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Some photos of the painting

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The engine is quite awkward to fit and line everything up on your own, I’m just very grateful that I’ve got a forklift to assist. Once in place I was then able to repair the broken flange. As cast is very difficult to successfully weld I used a plastic metal called j-b weld. Finally after all this I was able to put the first coat of paint on. For the first time in a month it felt like I was actually making some progress.

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3.00-8 cleated rotavator tyres are still available from Tyre-Rite of Liskeard, Cornwall (https://www.allterraintyres.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1087_1241_1255&products_id=5115). They also have a shop on that well known auction site.

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Thank you Andy one of the members has manufactured a new Jet holder for me but would still like to get my hands on a spare carb and anything related to the J.A.P engine .

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Thank’s Neil see you Wednesday .

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I don’t know why but the photos are coming out in a ramdon order if you look at them in number order that’s the right way.

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The engine was next in line for attention. These early gems left the factory with jap’s, as this was still the original one I decided to try and save it. For some reason this was sized solid yet when stripped down I could see no reason as to why. A lot of elbow grease followed, and the only major component that I changed was the cylinder and piston.

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It’s well on its way to being finished, Charlie, I will upload the story over the next few days as I’ve got a slow internet connection so photos take a long time. They aren’t coming out on quite the right order but hopefully people can work it out.
Once the gearbox was back together my attention turned to sorting out the thrust bearing. The problem was the book didn’t show what it looked like or give any sizes so it all had to be machined from scratch. The operating arms were badly worn, again g367 came to rescue with a better set. I also fitted a new clutch plate as the original was very past it. The final job was to file down some oversize key steel to take up a bit of damage on the clutch locating key ways.

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Once dismantled I could see that every bearing was shot. The bill for the bearings came to over £300 as all bar one were imperial. The odd one though had an imperial centre,and width yet a metric outer?!? A collar had to be machine to over come this problem. Due to a cobbled up thrust bearing having of been fitted at some point in its life, the main shaft was badly worn, here G 367 came in useful donating it’s shaft.

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Here’s a couple more

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See if this works.

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Heres some photos of the strip down.
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When it arrived back at the unit I uncovered the serial number and to my pleasant surprise it was G206, production started at G101 making this the 106th Gem ever produced.
I’ve been researching Gems for years and prior to this one the lowest number that I’d ever seen was G 357 so this at present is the earliest known surviving Gem.
Having the factory records checked it was revealed that it was one of a pair dispatched along with G207 on 15/12/1941 via LMS goods rail to Trewartha Gregory &Dolge led in Cornwall. They were both built on 10/12/1941. As an aside this company is still trading today.
An initial assessment revealed that it was missing it’s Magneto, Exhaust, Chain cover and had the wrong wheels fitted.
Luckily I also own the remains of G367 ( pictured below) so can use this for some of the missing parts.

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hi all, you should have all received your passes by if you have entered. if you have not please let me know. we have around 75 entries this year so looking forward to seeing you all
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A jap engine would be tricky, however the way I would go about is to fit a different silencer to it so you’ve clear access to the timing cover, then you’d need to accurately drill a hole in the timing cover in line with the end of the crank, fit to it a crank extension with an oil seal where it exits, then rig up a dyno starter to a pulley bolted to it. Really depends on your skill level or how much you want to spend with an engineering firm. I’d probably be looking for a kohler engined gem myself.

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