The assembled engine has returned! Well, you could call it a long block, I guess. The head is on and
the valves, cam, & timing chain are in place. Speaking of timing chain... two things. One, it came
with a master link rather than being continuous, which isn't too bad, but it came with 2 C clips to
lock the link - and they're both way too thin. They just flop around when you put them on. I have
to fine thicker ones - hopefully they will be a hardware store item. Second, the head has apparently been
ground so many times that even with the fourth offset woodruff key, the furthest you can go, the valves
are about 1 degree retarded. Best we can get, I guess, without putting in two headgaskets or something
dumb like that.
I've been collecting replacements for the ancillaries - carb, water pump, oil pump, fuel pump, ignition
parts. I have everything needed to completely reconstruct the heat riser - except the flap itself. Bought
an exhaust manifold from a ponton from Germany, since it used a one-bbl carb - not even close. All
sorts of dimensions of the heat riser are different.
Here's the bill from the machine shop.
$ 80 cook block
90 derust block
80 resurface block deck
100 fit pins and align rods
40 derust rods
40 derust crank
80 clean & polish shaft
70 clean pistons
80 hone cylinders
90 pres. ts. block (ok)
50 check rod & main bores
30 remove broken bolt [intake manifold]
30 clean manifold
50 resurface flywheel
20 install ringgear
30 derust flywheel
80 pres.ts.hds [had spare junkyard head]
40 install water plugs
400 assemble engine
15 weld tube [cam oiler tube]
5 stud [step stud - removal from intake req'd redrilling]
17.50 keys [offset woodruff]