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Morning guys, again thanks for the input.. in a brief history this eng. was built last june, and offered for sale on PP, I did not have funds at that time and another pelicanite purchased the eng., his plans changed and he sold it to me. It was on a pallet with all VISABLE opening's having shop towels in them covered with tape, again this is a 0 mile rebuild. I received eng in Aug. and put it at my work shop indoors, covered with tarp till thanksgiving when I made final payment to prev. owner. eng was then taken to my house (NO garage) were it spent the next 2 months being installed into my 914 christmas, weather, and family issues delayed installation, but again eng. was always covered.when I finally looked at the bot. of the eng for the first time I found that exh. ports were not covered (poss. rodent home??? although saw no signs of any) also found 2 exh studs missing, 1stud broken just below case, with a smaller stud drilled and tapped between broke stud and exh opening??? also found oil pump access plate to have diff. length studs and two that I could remove with my fingers (this could have been by the second owner not tightening them up after inspecting pump?) and also could see some assembly oil sepage at case just behind the same plate. (I stuck a 13mm 8" wrench on the 2 thru case bolts under oil pump and was able to turn them a good half turn with very little pressure - maybe 8-10 pounds) this caused me to question what else might not be tight. Sherwood questioned why eng was not turned over till wheels were on ground (NO offense taken) from my end I probally should have checked this when purchased in hindsight but again this was a 0 mile eng. the builder (who I will not name at this time) has built many eng. and I am sure he had to turn it over durring assembly in timming cams and am sure if it was binding at that time he would have investigated, also I turned it over to tdc to install dist. and felt that it was quite tight but again I have never turned an eng over before and did not have anything to compare it to. as this eng. has been in three seperate hands I can not pass the blame on to anyone but myself and will try to sort this out best I can (with the support of PP) also looking thru openings that I could timming chains are new, valves and guides are new, and all inside visibly looked good, suprisingly case was oily and dirty on outside but I Know this is a lower end rebuild (not ANDIAL) Again thanks for your support / input... Sincerely Glenn
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