hey now... it hasn't *started* so don't get too too excited yet
I actually had an anxiety dream last night that I put on a replacement rotor that wasn't meant for the TCI. So, remind me if when I go to start this puppy up I get no spark to check the rotor.
Had a nice morning of me time. Here's where I be:
I've tried a couple of things to make the hoist block move when the engine is hanging. The plastic-covered cable just digs in. Adding grease to the bar only makes a greasy bar with a hoist block that won't budge when an engine is hanging from it.
I checked out HD and Parkrose Hardware and no one has much that I can envision that will make something slidey. This was a really bad idea:
It's those stick on furniture mover things that help you slide your couch across a hard floor. In this example ,what you see is a hoist holding an engine with little slider things not budging.
There's a hoist supply place out on NE Columbia but, of course, they're only open when REGULAR PEOPLE WORK!!!!!!!!!
I'll try to get out there some lunch hour this week and see if they have a 2" block or something like that. I noticed that had I bought a whole hoist set at HF, I could have gotten one that comes with a wheeled sled. I might have to ask my new buddy, lawrgj from up the street who said he knows how to weld (hint, hint???).
I got a cool new tool out at Parkrose Hardware. My very own 36mm socket!
This was the best find I've had so far in buying used stuff (read: as in I bought something I could actually use). This front sproket was attached to a tranny I got used from a ebay person for like $10 which included a very intact set-o-gears.
Last thing left to polish is the LHC, which, of course isn't needed to install the engine. But without a movable hoist, I can't do it so I thought I'd get this one done. This came off the original dead engine I started this thread off. These dang pock marks are a really frustrating:
This is after I've hit it with both an orange and blue nylon sander drill thing. It's either casting marks, or someone blasted it with a shotgun or phaser or something terrible.
Here it is done. Not perfect, and I'm not sure why I can't get the big pieces quite as shiny as I can the smaller ones, but it's not bad: