[charlie]

seems to work for me

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I would suggest making another cut opposite the first, be careful not to cut into carrier. Then apply some heat to sleeve, then cool by spraying sleeve with penetrating fluid or WD40, hopefully the thermal shock will break the bond between sleeve and carrier.

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Pressing the bushed out is the best method. Find a piece of tube or a socket that is the same diameter as the outer metal part of the bush, then place another piece of tube (or a socket) which is larger than the outside diameter of the bush on the other side. Place the whole lot in a vice a tighten carefully keeping the whole lot square.If you do not have a vice big enough then a length of threaded rod and two large thick washers can be used. It will help to apply some penetrating oil or some heat, not too much as you will set fire to the rubber. If the bush is firmly stuck then you may have to press out just the inner and cut the outer carefully with a hacksaw from the inside.
This is how I have removed similar bushes from Land Rover leaf springs.

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Gordon welcome to the forum. If you can find the engine number that may help with dating as JAP used a letter code to indicate year. If you add a photo that would also help.

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Looking very smart. That needle adapter looks like a handy tool.

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Ohh no shed envy!!!!

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Problem now resolved.

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I made the mistake of over tightening those bolts on my Trusty and had to get the carrier welded, if you have a crack in yours it may have been over tightened in the past.

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Owen, there is a problem with that part of the website, we have alerted our web hosting service and await a fix.

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Chris, have you had a look on this SIMAR website or tried their forum?

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Chris, thanks for the praise.

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View of roof from inside

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Started making up framework for doors.

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Roof is on and guttering fitted. Just doors and electrics to do.

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Benjamin, if the engine turns then it would be worth restoring, you may need new coil, points and condenser for the magneto if water has got in. First job would be to remove flywheel then strip and clean magneto, especially areas such as where coil attaches to back plate. Then reassemble, set points and fit flywheel so you can spin it over to see if you get a spark.
If engine is seized then it will be more work.

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