I get quite a lot of emails about people requesting information and work to be done on carburetors, repairs, restorations, where to get spares. This blog I’m devoting to carburetor identification. I would like to share with you the re

Here are a selection of petrol tanks that have gone through restoration. Some have had  dent removal, cleaning and brazing done to the highest standard in 2K paint.

There comes a time in an engines life when it will require reboring or relining. This operation is called for when the engine has lost power due to the piston ring to cylinder clearance exceeding there maximum operating limits. The first po

The inner races of roller bearings can be very difficult to remove from there shafts without the correct tooling or extractor. You can trawl the web and find all manner of ways to remove them. The most common way is to heat the inner race a

Brake drums are manufactured in several ways and are made employing different materials. Bike drum brakes have a cast iron shell cast into the hub but the shell may also be made of steel. Some drums are made of only cast iron so no shell is

I am not going to go into to much detail regarding cutting threads on a lathe because its boring and i want to keep you, the reader interested in this short article about cutting or generating a four start thread on my Dean, Smith and Grace

Stainless Steel Petrol Tanks We regularly have enquiries from people asking if we can make stainless steel  petrol tanks for their vintage and veteran cars or bikes. Our reply is “of course we can, as long as you supply have a pattern

A customer approached me with a gearbox problem and initially I thought great, just the sort of job I like. I love working on gearboxes, understanding how all the internal parts work and how all the different selecting methods operate to ob

The customer who required these had borrowed a couple of old ones from a friend, so I could use them for patterns. Firstly an average measurement had to be taken across the mounting holes. Then the screen was laid on a sheet of stiff paper

What types of four stroke lubrication systems are there?  There are four main types that are used on four stroke motorcycle engines: The  splash or spray system The total loss system The dry sump system The wet sump system 1. The splash or

NAMES: Aqua blasting, also known as vapour blasting and wet blasting. WHAT IS AN AQUA BLASTER?: Essentially it is a machine that operates using a medium compressed air supply and a high pressure pump. The sump of the cabinet type aqua blast

With any carburettor restoration the first thing to do is assess the carburettor and see if it is actually worth restoring. The cost of restoration could be more than buying a new one. However if it is a hard to find one or expensive to rep