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Offline oggy

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engine stand
« on: 30.11. 2012 17:23 »
hi has anyone got a diagram to make a engine stand please *smiley4*

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #1 on: 30.11. 2012 18:41 »
Service sheet 206          http://www.britishonly.com/pdf/bsa/sectionA_BSAservicesheetno206.pdf
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Re: engine stand
« Reply #2 on: 30.11. 2012 18:54 »
Service sheet 206          http://www.britishonly.com/pdf/bsa/sectionA_BSAservicesheetno206.pdf
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Isn't this engine stand only for swinging arm models?

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #3 on: 30.11. 2012 19:21 »
hi has anyone got a diagram to make a engine stand please *smiley4*
Thanks for the help, this is my first A10 got it in bits been i a shed since 1973 it needs to be back on the road
. its a 1961 swinging arm model

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #4 on: 01.12. 2012 03:05 »
I made one of these to the specifications shown in the BSA service sheet referenced above, and it worked fine.  Mostly, it was useful for setting up the lower end on the work bench (i.e. crank end play).  Once the cases are together, most of the engine assembly is done in the frame since the engine quickly becomes very heavy once cylinders are added.

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #5 on: 01.12. 2012 10:21 »

 hell yeah
Started building in about 1977/8 a on average '52 A10 -built from bits 'n pieces never resto intended -maybe 'personalised'
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Re: engine stand
« Reply #6 on: 01.12. 2012 17:42 »
Hi All,
Do I need to get my eyes tested again?? *eek*
The link shown is sub headed "Rigid and Plunger type frames"  *ex* *ex*
so NOT for a 61 A7/10

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #7 on: 01.12. 2012 19:02 »
Hi All,
Do I need to get my eyes tested again?? *eek*
The link shown is sub headed "Rigid and Plunger type frames"  *ex* *ex*
so NOT for a 61 A7/10

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #8 on: 01.12. 2012 21:53 »
By the time you've made your stand, you could strip and reassemble your engine on the bench? I've never bothered.

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Re: engine stand
« Reply #9 on: 02.12. 2012 00:19 »
While an engine stand might be nice, I just have a pair of engine plates bolted to a piece of wood nailed to a a flat piece of wood. Took a few minutes to make and owes me nothing
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