I am totally and completely a backyard/driveway hacker. But I have rebuilt quite a few of these motors over the last 40 plus years in that backyard/ driveway, lol. The thing the old machinists told me when I was rebuilding my first motor all these years ago now was that I did not necessarily need a lot of fancy tools to rebuild the motor, a couple of tried and true oldies (old style ring compressor, ring expander, plastiguage and a torque wrench) would do the trick. But what I did need, absolutely and no question, was to be careful and observant, have the correct parts on hand, lubricate everything, and clean clean clean. With that, I would have a excellent chance at a running rebuilt motor. And all these years later, it has held true.
On that poor motor, someone was just not being careful
Last edited by Dragsix; 02/05/2024 4:59 PM.
