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Just updating this thread in case someone is reading this post in the future. Once I got the hood former and firewall out of my 1915 touring, I had enough room to get a drill in vertically to drill out the two back holes on the block. I made a 1 1/2" thick guide block out of hardwood scraps (old har...

Thanks for all the replies. I got the hood former and wood firewall out, but the firewall came out in a few pieces, it was pretty fragile. In fact it was already split/broken in a couple places before I removed it...so it came out from around the steering column. Guess I'll take the opportunity to m...

Thanks to everyone for all the tips, I really appreciate it.

I'll try and remove the hood former and firewall and see how much room I have to work.
MB

Well I finally got to installing my new copper head gasket and my new (to me) head...and of course one of the head bolts stripped in the block. I had cleaned out all the holes and ran a tap through them to clean up the threads beforehand. I also checked that the new bolts were not too long for the h...

Hi folks, I'm new here and a new owner of a '15 touring. My father in law restored it years ago and since he passed it has come to me. I've been working on getting it back together, and found that spark plug hole #1 is in bad shape, the threads crumbled as I removed the plug. Also the threads on bot...

I'm the new owner of my family's 1915 touring.

The outlet pipe crumbled into dust. None of the parts suppliers seem to have any stock of the replacement.

Anyone have a serviceable one of these they would part with?

thanks!
MB