The old girl goes in tomorrow to an old-car electrics expert in Chislet (Kent village, near(ish) to Grove Ferry and Canterbury). I know these guys are good, but they may not be that familiar with 2CV's specifically, so we've assembled a number of helpful items -

1) Llew, our 2CV doctor who can be on the end of the phone

2) Some pics of the car we took while we had her stripped out.

3) The book "How to Restore a 2CV" by Lindsay Porter, which also has lots of good dynamo pics and

4) A special tool - basically a long thick bolt with an unusual thread, which you wind down the middle of the armature and keep on going till the end strikes the end of the crank, where-upon something's gotta give, and the armature slips neatly (you hope) out of its tapered hole into your hands.....

Watch this space

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