Hi tony the side plate is around 6mm thick I will get exact dimensions later for you. Mr mclittle what would you be doing with the badly seized mk9? parts????????? as you have some parts there that I havent managed to find for mine yet no matter how hard I look and pester people.

Here are the pictures as promised it shows the daz part of the manifold the other side of the manifold complete with hole my part finished fuel and oil tanks the fual unions off of the rear of said manifold and the cling film wrapped restored induction pipes and push rod tube…. lots more to do but its getting there not bad considering im working in a 10 by 8 shed

mmmm Bad problem has come to light today while gently blasting the carburettor mounting the side plates decided to turn to to daz So I need to manufacture two new ones out of solid aluminium. should be interesting due to the amount of holes to be drilled. The parts that are already restored are wrapped up in bubble wrap and cling film and put away in the airing cupboard until needed! My little helper has gone awol as well but im getting there slowly and its one big learning curve

Im looking forward to meeting your cheetah hindenberg maybe soon our cheetahs could meet. I have one spare cylinder that is damaged so when i we meet up i will bring it along;)

The numbers are engine and overhaul numbers the engine is possibly from an early anson or an airspeed oxford as my buried engine was. I have a prop hub for your engine if needed and would swap it for parts for my mark nine. How did you get your front timing cover off as mine wont budge and ive bent a puller doing it.

mine is a mark X. think it woud fit?i emailed the seller to see if he will ship it.there are a lot of mark 9 parts on my engine.the engine mount, ignition ring all said it. is there any way to research were my engine came from? I think it was from a wreck/ground flip over by the damage.any were I can search the stamping as to what it was on?or maybe get a accident report.

Have you got your prop hub? if so you need to measure the o/d of the splines that the front clamp bracket sits on and the centre of the prop.My problem is i have a mk 8 hub and a mk 9 prop the mk 8 hub will not fit my engine either so im stuffed at present until a mk 9 hub comes along! hope this is of some help it one hell of a learning curve doing a radial i should have stuck to haflingers!!!

I found my prop word of mouth there were three there that the chap had had since the war but i think retro aviation may have bought the other two the one on ebay is less money than i paid for mine but it depends what mark engine yours is as if its a mark 8 the hub will not fit through a mark nine prop and a mark 8 prop is sloppy on a mark nine hub if you get my gist!

My cheetah is wizzing along merrily should be up and running by the end of this year then a merlin or a (napier lion if the chap will parts with it) to do and the abc engine out of a sunderland its quite exciting My little helper is fantastic he cleans I paint and we both assemble even with one hand it is possible. Ive decided to have my wooden prop cut and balanced as it seems that there are hundreds of people out there with brand new june 1940 dated mark nine cheetah props so it wont seem so sacriledge as they are that common.