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Starting the Royal Enfield Restoration
On 8/22/2011 4:26 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...anRoyalEnfield https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...eldRestoration I dont know what the original owner(s) did in the 10 yrs before I got it and when it was imported into the US..but they apparently didnt have a very good source of Whitworth nuts and bolts..because so far..about 1/3 of the hardware Ive removed...is SAE...regular sized nuts and bolts. Don't worry about having 2 sets of spanners - late model Nortons had both British and USA standard threads, and toolkit to suit. As long as there's a nut at the end of a bolt, it usually doesn't matter what thread standard is. That's a Matchless (or AJS - same factory) toolbox on the left side. |
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Starting the Royal Enfield Restoration
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:17:39 +1000, Jordan wrote:
On 8/22/2011 4:26 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...anRoyalEnfield https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...eldRestoration I dont know what the original owner(s) did in the 10 yrs before I got it and when it was imported into the US..but they apparently didnt have a very good source of Whitworth nuts and bolts..because so far..about 1/3 of the hardware Ive removed...is SAE...regular sized nuts and bolts. Don't worry about having 2 sets of spanners - late model Nortons had both British and USA standard threads, and toolkit to suit. As long as there's a nut at the end of a bolt, it usually doesn't matter what thread standard is. That's a Matchless (or AJS - same factory) toolbox on the left side. That is the Electrical box, with what should have been the ignition switch in the hole. When I got it..it had 2 toggle switches in it. One for lighting..the other for the power to the coil/distributor. Gunner -- "The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their? president.. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince". |
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