Well I started on the rebuild on the rebuilt motor. I dropped the heads off at David's Machine shop.The heads do have new valves in them already but after finding everything wrong about this motor I figured it was worth the extra money to have them gone through.
Moving on to the build, not much to say I ran into a big snag right out of the gate. It has a set of mismatched rods, three rods are 411 and one is 411A so I have ordered a set of rebuilt rods. One good thing the crank was turned when it was rebuilt so I do not have to worry about it. The case is in excellent condition and has no wear on the bearing saddles. I started on the the crank bearings and was ready to install the rods when I noticed that I had issues with the rods. so this is stalled until I get parts in the mail.
good use of an old pan
so this is as far as I got
I did buy new main and rod bearings, even though the ones on it where new. It looks like the issue that the rods had may have been due to improper installation. Guy who rebuilt it probably didn't tap them as he was installing them. I am thinking that it was either that or the ton of crap I got out of the oil holes in the crank could have had something to do with it, maybe from when the crank was turned.
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