No nothing like that - I'm a doctor and they are terribly short of doctors in the bush. I like to go where I can do the most good - so I go bush - where-ever I can do good.

But onto more important matters.....

Progress with the Self Propelled - and more questions.

I have managed to get another stud out, meaning I have now got three out - so there is nothing stopping me (as far as I know) splitting the crank cases - so that is my next task.

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I had given the cases a wollop with a rubber mallet, and I think I have broken the seal between the cases, I can see movement there when I move them by hand.

I can also see movement between the barrel and the crankcases, so that is fgreed up.

The piston, while it has moved a small amount, is still quite stuck in the bore.

So....

Where do I go from here? How do I get the crankcases apart? In the Victa manual I have it says whack one end of the crankshaft with a soft mallet - I've done that, but not a lot happened.

Am I being too gentle??

Polybus