got it to about 0.020" on the lateral, but the radial has about 0.080 because of a lump that will just not get out of there. Anyone else have the issue on the OEM wheels? This is a WM2 that looked like it was painted green from the factory. Frankly, i might just run it as is??? Charlie Mattina ...

If you mount a new valveguide, which is concentric, it should not be necessary to line it up with the valve seat. But unfortunately most of the valveguides, you buy on the internet today is not concentric. Some of them are very unconcentric. Nearly scrap. Latest time I changed a set, which was on my...

Your memory is not failing, but my memory might fail about the name. Does John Jane spark anything in your memory?

A 28 don't drip on the ground. Surplus oil is directed towards the chains, and perhaps afterwards on the tires and the rear mudguard. It is not wasted.

I remeber from my younger days, that Adler in Germany in the late thirties made a front wheel drive car with the drive to the dynamo between the engine and the gearbox. So the gearbox had to come out to change the belt. Sensible people put up to 5 belt into place on that occasion and tied them up wi...

550 ccm?

Paul, I second that about the advance/retard lever.

If you have a mixture of parts from different years, then you can get problems. The lenghts of the levers might vary.

I found a french coin in the frontfork of my model A. It worked fine.

Waller says: 1,3745 -- 1,3750