thread, 20 and 26 (I think) it fits early and late and middle models

 

Not a problem with the new trigger plate spinner, just make sure the retaining bolt is not to long as i have had to cut them down an 1/8th in the past on some bikes as they bottom out and don't clamp the spinner to the cam taper.

 

Looks like you're getting there.

As a side note and not important until you get it running - it looks as though your oil pressure switch has been removed and replaced with a blanking bolt. Unless there's something rigged up somewhere else I would suggest that's the one idiot light or gauge you need. I make sure I have something on all mine after losing an A75 to the oil gods. Fun fun fun.

 

If you don't have a plug wire crimper find a local workshop and give them a couple of $ to do it or you could buy one at the worst :-( On a positive note the time out doing this is giving you even more time for that world record in fitting time

 

looks good so far

 

crimp those two bottom tangs tight around the outer insulation to make sure the copper part doesn't pull off. otherwise that's more or less it, primitive though it appears

this is what you're aiming for, if your crimper will do it:



put the boots on before you crip on the ends. otherwise you will end up saying bad words.