Here are some pics from dissamebly on Friday. I can see some issues right away, and they only serve as strong lessons that I clearly did not do enough research before I had orinally assembled the engine. A little background on this project; I have another thread that shows a little bit of the initial build, then I fell off the planet for a while. The motor was orinally just the complete bottom end that looked like it was better used as bird's nest. We completely diassembled everything, had the crank rephased by Hugh, and had to buy every single component of the top end. Why not make it big bore? So Mikes 750 kit, PAMCO, etc, etc. So with that said, having to buy every part I could find, we missed a few, and thats on us.
The first things I see are that, as I said above, it missing the dowels/sleeves between the head and cylinder, and between the head and rocker cover. I didnt even know that it needed those at the time of assembly. My fault. So without those dowels, it looks the head gasket, and possibly the head were a bit misaligned. You can see in some of the pics, that part of gasket looks chewed off near the cam tunnel. I guess we're lucky that misalignment didnt seriously damage anything. I can also see that the oil baffle is mising from the head. If I can find one I'll install it, but I've read here that it may not even be a critical component. Again, my fault for missing that to begin with.
Looking into the cylinders, they still look super shiny. We did not hone/deglaze the cylinders before assembly, so again, I assume that led to the rings not seating and sealing and dumping oil in the chamber. Again, my fault. Didnt know I needed that on a brand new cylinder. Assumed, "it's brand new, should be perfect." WRONG! And you can also see how much oil is dripping down the cylinder walls.
I'm not using my ignorance as an excuse, but hey, I didnt even know. Just glad I was able to learn from those mistakes, and caught them when I did. In addition to learning what parts go in the top end, I have read so much good info here on how to measure the cylinders, pistons and rings, and tolerances for such. I went ahead and ordered a bunch of new tools and materials so I can properly measure everything and do the work myself. I got so much stuff I need to expand my tool chest.
I plan on disassembling the head and valves today, possibly remove the cylinder and pistons. I'm also contemplating disasembling the rockers too, mostly just so I can clean everything really well. Unless theres really no need to do anything up there.
So enjoy the photos and please feel free to critique and point out anything I may not be seeing.
Thanks all,
I'm going to do my best to keep this up to date as best I can.
No Dowels Bottom inner left, and top inner right.
Gasket looks misaligned.
No Oil Baffle
Oil on cylinder walls
No Cross Hatching on cylinder walls