Thank you sir, I appreciate the compliment!
Thank you! Will be even more beautiful when it actually runs!
Short block is finally finished....moving on to the heads now! Lucky I have a lot of experience rebuilding the VF500 engine so this one was a...
I must have assembled 50 of those in the 80's. Sold a ton of them at christmas. How about that chrome 86 model?
Good as you are going to find
I hear that. What a PIA it was to do the conrods today. I am super glad the clearance came out good. Not sure what I would have done if the...
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Plastigauge....wierd stuff. I had this laying around for 10+ years and it appears to be still good. Not sure if most people have ever seen this...
Correct, one piece.
Work got in the way of a good time AGAIN but work is progressing. Going to pasti-gauge the main and conrod bearings tomorrow. Lot of cleaning to...
Looking good brother....Painting is such a crapshoot unless you have a well ventilated room and plenty of light. I would give up painting if I...
Got a crank from a junkyard in PA, the rod is coming from Germany. Gonna be a while!
Still waiting on parts....got a lot of cleaning to do to get all the metal shavings out from the spun bearing. Honing the cylinders with my $25...
Very good job on that! I wish I had tried that.
For sure....I am not ready to dip into the Chinese knock offs just yet, Though I am sure they will be fine.
My research tells me the 1982 ONLY VT250F rods are the same as the VF500F. Rod bearings are the same as are the crankshaft bearings....
Based on what I have seen on EbAy these 250's must spin rod rod bearings fairly frequently. I took a long shot and ordered a $6.00 crankshaft off...
Yeah, that 26mm clutch nut is unlike any other out there. Motion Pro or K&L Supply does not sell a tool for it so it must be obscure. I had to...
If you want to see them I will post. Amazing what a beating these engines can take and keep running.
Thanks S-Man....trying study this engine has been fun. Good design that lasted a LONG time in production. Unlike the VF400/500 that must have...
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