Flywheel off time !

Now the book says this is a two handed job - you hold the flywheel either side, holding the engine off the ground, while the other half whacks the dome nut. ( nut on tight without cord plate - and IMPORTANTLY the piston back at opposite to tdc )

Have you tried lifting a Silver Century Plus clutch longshaft by either side of the flywheel - so I had a thought. I'd make a pair of hands !

Two bits of 3x2 with the right radius jigsawed out and some 6 mm stud grasp the sides of the flywheel. The legs can be adjusted to suit - it essentially needs to hang the engine from the flywheel with the skeg just an inch or so clear of the ground.

You can also get a much more comfident whack on the dome nut - as you are not worrying about the poor sods fingers who struggling to hold it up.

This is it all set up for the big whack - remember that piston position. Set that up first before clamping on the block. My legs were a bit short, since it was the only 2x2 to hand - so compromised with a few bricks. Put a wood block under the skeg - as once it goes it will drop. Essentially though, it can only drop up to the dome nut base. Half inch is all you need.

You can steady it on the downtube with one hand - and get a good sharp whack with the other. Soaked it overnight in ease-it down the woodruff keyway. Note my wondeful working conditions - I've just started in earnest to begin to rip down the greenhouse, so as I can prune the massively overgrown lilac - and put in a nice new 10 x 6 shed.

Anyway - one massive whack - and all it did was slip the flywheel a bit in the wood clamp. Re-adjust and tighten up a bit - another big whack and presto, its off.

And looking at all this mess around - I must get on with the demolition !

If you are looking foe sheds - Wilkinson online do an apex 10 x 6 shiplap shed, double end door, floor, glazed all along one side for £260 - absolutely the cheapest shed available in that size anywhere in cyberspace. Not too worried about the ship lap as I'm going to black bitumen it about three coats and eventually line the inside with 1" polystyrene sheet and 3mm ply.

see - old greehouse - be sorry to see her go, sort of got a quaint charm !