Counted as a 'bodge' as it starts with scrap! .... sometime in it's chequered past when the 5-speed box was fitted, the plate that covers the open part of the bellhousing round the sump was lost ... apparently this is common and the general crossflow wisdom is to just run without it .... however, I live up a mile of forest track and I know sods-law says that sometime a thumb-sized rock that just fits beween the starter ring teeth and the casing will ping in there and wreak havoc!!

So I decided a cover was needed.

Started with a the sad front wing of my racer that didn't survive my lapse of talent at the recent Doune Hillclimb .. chopped the end off and recovered a chunk of alloy sheet ... then some highly technical WAD work (Weetabix Aided Design .. .. made a template out of cereal box cardboard) ..... alloy cut out and rattle-can black satin painted .... finally bolted in place.

Hopefully that will keep stones and household pets out of there!!

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