spastrone,

Good, progress!

Perhaps a weekend garage organization project might help. :D
Let’s do a good inventory of everything so IF something has lost its way over 15 years, you have an opportunity to search it out or find a replacement.


Yes, simply slide the rocker arm shafts back in place.
Use the original parts you have if OK.
This will give you the oppertunity to inspect the rockers, shafts and cams.
Install new bolts and conical hardware where necessary.
Don’t use Loctite.

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Here is someone’s attempt to reduce an oil leak from the rocker shaft (red arrow).
Clean all this stuff off and install the ‘RSR seals’.

I see a nut missing (yellow arrow).
Check all the hardware on the engine, including the 24 head nuts.
Torque everything to spec.
Check the head nuts to about 80% of spec.
If one turns, STOP.
Do not tighten more.
Report back.



I see a piece of debris (violet arrow) next to the open sparkplug hole.
Look to see if there is other, including anything that might have gone into the sparkplug hole.
Vacuum anything out of there.
Include on top of the carburetor butterflies.

Solder an instrument ‘peanut bulb’ onto some speaker wire.
Hook-up the wire to a car battery (not in the car).
Lock the carbs full open.
Oil the cams, rockers and shafts.
Inspect all six for anything on a closed intake valve.
Start with a cylinder where the intake valve is fully open.

Carefully let the bulb go down to or past the valve where you can see in the cylinder through the sparkplug hole.
Report what you see:
Hopefully still shiny cylinder wall.
No debris, Legos or broken parts.
Remove the light.
Squirt some engine oil in the inspected cylinder.

Turn the engine CW 120° with the crankshaft pulley bolt.
Repeat inspection on the next cylinder in the firing order.
You can possibly inspect more than one cylinder at a time without rotating the engine.
Continue until all six cylinders have been inspected and oiled.

If the engine won’t turn easily – STOP.


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Carefully inspect in the thermostat, breather and oil pressure switch location for anything that might have fallen in the engine.
The thermostat and oil pressure are CRITICAL as they feed the bearings and more.
This open to the world for 15 years is on more concern than the sparkplugs open.
If anything is in the oil system, put the engine on a stand upside-down and let's see if we can coax anything out.

There should be a small ground strap or the nut and washer loose/missing (green arrow).


Inspect the condition of the threads (violet arrow) on the oil cooler fitting.
Test-fit the nuts on the hose(s) from the oil tank.
Be very careful with these threads and fitting nuts as they are easily damaged.


Keep the pictures coming.

Best,
Grady