Upon inspection of MY inlet manifold it is not at all as described in these post extracts, I have added three photos that show mine and there is a separate inlet manifold for each Dellorto carb with three bolts on top (circled, see pic above) and two underneath (one in view circled, see below) which look practically impossible to get at unless the carbs are first removed. So that defeats my objective. In fact now with this in mind and looking at the carb mountings it feels a lot easier "just" to