Recent content by aconley003

Successful update! She starts!. and my problem was not necessarily that the points advancer was out, but that I had it installed in its bracket incorrectly to begin with. After examining both pieces closely, I realized I had not seated the cylinder properly by nesting it into the bracket...

Thanks. I think I've done this twice now on this extended rebuild.

"Swap the yellow wire from the yellow coil to the blue coil and vice versa." - Sonreir, I did this and got an almost immediate backfire out of the carbs. I will try it again tomorrow. Would switching the wires shift the timing around? And if so, might retiming it adjust when the plugs fire and...

Here's the latest update in case anyone else stumbles upon this open thread. I tore it down again because I found oil leaking from the seals on either side of the barrels. I found some aluminum shavings too, so I decided to split the crankcase and clean it out completely and check for wear...

I've another question for those who've rebuilt motors. When I took the top end apart for the second time the top rings on my pistons were well set into the groove and wouldn't move around. I had cleaned these groves well before installing the new rings. Is this stickiness normal to a ring...

And here is a (poor) shot of one of the ribs in the cam case. The shavings that I found were aluminum. I measured the thrust washers upon realizing that they might be different widths and, sure enough, one is .1mm and the other is .2mm. Could being out by this small amount really effect...

Upon inspections, this bit of scoring on the clutch basket is the only place I can find thus far that might contribute to metal shavings mixed into the oil. Is this wear normal? I've measured the clutch and friction plates and they are still all within specs. The clutch springs are within spec too.

I found what looks to be fresh metal shavings (small) on my camshaft. Looks like I will be opening the bottom case to clean and inspect. Any suggestions on how best to go about cracking the crankcase? What bonding agent do I use to reseal it and where can I buy it? Thanks.

Well in recent news, ye ol' 350 still doesn't want to run. But I have located an issue that may remedy my problems, yet will require me to tear it apart again. Upon timing it to a "T" today, double checking everything and even getting some fresh gas, I noticed oil seeping out from the bottom two...

Ah. That makes so much more sense. Thanks and thanks for the vid. Doesn't it completely jar your leg to kick against it like that? I'll give it another go tomorrow.

Really? Shoot. Then this wasn't my problem, and therefore not the source of my solution. Now I am back to my original conundrum of the kick lever binding. Upon testing things today, I went back and forth a bit between the blue and yellow wires of the coils and points. When all colors are...

I may have made some progress. Spark rechecked, synched throttle cables, set air/fuel mix, retested battery. I then tried to start with starting fluid and got some serious backfires out of the carbs. Since I've compression (enough), spark and fuel, and since the thing seems to be running lean...

Sorry, I meant to say the advancer.

The saga continues as my self-confidence plummets. I received and installed new fuel shutoff pins and seats, readjusted the floats and this all seems to have fixed the fuel overflow problems. So I shifted my attention back to the timing and points advancer. The last time I took the advancer...

Thanks to everyone so far for all your insights. I did have the cylinders honed before reassembly. I put in new plugs today, adjusted the floats to add two more mm, and checked the advancer. The old plugs came out wet after a few kicks, but the new ones came out wet on the threads but appeared...