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I'll throw my $0.02 in. I rebuilt a 1010 gas engine for my machine a couple years ago. I think there is a post somewhere if you want to do a search. Anyway, I figure it cost me about $3000 when it was all said and done. It sneaks up on you with $200 here and $300 there charges. I also had to replace...

I used Pakes Machine Shop in Milton, WI to regrind the crankshaft in my 1010 gasoline crawler. They also machined the head for me. The owner likes old tractors and has/had a 2010 crawler that he rebuilt. They did a good job for me. They have a website.

This distributor has 2 flats 90 degrees apart, not 180. I think that is what threw my thinking off course. At any rate, they sent me the wrong distributor. Rats. The cap is for a 4 cylinder. Also, the condenser looks like it was crushed in a vise to make it fit under the cap.

I've got a silly question. Does a distributor for a 4 cylinder engine have to have a cam with 4 lobes on it? Does the Delco distributor for a 2 cylinder have only 2 flats on the cam 90 degrees apart?

The rear one is a tall one for the rocker cover and has the cut-out for the oil passage on a late model 1010 gasoline (115 CID). Make sure to line up the cut-out with the oil passage. There is a plug on the passenger-rear side of the head that plugs the hole drilled for the oil passage. Check out my...

Do these help? http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/BJI36/IMG_0401_zpsab9d3552.jpg [/URL] http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/BJI36/IMG_0402_zpsf9440540.jpg http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/BJI36/IMG_0403_zps7ace8468.jpg http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/BJI36/IMG_0405_zps10c...

With the valve train done, I have started on the oil pump overhaul. The pump gear lobes were gouged up badly, so I took a very fine Roloc disk and a die grinder to them and gently polished up the teeth. I took care not to round over the ends of the teeth or decrease the overall diameter of the pump ...

The rockers themselves needed a little attention because of deep grooving by the original valve stems. I ground them flat with a die grinder and a Green Corps disk until flat and then polished them with a very fine grit Roloc disk. This worked well and I was able to preserve the original curve of th...

Head is on and torqued down. The service manual says that you are supposed to retorque after so many hours of operation (I cannot remember how many hours at the moment). I don't know how you are supposed to accomplish this, as the rocker tube blocks half of the bolts. The rocker tube is only held on...

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been very busy. Here are the images of the original pistons: http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/BJI36/IMG_0192_zps648e53cb.jpg [/URL] [/img] http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/BJI36/IMG_0193_zps80cf18a8.jpg The new pistons are cam ground. This means they ar...

I forgot to add that the surfaces for the front and rear crankshaft seals are deeply grooved, but smooth. The machine shop suggested Speedi Sleeves, and I had to look up what that is. Has anyone used these before? There is a lot of extra room in the way the seals are pressed into the seal holders. I...

The crankshaft bearings and crankshaft went in pretty smoothly. It took a little fidgeting to get the crank gear and cam gear to mesh correctly on the marks. Once again, the sharpie made it much simpler, especially since I didn't remove the oil slinger on the crank. The only hickup came when I insta...

Next step was to install the deck and cylinders. Pretty straight forward. Run a tap in the head bolt holes and make sure they are clean. Make sure the bottom bearing surfaces where the bottom cylinder seals sit are spotlessly clean and free of rust. Clean the cosmoline off the deck and cylinders, dr...

First thing, I installed the cam bearings with a homemade tool. The bearing driver consists of 2 pieces of 1" coarse threaded rod, 3 hex nuts, and 2 homemade drivers. The drivers are just big heavy washers. One is 2" diameter with a 1-1/16" hole drilled in the center and about 1" thick. The bearing ...

Busy weekend. I installed cam and bearings with a home made tool, installed the crankshaft even though I bought diesel bearings, installed the new deck and cylinders, took the oil pump apart and found that it is totally wrecked, and finished numerous small assemblies. I will post lots of pictures la...