Props and dressing up.

With the prop shafts painted it was time to assemble them. Genuine Parts GKN joints went in a treat and preparation of the circlip grooves paid dividends as they went in easily, with a little copper grease in case they need to come out again. It is pretty satisfying to repair these rather than buy new ones. I still need to fit the felt washers (bought as Norton foot peg gaskets) in the sliding joints, but I think I need another split washer.

After the saga of getting the pulley on, I realised that I had also managed to correctly get the lower timing pointer bolt in first. The upper is waiting for the missing spacer, but I put the alternator stay and pointer on loosely, and also fit the spiffing alternator bracket. The MOD recon blue is part of the history as 05 KD 28 was clearly converted from a 24V 90A to a 12V variant whilst in service.

I continues with dressing the engine by attaching the carb adaptor, vacuum pipe, heater tap, and rocker cover. A new breather and correct bolt are yet to come, and the coil bracket needs to be fitted. This bracket (which goes between the centre and right rocker cover bolts) is another 24V variant, but it does work quite nicely.

With a little bit of spare time I also managed to fit the Nato trailer socket and cover. It does have a touch of Noddy car when you have the yellow and red together, but I like it.