Today we assembled the rest of the short engine, the only problems we encountered were the flywheel bolts were useless and the front cover bolts were playing hard to find. From three engine sets I was pushed to find a full set of usable bolts to attach the front cover.
The flywheel bolts were only 'S' quality instead of 'T' quality, they were supposed to be 1" long bolts, in fact they were setscrews, (threaded to the head, instead of having a plain shank under the head) they varied from ¾" to 1 1/8" long which had bottomed out in the crank, also the ends of the setscrews were cut off at hellish angles. Rimmers have the correct bolts, but I will try to get some locally in the morning.
Here are some photographs of todays excitement, Michael was a great help, ending up taking over the assembly and leaving me to prepare each part ready for fitting.
Fitting the ring compressor to the piston.
Tapping the piston into the bore.
Screwing the nuts onto the big end cap bolts.
Torquing the big end nuts up.
Finishing touches ready for the sump to go on.
Enough excitement for one day!
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