Just a page to update what's going on with my numerous projects.
I currently have 3 projects going on in the garage 2 1976 Honda CB750K motorcycles, and my 1955 Chevy 210 Hardtop.
/i got the head bolted & torqued down to spec, the pushrods lifters and rocker arms are all lined up and working properly. All sides are painted up.
I got the New water pump painted and ready to go on...
New fuel pump installed with New stainless steel bolts...
New spark plugs & Wires installed
The Oil line you can see that's sticking straight out from the pushrod housing is supposed to be curvy and go from the point where it's screwed in to the little hole in the left corner, However the old oil line got damaged during it's moving around during the rebuild... This is the closest length to the original I could find, I'll have to cut it the correct length and bend it to match the original one. You can also see the New oil pump & refurbished "pick-up" screen hanging out of the bottom.
Just been working on getting the engine put back together and painting it in sections. I read that judges take off points if the gaskets are painted, not that I plan on entering car show/contest as a serious contender but I do want to go for as much authenticity as possible. Also if I paint it all together paint will cover my pretty Shiny new Stainless Steel bolt kit!
Hopefully tomorrow morning I can bolt the head to the block and get the pushrods & Rocker arms aligned, install the oil pump, pickup tube & oil pan. Then I can bolt on the fuel pump, distributor, install spark plugs & wires, flywheel & Bell-housing. Then all I'll need before mounting the engine back in the car is the tranny rebuild...
Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, for a few weeks there I was waiting for all of the parts to come in, then when they got here I was too busy putting them together to update the blog. That and ther Awesome guys at Dobbin's Brothers Inc. in Graham, NC were working on my engine for 2 weeks cleaning the head & block, installing new valve guides, new freeze plugs, boring out the cylinders .060 over (due to a misaligned piston wearing), resurfaced flywheel, installed new alluminium timing gears (old ones were brittle fiber),also installed the camshaft bearings and polished & tapped the crankshaft for bolting the harmonic balancer on.
Some of the new parts I orded and got in so far were
Pistons & Rings (6) oversized
Intake & Exhaust Valves (12)
Valve Springs (12)
Valve Guides (12)
Valve retainer clips (24)
valve stem seals (12)
Camshaft (with stock grind pattern)
Cam Bearings (4)
Mechanical Solid Lifters (12)
Solid Pushrods (12)
Aluminium Timing gears (2)
Complete Gasket Set
Parts I'm still waiting for (in transit)
Oil Pump
Water Pump
Fuel Pump
Glass Bowl Fuel Filter (stock type)
Thermostat
Electronic Ignition System (to replace points)
"Flamethrower" Ignition Coil (40,000Volts!!)
Rebuilt Original Starter Motor & new Solenoid
Complete Engine Bolt Kit (Stainless)
Complete Transmission Bolt Kit (Stainless)
After getting these parts in and installing them in/on the engine I'll be ready to fire her up, I also need new Spark plugs+wires and battery, but figured I can get them locally cheaper later.
Here are my shiny new 0.60 oversized pistons & rings...
Here's my installing of the new Valves into the cleaned/polished head and new valve guides...
Here's the installing of the new valve springs, reatiner clips and rebuilt rocker arms...
Here's the "thrust plate I cleaned up and painted (after taping off the gasket area for the timing gear cover & water pump) I think it looks pretty good...
I also fiddled around with the transmission a little cleaning it up and tking it apart just to look at the pieces... (I'll upload that vid tomorrow...)
