A large box through the post???

As you all know, it took some time to receive my 1915 ABC from new Zealand but you might not know it took even longer to get the engine parts I needed. It has been a Labour of love to get the engine back together and I cannot thank enough those who laid their hands on it because I would not have got this far on my own.
The old lady however did not want to make it easy. After several days of pleasant tribulations... she just kept on coughing but not singing... By a process of elimination, the list of possible problems was narrowed down to fuel starvation and more specifically a pile of washers which were controlling the level of fuel in the floating chamber.

With that in mind, today I set out to get the bike started on rollers. I placed the bike under a tree and hired the help of my glamorous assistant.
 

My 22 year old cousin had never seen a vintage motorcycle in Canada so I had to run her through the usual UK safety procedures... and I gave her a fire extinguisher as recommended by Keith.

It took several attempts and one more tweak to the carburettor but the bike eventually started to fire. Well, there were several bangs as it backfired at times... all very frightening according to my assistant but there were clearly signs of life.
Didn't take long to notice there were signs of oil coming out from the front cylinder so we quickly tighten the nuts and got the rollers going again.
Keith did warn me bikes only start first time on TV so we kept at it until it came to life for 10 seconds or so.
I could not wait to try again but all I could hear were coughs until...nothing!
There was no strange sound, loud noise or any other frightening event but the flywheel now turns freely and nothing inside the engine is moving...

The crankshaft is made of 3 parts held together by nuts so there's a chance one of the nuts has come undone but we will only find out when we'll take it apart at Founders Day next Sunday...

Keith, we'll need your portable table.
I have Ian's electric paddock starter but does anybody have a generator capable of 13 amp?