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Old 01-18-2013, 08:58 PM
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Default More frustration :(

Tore into the donor engine today and fixed the recoil start, except it hangs up every now and then. Moving on, I gots no spark. Removed the pulse generator cover on the head, hoping to have bug guts and cob webs blocking the signal, and parts fell out............. It appears the timing pin in the cam either sheered or came loose at some point and 'walked' the rotor out just enough to break the head off of the retaining bolt in the end of the cam. I was able to get the bolt out, but I see some damage to the area around where the pin locks into the cam, and one of the weights on the spark advance is also broken. I really don't want to put another cam in this thing, and pulse generator parts are looking scarce at best.

So, tomorrow I will be tearing into the frame and reinforcing the bulkhead, as my welder parts finally migrated to the house via USPS.
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