I have been kind of on hold for a while with my truck since the garage got crushed by a tree, but the other day I ended up pulling out the truck because another bolter on the site came down and picked up a cab that I had. Under the engine there was a puddle of oil/gas mixture that I believed to be more gas than anything else since I knew I had a gas leak that I fixed at the pump.
Long story short the truck was in the grass for a day then I pulled it back into the garage. Under the truck was oil and just parking it for a second in the garage there was a puddle. Now the engine is certainly not as clean as my other vehicles and it aways looked like it was soaked in oil anyway. A friend claims that it is the splash oil bath air filter that caused it originally, but now with that completely removed, I fear it is much more involved.
Plus this is something new, when I shifted today it sounded like metal clanging. I figured that before I got too excited I would throw out a line and see what people thought. Mind you the engine claims to have 27K on it, but from 1952 I would say there could be leaks just from age itself.
As if that all was not enough the brakes failed today and will need a full rebuild I am sure and acting on the question from my son on the windshield wipers that also broke and the wipers are on all the time. Today was not a bolt day! Thanks God the Harley fired up and ran great.
I guess if I was to rebuild the engine, mind you that is not something I really want to do. What would be the general cost to have it rebuilt vs doing it myself. Would it be cheaper to find a 235 in the New York area and drop that in since it has an oil pump.
Ok I am rambling and probably more down that I want to be on this now. Mind you I still do not have the entire garage built back up and I am already thinking of my next move.