Rockin_John wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:From all the parts out of place and stripped threads, I'm guessing the seller had a good idea they were selling your a load of trouble. That's a crappy way to do someone. I'd never knowingly pawn that kind of a POS off on someone without fixing it, or being honest about the condition and knocking the price down. Some people have no shame.
That's the same thing that dawned on me as I started to tear it down. A head cover bolt was broken and
siliconed in place in an attempt to prevent oil leakage, and one thing after another made me think someone had been in it before. When I found the cam "c" clip laying in the head, I knew it for sure. The old guy that I bought it from lives across the street from me and he is totally devastated with the whole situation. He bought from his son, who is most likely the dirtbag, just to sell it. This qualifies as a "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" type lesson.
Anyway, my wife is happy and you know what that means.
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