Fun and games with power tools- - - - -John was sweating bullets while I whittled on his new toy! It turns out there are a couple of candidates to replace the Babbit bearings in the rods with steel backed insert bearings- - - -one for a small Yanmar Diesel, and another for a Suzuki motorcycle. I also just happened to find another crankshaft on Ebay and practically stole it. It's in somewhat better shape than the one we removed from the "good" engine. John's "spare" short block also followed me home, and there's a good possibility it can be salvaged to serve as a backup. There's also two 1928 2-port cylinder heads on Ebay at the moment- - - - -one "new old stock" item that's never been on an engine, but the sellers of both of them are pretty fond of them, price-wise. Both of them are on my "watch list" to see if the prices get a little more reasonable. Fun stuff!
"New in the crate"- - - - - -only 96 years old!
www.ebay.com/itm/116079217892?And another one- - - - -
www.ebay.com/itm/276395132354?Jerry
