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There is an old adage that war is long periods of boredom, punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and in that sense, this rebuild has become a war. In my last post, several weeks ago, I mentioned that I was filling time while waiting for the one final part I needed to arrive so I … Read more

This is a short post, as it represents a time where I was largely just twiddling my thumbs waiting for the one final (I hoped) oil seal to arrive before I could start the motor rebuild. Given that I had sorted, as much as I was going to, the parts that would be visible to … Read more

The big day had arrived. All gaskets, seals and other minor parts had arrived. All the necessary gasket glue and goo substances were ready. The Haynes manual was ready to go. A plethora of zip-lock bags quivered in anticipation of their imminent opening. And finally, at the heart of it all, the one incorrect part, … Read more

In my last post I had reached a bit of an impasse with the motor rebuild, waiting on parts that had to come from Japan and which would take at least a couple of weeks before arriving. This led to a question about what to do to fill the time in between. First up was … Read more

In my previous post I talked about the strip down, pulling the engine to bits precisely enough to replace the problematic part and then putting it all back together again. Or not. As I said before, the inherent costs in tearing down and rebuilding a motor mean that while it is apart it is a … Read more