We are inching ever closer to starting the engine now; the timing case screws have all been cleaned out (and shuffled around in some cases - the 'medium' and 'long' screws are only 1/8" different and a couple were mixed up) so we need to get the gearbox together.
For the record, the rather mangled mainshaft tab washer is bent up against the flats and the 5/16" ball is fitted with the correct pushrod and mushroom, lubricated with Morris K400EP:
The kickstart cover components are assembled, though in this shot the spring is not tensioned:
Here we have the levers fitted, spring tensioned and the levers wired together:
The next step was to turn the cover over and apply some Wellseal to the gasket face. I stuck the gasket to the Wellseal, and applied some more to the gasket. Because I'm using oil in the gearbox, I'm going to ensure that there is some grease around the main leak path which is the speedo drive in the bottom of the kickstart case. I've applied some Morris K400EP to that area slapping it in all around the gears before fitting the outer kickstart case.
There's no pictures because this is a bit of a two-handed activity but suffice to say the gearbox cover went on very easily - much more easily than is typical with a BA or CP gearbox. In this next picture it's all screwed down with the new Acme stainless steel screws.
It's looking great and I'm very pleased, though I'm a little bit concerned that the kickstart spring needs another turn.
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