January 26, 2009
Let's Get Crankin
Bottom end is starting to come togethor. I cleaned the whole block with water and simple green, then gave it a once over with some degreaser, and wiped it all down with a clean rag. Then put the crankshaft in, spins nice and smooth, no binding so the caps are all the right way round. It has .008" of endfloat which is the max tolerance, for this engine I'll take it, but for the 1300 this wouldn't be accepable. Hurray for learning. Not for some gasket tracing and cutting.