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Just a quick post to put this thread to bed. So the stator got rewound, the three coils and all cleaned up and re-wired and tested. A superb job by Rexs Speed Shop. I also purchased a new old stock flywheel magneto ( My old flywheel was stamped F-140, as is this new one, which means, according to the manual, that my bike is a UK series DT175. If it wasn't UK series it would be a CT175 and be stamped F-130) because i needed a new advance/retard which sits in the bottom of the flywheel. I wired it up and put it all together. Very difficult as always to set the points because so awkward and at the highest point the contact gap can be seen but the adjustment screw can't be got to! Anyway, I took a stab at it and kicked over for a spark.........which I got.....hooray. So it should work, BUT, with the plug in I kicked it over and eventually determined that no fuel is getting through at all, so I am having to service the carb before I can start the engine. But it should work. The stator coils rewind and re-wire is a good job and i'm sure it is right, just like new and all tested with the results.

Wow "200 note for a head,,, and its a CT1 right enuff.

Well, after a bit of detective work on the bay....I've found the cylinder head!! The pattern of the fins is identical and the central plug hole with offset hole position are a perfect match. It's definitely from a dual shock 1974 DT175. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324876641280?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Df980f97296284269b5abe196a98fd057%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D324876641280%26itm%3D324876641280%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DYamaha&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A79750975-4221-11ec-a706-ae56a761f765|parentrq%3A09d0a33017d0ab846808caf5fff351d8|iid%3A1 and a brand new one! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334146920758?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Df980f97296284269b5abe196a98fd057%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D324876641280%26itm%3D334146920758%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DYamaha&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A79750975-4221-11ec-a706-ae56a761f765|parentrq%3A09d0a33017d0ab846808caf5fff351d8|iid%3A I'll remove the ebay links once everyone has seen them.

Cheers pal. It's on its way. What a good do. I really appreciate your help. Nice one. It does pass quick. Was all chatting the other day at my daughter's. Age came up. I looked at her and casually said, 'Well you're knocking on a bit now. what are you, 34'. Her face. Stunned. First time she'd ever heard anything like that about her. She said 'Yes'. I said, so your are only five and a bit years off forty!'. Suddenly she was almost 40! Ha ha. I did use this to make an important point, saying 'If there is anything you want to do, do it, don't hang about'.