Today, 4/29/11, was the big day. I started up my 6/1 Jkson/Powersolutions. I have a little oil leak on the pipe that connects to the elbow for the oil pickup screen but other than that everything seems good. I bought this engine in Feb 2011 from a guy who bought it originally in 2005. He bought it but never ran it. He had taken things apart a little here and there. It was a deal too good to pass up.
What did I do with it before starting it? I tore it down completely and removed a fair amount of casting sand from the webs inside the crankcase then bead blasted the piston to remove casting sand from the underside of the piston. I had to put in new connecting rod bearings due to fod then use plastigage to verify clearances. I painted both the inside and outside of everything. I had to make an offset idler bolt and got the lash down to .0045" on the cam gear. I had to hone down the glazed cylinder due to the sand used in the Indian break in :-). I put in new sleeve o-rings. Some of the oil seals were bashed in so I put new ones in when I put in new gaskets for everything.
Anyhow, I made two videos of it, the first and second starts and I have a lot of photos on listerenginegallery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-saUYb8IxxYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN9WruyjF7khttp://listerenginegallery.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4911I have an ST10 that I will run with the 6/1 and also my 12hp yanclone tractor.
Anyhow, I just wanted to let folks know another one came to life on this fine Spring day.
There are still some gems hidden out there that can still be had. I had to travel several states away to get it but I was already going near there to go skiing.