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melville wrote: Does the order in which I saw oil to the rockers make sense?

Everything 'round here makes sense Melville. Just depends on how 'ya look at it

Zombie Master wrote:Confucius say: Man who keep hands in pocket, feel cocky all day.....Rob!

Ah, Confucius also say, man with pocket full of leaves, prolly called Russell.

Now Jean, I am not THAT far West! I live in Eastern Time! 42.8 miles and it is still running!!! I only did one pass (2-lane) where I had to downshift to 4th. When I upshifted to 5th, the clutch slipped a little before grabbing completely. A bit more adjustment, perhaps? It does need some carb balan...

barndeadr80 wrote:Improperly broken in spring in the pressure relief valve. I have a fine used one available for the cost of shipping...

Thanks barndeadr80, but I have a spare spring.


That's the trouble with unknown engine malfunctions, 'ya gotta dig.

End float crossed my mind as well George, but I was reluctant to mention it due to my recent forum guessing.
Engine bottom end rebuilt nearly two years ago with end play being a little tight if anything. Rods were checked for straight as well.
I'll screw the mixtures in to stall a cylinder.

Done the zero clearance check, it quietened up the valve train a little as one would hope. The knock is most noticeable on a cold engine at low idle. It fades as rpm picks up and is more difficult to produce a knock at operating temp. Cold engine oil light test is >15 seconds. The knock sounds to be...

Airbear wrote: and I've just bought one of them wee telephone thingies and need to connect a charger for the longer trips.

That's right! Charlie did get a phone, one of those mobile types I've heard about.
And he gave me a number. Thanks Charlie.
Oh yeah, what's your phone number?

Nice work Sterob, you'll be building aeroplanes next!

The suspect is loose. The only thing keeping it in there is that it hits one of the timing cover studs one thread before it falls out. Smart fellows, doing that to keep it from falling out if the timing cover fell off in the road and the Pressure Relief Valve was not screwed in good. The stud...are...

An adaptive headlight sure beats the hell outa pointing your driving lights out and up at 45 degrees for night twisties.
I can sorta dig the 1600 in the sports configugration but the battle star Galactica just got bigger.
Wonder if anyones done a stoppy on one yet....