Engine

I took the engine out of the body and my Dad gave it to our friend to check through it so the engine would run nicely and smoothly, like it should do.

My Dad had to make some special service tools, a magneto flywheel puller and a gear puller. So that he could take the engine apart. Someone had put the wrong ball-bearings in the engine, which had rusted and seized up. That is one of the main reasons why we took the engine apart.

My friend has taken the engine apart and cleaned it up.

We had to buy some new bearings and oil seals. Now my friend can start putting the engine back together.

Here is a good page showing the parts of a BSA Junior and has more technical information.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nvtrangerbsajunior/index_files/Page2846.htm

Hello again. We are going to move in to more of the restoration project.

We are going to start at the body. I came home from having them shot blasted with the body and the rest of the bits. A few days later, my Dad primed them.

 I am still cleaning the forks. There is a lot to do on it with my little hands.

Here is a close up of the original metallic electric blue paint, still on the forks.

QUESTION...

Do you know what these hooks are for?

They are for when you do racing you have numbers. You put the number inside the hook. This is the top of the hook. As you can see on the picture of the forks, by the emergency stop button just down the tube, in front of it is a little hook. That is what its for.