Carburettor gasket (self made)

I first staret off my hack-sawing off a part of an unused carburettor tube, I then grinded it so that it became complementary in shape to my single port one and then used 'water weld' paste to stick them together. I could have welded them but I dont have a a blowtorch and wanted to see the strength of this resin that I used. Apparently it bonds to almost anything and starts to harden within two minutes of application.

The top photo shows the 'resin weld' after its hardened and after sanding.

Lets hope it holds!

Engine Problem Fixed

The distributor drive shaft finally went done into its correct depth.

I noticed that by forcefully turning the crankshaft, the teeth of the distributor drive gear (made of brass) would make a shearing sound...not good i thought. By slowly turning the crankshaft a few degrees and the distributor drive shaft (DDS), i found a point where the DDS would turn with the crankshaft. With this I noticed that the teeth were exactly above eachother so I gave it a gentle hit with a mallet and the DDS slipped into its correct position!

I was really pleased when I saw the DDS turning when I manually turned the crankshaft.

I was about to give up hope, I was going to try pull it out with a puller or split the case but I was lucky this time...

Next objective is to arrange the gasket so that my 1600cc Solex 34pict carb can fit on my 1200cc engine. The reason I am using a 1600cc carb is for increased performance but primarily because I simply dont have a 1200cc one.