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Great, I haven't heard of cam timing, I've only done the cam chain adjustment under the acorn nut. How would I check the timing? I'm giving him pretty much $500 worth of bicycle parts for the engine.

Got a 78 special with the engine head messed up, I got an offer to get this 76 xs650 engine, would it swap over fine? Bs38 carbs work too? Wondering if I would have to replace the cam chain if I did a swap as well.

Roughly 13,000 miles on it. I'll take the head off and see what damage is has that I can tell, and look for further help at that point.

Looking on mikes xs, instead of getting the bores bored over and the valve seats cut, could I replace them with a bigger size?

Sigh. Pretty over my head and almost not worth it in costs since I bought it for 800. Looks like I'll be pretty st least 600 into fixing it. No clue what half the things are that'll need to be done to the engine. I appreciate the help!

Well, great. After researching a bit I believe I can get the engine out and head off. Any tips/links of what you mentioned above and maybe rough price

Yeah seems pretty off.

I checked the tank, empty. Combination of both? Both plugs out. However, I did not have the flywheel almost to the T mark which I took the photo of the advanced pin. Should I have?

Its damn near impossible because it stops directly before the T mark, and I have to slam the wrench down to get past it, which sends it past the T mark.

Looks like 12 o clock

Not 100% sure what the advanced pin is, but this is what I have

I'd say about 0.5 of a centimeter.

I'd say not even a 1/8 of a turn before it jams. I can order one later this week. I thought I'd see what I can do with timing before I attempt the head. Have some pretty sticky weights on the advance side. Took out the rod, cleaned, greased. Still sticky. I have most the tools.

I put the bike in 5th gear, put in on the center stand and started to rotate the rear wheel. No clunk, but I could only rotate it about 1/3 of a turn before the wheel stuck/seized. I can't really align the rotor with the T, it gets stuck right before it. So I tried adjusting the plates for...

Alright, about to give it a look over.

How would the cam cap off cause air damage, or because I had the tubes on the air take valves

I'll check this as well, would the jump in timing actually stop the rotor from turning?

I will try that this morning, if I don't hear a clunk, I may be alright? Pulling the engine is out of my leave. I wonder, could I take the valve covers off to tell as well?

I'd say 20 minutes, no more than 30. I got the nut for the alternator back on, but the rotor is just stuck. I have to apply lots of force through one spot, then it spins well until it hits that spot again. Kick starter won't budge.

So I was syncing my carbs and in the middle of it the bike died, I ran out of gas. Filled it up and it won't start. I did notice the can chain adjustment acorn but was left off when I put the carbs back on and the threads were sticking way out. Put the but back on and still can't start it. Now...