tappet trouble . . .

Finally got my .030" over pistons and am sending everything off to a motor service shop in High Point, N.C. I found the man to do the work on the shovelhead forum.
Things will move along much quicker now . . .

I don't know; I'm just thankful I found somebody to do the work. I still have to get a cam, rocker arm & shaft assembly, base gaskets, odds 'n' ends. Lots to do yet.
My job will be ending in June and I hope to ride down to the Smokeout in Rockingham by then.

Taken from Lone Watie? (Chief Dan George). Probably my favorite Western (from "The Outlaw Josie Wales", for you poor uninitiated souls). Lots of great lines to choose from. I do my Ten Bears rip-off voice ("I am Ten Bears") just about every time I pull out my Browning BPS 10 gauge shotgun ("I am Ten Gauge"). Though I am probably the only one that enjoys it!

Glad to see someone else is as warped as I am.

Harry: Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

I remember that...now where the heck are my Jeep keys?!

By the way - that was a 1971 movie....slippin' again, eh?

"When the truck did we get ice cream?" "You scratched my CD"


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If I may degress back to the original topic . . . I got my cylinders back from being bored and getting ready to start rebuilding the top end. They were bored .010" over instead of .030". Next is a cam and rocker arm & shaft. As usual, I have lots of time and not enough $$$ .

The smallest overbore you can get away with and clean them up is good,but do you now have .010" over jugs and a set of .030" over pistons??

Nah. The machinist traded in the pistons for .010" ones. He also honed the barrels after boring and gapped the new rings for me, too.
I finally found a reasonably priced set of base gaskets, and as soon as I get over my cold, I'll start putting that part of the motor back together.

Good stuff, wash 'em out with warm soapy water ,dry,then give them a thin coat of oil.

Will do. I got the paper base gaskets from Ebay and are they rough looking. The through bolt holes aren't even round, but I suppose you can't expect much for $7 for the pair, though. Going to show them to Tattoo for his opinion.
The only other ones I can find are metal at over $32 with shipping and I hate spending that much if the paper ones will work.

Naturally, I got a good set of metal James head gaskets. Can't cut corners with those.