Today I took the engine out of the frame so I can more easily work on it. It looks like it’s definitely been stored in a barn sometime under it’s life since I found hay on it!
The engine also showed a crack on a stud for the crankcase cover. I saw the same on the rear brake hub, I figure some former owner must have dropped the bike while trying to change rear tire, or it was that now famous repainter.
Hopefully I can weld the aluminum case so I can rebuild the metal around the thread and if the hub is nice and strong otherwise I can still use it. Since Spanish ones are dead hard to find and Indians are mostly ok I prefer to keep my original.
The whole point of this resto is to not unnecessary throwaway stuff that actually does still work fine.
Lambretta TV175 Series 3 