This was a pretty much totally trashed motor that was donated by Serenity for the Great Experiment -- the development of recovery methods for head death and the other results of low oil pressure.
As you can see, we are some valve covers and a rubber plug shy of starting the testing phase of the Great Experiment. We have a pair of list members who say they have these parts and they are looking through their boxes right now to locate the pesky little pieces. (no luck yet so far though)
So far the totally trashed motor has required expenditure for a used jug and piston, a used cam, a used starter motor and the missing valve covers and rubber plug.
Everything else was repaired (the methods developed are in the Tech Section as "how to" threads, with the exception of the Inelegant Stick cam re-tensioning system which is a Rubber Side Down experiment in motion that will require years to prove it out properly).
The ability to REPAIR a trashed motor instead of scrapping and replacing it is of some value to list members (the head cam bearing fix alone is priceless as we have so many dead heads running around it hurts to think about it).
Keep your idle speed up over 1,000 rpm at all times !!As soon as we get ahold of the rubber plug and the valve covers, the unit completes assembly and once it is cured good the oil goes in and the starter based static testing begins.
Test planned:
1) Compression Test at starter speeds
2) First push through oil volume through the oiling system will be captured to see what sort of trash circulates in the oil passages when a rebuild is done. (curious, I am)
3) Oil pressure at the last head cam bearing will be measured at starter speeds.
4) some other stuff as the thoughts occur to me ....
Still needed: a used set of valve covers and a used rubber plug.