Hi,
I've just taken the hood scoop off my Kirkham in preparation for rubbing down the bodywork and I noticed that the air filter isn't central to the hole in the hood.
I wasn't sure whether the carb was positioned centrally on the engine, so I thought I'd check the bottom of the engine. I have a Canton
oil pan and the gap between the chassis rails and the
oil pan wings is different from one side to the other by about 3/4" (the drivers side gap is larger).
This also obviously effects the side-pipes. The drivers side-pipe runs close the the body, whereas the passenger side-pipe is some distance off. I had just put this down to tolerances in the pipe bending, but maybe it isn't.
The engine doesn't seem to want to sit anywhere other than where it is. Am I missing something?
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul