Goodies I - Transmission seals & bushings, primary chain, miscellaneous hardware-



Goodies II - Valves, more bushings, con rod bearing shells, more hardware-



Goodies III - One of 2 main bearings, one of several tranny bearings, gaskets, wheel bearings, o-rings, etc.-

Holy schmidt. Guess I never realized how flippin' big those main bearings are!

I must've missed posting a couple of shots going in to the tranny (for what it's worth)...

Cover has a couple of scratches, should clean up nicely with first steps of polishing-



Typical goo & grunt in the outside cover, just a tad bit of rust-



Inner cover in similar shape, so far nothing amiss (I've seen much worse!)-



Surprisingly little water/moisture-

I just got real good news; Jeandr has agreed to fabricate T6 aluminum engine & tranny mount plates! I'll send him the originals, with the pattern changes to accommodate Commando tranny adjusters on BOTH sides for nice even primary chain tightening.

Cool; HUGE thanx. Klink will be quite pleased!

Tank underside -



Still trying to find a match to photos of the paint, caught a break when I cleaned off the gunk leftover from the tank pad-



The guys are drilling, pulling and welding all the dents and dings in the headlight ear and sidecover. The tank has some Bondo repairs that will be removed and properly repaired (pix before the weekend of the bondo, then the stripped parts)

Atlas head (25319 casting) in good rebuildable condition -







No broken fins, no stripped threads. I'll pull the studs out of the old head.

All new valves are here and were delivered to the machine shop with the head, along with valve springs, keepers & collets from the old head. Just waiting on the new guides.

If it where me , I would drill holes where marked .
The big one trough the 3 bottom fins for extra cooling and the small ones for evt safetywiring the exhaust nuts .

I like the locktab washers for the exhaust lugs...

A few more parts, the machinist will be happy to see the new guides.

Crankshaft assembled. Bearing shells were sent in standard, need to be .030 Undersize. More waiting...



Powdercoater is shooting to have the frames done tomorrow and meet me half way (saves me a good bit on travel cost & time).

Head all nice and clean with re-cut valve seats, new guides, and new valves lapped in-





Another batch of new parts: gasket set, second main bearing, tranny bearing, Barnett clutch plate kit, new pistons & rings, magneto drive chain, exhaust lugs, camchain tensioner foot, oil pressure relief valve with new screen, and second cam bushing.

Like night and day...



Spiffy fresh powdercoated bits & bobs-

Cases all cleaned up and ready to assemble as soon as the rod bearings arrive and I get the rods bolted up to the crank. Everything else is ready-

Cylinders all done, bead blasted, washed, bored & painted-

Paul, this is starting to look real good. Can you make any money doing this? I'm thinking of changing careers!