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Ok put your reference books away, as I’ve found the answer! It’s the caterpillar of the Lime Hawk Moth. Nature eh, what would we do without it ? Guess we’ll find out one day.

I’ve found this picture John, it shows the first hoop in position, the other three should follow held by the housing you see in the photo, the first hoop has a strap.

Thanks for the update.

That’s good, all you’ve got to do now is wait for that broken extractor to work itself out when things get hot ! Only joking —-Well I hope I am!!

Hopefully the swarf from drilling came out the other end! but If you’re happy———- it’s the sort of thing that would give me nightmares.

Might be worth getting to know him, these people are getting hard to find. I knew an old boy once, now sadly gone, wouldn’t throw anything away and was very resourceful, he was a one off and I learnt a lot from him.

I thought you said you’d drilled a hole through the plug to allow the extractor to be used ? Is the extractor still in the hole?

No components were harmed in the making of this gearbox.

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I imagine the extractor was/is tapered, otherwise knock it through with a suitable diameter punch, if its in the long gallery, punch it out from the other end, using a pretty long bar, assuming the extractor is protruding from the bottom of the plug. Other than that, if you’re clever you may be able...

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Sorry can help now, l’ve fitted a flat cover. Still got the brackets but I presume you don’t need a picture of them.
The hoops were gathered together and stored in the brackets and from memory we’re strapped together.

Yes, my sympathies too.

Sounds like he could have done what you have just done. Not very encouraging after five or so months, let’s hope his work is better than his resourcefulness.

Not an intentional pun but it would fit. Cats on leads I think not, Nature can be cruel through predator and pray, it’s the intentional cruelty I object to. I can think of some human animals I’d like to put on a lead though!

One thing leads to another, as they say!

I’m all for conservation, we’ve abused and wiped out enough life forms. The current virus is a pertinent example of what happens when inflicting animals to abuse and stress.. Of course not many want so go near that one!

I’m withdrawing this item, it’s not as good as I initially thought. Maybe the best box for it is the one that gets collected each week!!

Where have all those past posters gone, haven’t heard a squeak from them for years. Minor, what Minor?