As with the previous two Volumes, virtually  all notes relate to the Norton Commando. They were archived from the Brit-Iron Mailing list sometime between 1995 and 1996, the first volume went back to 1993.

This volume contains some interesting ASC-Art Drawings from Commando Dan, including usefull information on the Gearbox and Exhaust systems. There's also some verry interesting stuff on the Amal's Pilot Jet and Idle Circuit, including some useful modifications. I've finally put that article on the Boyer by David Comeau on the site, the one where he actually unpots the black box, works out the circuit diagram and produces advance curves for the Boyer, Rita and standard Lucas Macanical unit.

Oh, and you'll also find here the first ever Brit-Iron virtual pub brawl between me and Commando Dan.

Captain Norton's Notes, Volume 3 - Contents:

     1.0 Amal Carburetters.
1.1 Airfilters and Tuning.
1.2 Body Distortion.
1.3 The Concentric Mk2 Carb.
1.3.1 Concentric Mk2 Jetting.
1.4 Dual vs Single Carbs,
1.5 Intake Sealing.
1.6 Mixture, Form and Function.
1.7 Needles.
1.8 The Pilot Jet.
1.8.1 Pilot Jet and Idle Circuit Cleaning.
1.9 Slides.
1.10 Troubleshooting.
1.11 Tuning and Balancing..

     2.0 Bigend.
2.1 The Combat Crankshaft.
2.2 Alpha Bearings and Bigend Bearing Replacement.

     3.0 Boyer Electronic Ignition.
3.1 Disconnecting Sparkplugs While Tuning.
3.2 Boyer Notes.
3.3 Boyer Timing
3.4 Boyer vs Rita.
Boyer Exposed, Norton News Article by David Comeau.

     4.0 Brakes
4.1 Maintenance and Fluid.

     5.0 Breathing, (Crankcase).
5.1 Breathing Description.

     6.0 Buying.
6.1 The Commando Range and Features.
6.2 Selecting Your Purchase.

     7.0 Camshafts
7.1 Camshaft Types and Use.

     8.0 Chain, (Final Drive).
8.1 Chain Selection..

     9.0 Clutch.
9.1 Failure to Adjust following Rebuild.
9.2 Hard to Operate.

     10.0 Colours.
10.1 Original Norton Colour Combinations.

     11.0 Commando.
11.1 Origin of the Word.

     12.0 Compression.
12.1 Compression vs Leakdown.
12.2 Compression Testing.
12.3 Leakdown Testing.
12.4 Compression Tests vs Compression Ratio.
12.5 Measuring Compression Ratios.

     13.0 Conrods.
13.1 Breakage's and High Performance Use.

     14.0 Cylinders.
14.1 Reaming Ridges.
14.2 Honing.
14.3 Powder Coating Cylinders.
14.4 Replacing Broken Cylinder Fins.

     15.0 Electrical Charging.
15.1 The RM23 Alternator.
15.2 Fuse Rating.

     16.0 Electrical Wiring and Lights.
16.1 Halogen Bulbs and the Meaning of Light.
16.2 Master Switch Problems.

     17.0 Exhaust.
17.1 Tightening The Exhaust Nuts.
17.2 Exhaust System Designs.
17.3 Exhaust Pipe Mounting Brackets.

     18.0 Forks.
18.1 Stanchion Material.

     19.0 Gearbox.
19.1 Gearbox Description and Brit-Iron Pub Fight.
19.2 Gear Ratio's.
19.3 Kickstarter Exorcism I.
19.4 Kickstarter Exorcism II.
19.5 Layshaft Bearing Fit.
19.6 Layshaft Inspection and Gear Bushing.
19.7 Layshaft Removal.
19.8 Removing the Layshaft Bearing.
19.9 The Layshaft Bush.
19.10 Troubleshooting Chart.

     20.0 Handling.
20.1 Centre of Gravity.

     21.0 Head.
21.1 Anealing A Copper Head Gasket.
21.2 Copper Head Gaskets.
21.3 Head Gasket Installation.
21.4 Head Gaskets Materials.
21.5 In-Frame, Head Removal.
21.6 Installing Pistons.
21.7 Smoking Norton.
21.8 Valve Guides and Lubrication.
21.9 Lose Valve Guides.

     22.0 Headlamp.
22.1 S Type Headlamp Ring.

     23.0 The Hi-Rider.
23.1 Converting a Hi-Rider to Standard.

     24.0 History.
24.1 Decline and Fall of the British Motorcycle.
24.2 More on the Decline and Fall of theBritish Motorcycle.

     25.0 Honing.
25.1 Honing and Ring Sealing.

     26.0 Humor.
26.1 False Advertsing in Classic Bike.

     27.0 The Ignition System.
27.1 Disconnecting Spark Plugs with Rita.

     28.0 Isolastics.
28.1 Adjusting the Isolastic Gap.

     29.0 Jugs, (Cylinders).
29.1 Fixing Oil Leaks.

     30.0 Main Bearings.
30.1 Removing Main Bearings and Shimming.

     31.0 Commando Models.
31.1 Identifying a Combat
31.2 The Norton 'Scrambler' and other models.

     32.0 Nuts and Bolts.
32.1 British Standard Threads.
32.2 Torque and Bolt Streatching.

     33.0 Oil
33.1 Changing your Oil before a Race.
33.2 Smoking Norton.
33.3 Oil Lines.
33.4 Break-In Oils.

     34.0 Paint.
34.1 Frame Painting.

     35.0 Pistons.
35.1 Piston Selection.
35.2 Norton's Slotted Pistons.
35.3 Installing Pistons.

     36.0 Porting.
36.1 Polishing Ports.

     37.0 Primary.
37.1 Checking Primary Oil Level.
37.2 Primary Belt Drive.

     38.0 Rings.
38.1 Aligning Ring Gaps.

     39.0 Sparkplugs.
39.1 NGK sparkplugs.
39.2 NGK Sparkplug Quality.
39.3 Platinum Spark Plugs.

     40.0 Sprockets.
40.1 Sprocket Selection.

     41.0 Stands.
41.1 Improving the Sidestand Bolt Design.

     42.0 Swinging Arm.
42.1 Swinging Arm Pivot and Improvements.

     43.0 Tanks.
43.1 Pin Striping.
43.2 Commando Fuel Tank Capacities.

     44.0 Timing Covers.
44.1 Atlas vs Commando Timing Covers.

     45.0 Timing.
45.1 Pinging and Blown Up Engines.
45.2 Pinging, advance curves and Rita & Boyer ignitions.

     46.0 Tuning.
46.1 Indexing Sparkplugs.

     47.0 Tyres.
47.1 Tyre Selection.

     48.0 Valves.
48.1 Valve Seat Angles.
48.2 Adjusting Tappit Clearances with different Cams.

     49.0 Wheels.
49.1 Wheel Offset.
49.2 Stainless Rims.

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