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Do you have to remove rocker assembly to try this way of unsticking pistons? Would you put some more WD40 or similar into spark plug holes before putting air pressure into cyl?

Lavoy is very right( again) about homemade rope crank seals. Proper rope seals are impregnated with a mixture( mainly graphite- slippery) fibreglass rope would probably be very good as a grinding- polishing compound and wear a groove in the crank in about 1/2 hr, then burn up from heat( major fricti...

Did you have antifreeze in rad , or was cooling system drained to store it? When you get engine out and apart, check cyl head very closely for cracks( or have a shop clean and crack check it) very common for these to have cracks. Good , non cracked used ones seem to be hard to come by, check with La...

Usually blue wire is brakes( from truck)

Before starting, fill rad, then see if there is a coolant hose, plug, fitting near back top of cyl head, ( as high as posible) loosen
and see if air or coolant comes out ( bleeding the coolant system) , tighten, top up rad start and see if it make a difference.
Just a thought.

Spoke with a friend last nite, hadn’t heard from him for a bit( unusual) but he told me why- last week he was using his D8 to clear a small slide on his access road, as he got on the slide, the whole slide, road, bank all gave way and slid over the bank. Very steep country, he thinks he went down ab...

Ok, thanks.
Anyone else have a new clutch plate they could measure the thickness ( engine) ?

Lavoy, could you measure the thickness of a new engine clutch plate. The one I have I supposed to be next to new before I dismantled, but I would like to be sure. Tks

Maybe engine at one time was laying on its side for a period of time? If engine turns over with starter, I would try and start it. If it starts and exhaust cleans up after a few minutes, you are ok. If it clunks and bangs or pukes, as it’s trying to start, you found out why it was taken out of its o...

I think I would remove oil pan drain plug ( gently) and see what comes out first-if it’s oil, today is your lucky day! :lol: If it’s water, it may be coming from exhaust pipe area and running into open valves, rings then pan.Then I would remove starter and try to bar engine over, if it rolls somewha...

Don’t know how that happened, but disregard last one

Because the brakes and linkage are so hard to get at, I think I would get one’s from Lavoy, probably way stronger metal.

Because the brakes and linkage are so hard to get at, I think I would get one’s from Lavoy, probably way stronger metal.

Good for you!! Actually from watching and reading your progress( and admiring) I had no doubt, that it would fire right up and run excellent!!

For sure!! If you have it( and sounds like you have) and you have used it and are familiar with it, defiantly use it.
Let us know what you found!