The rebuilt harmonic balancer showed up the other day, whereupon it was sandblasted, marked for timing (TDC, 12, 13, and 14 degrees for ignition timing, and 38, 40, 42, and 44 degrees for advance timing), painted, and then attached. I should have taken a shot of the front motor-mount as well, but I got ahead of myself. You will notice that I also attached a stainless steel tab for reading the damper markings. Hopefully, if I did this correctly, the tab and markings should be visible with a timing light adjacent to the distributer so it's easy to set, and partially hidden behind the lower radiator hose. Hopefully.
Then the crankshaft pulley is set. and the polished cast aluminum fan blade is put into place.
In other news, the head is getting new valve guides and new valves have been ordered
. We have not been able to figure out who manufactured the camshafts and so far have not quantified the cam characteristics. The helicoils have been redone with appropriate length replacements. The machinist wants to take this one step at a time- get the valve guides and valves, install the guides, lash the valves, then measure for the correct bearing shells, shims, keepers, and valve springs. Patience is a virtue. But progress is being made. The engine still awaits a $2 oil pump gasket
before the oil pan can be installed. I'd really like to get the bottom buttoned up before some dirt finds its way in.
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