It had to happen eventually. During dismantling every single fixing or group of fasteners were placed in polythene bags and labelled with their identity and location on the machine, not least so I knew what quantity/size/thread replacements to buy. Now I’m reassembling the component parts onto the mainframe I’m missing the two bolts holding the roller shaft bearing brackets to the frame. Obviously they’re somewhere but after an hour of searching I gave up and ordered a couple of new ones online. They are ½” BSW x 11/4” round head coach bolts and although no longer obtainable in imperial the near identical metric equivalents are plentiful.
Update. Sods Law. Within minutes of buying replacements the old ones were found ! I know what’s going to happen next, it occurs on every restoration I’ve ever undertaken. When the project is fully finished there’ll be a widget, grommet or something left over in the parts box with no obvious ‘home’ !
The old Atco transfers on the machine were removed as each part was prep’d for painting. Those on the petrol tank and fan cowling came off with ease; they looked like they had been stuck on and then painted over by someone whilst intoxicated so could not have been original. In contrast the Chas. H Pugh transfer on the tool box just couldn’t be shifted without sanding back the lid to bare metal – that was original.
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