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Well, further investigation leads to further problems. I put the motor on the bench and began a full disassembly. I went to pull the camshaft, and noticed that one of the tappets under a fuel injector was stuck. As in would not move. At all. I got the camshaft out, tipped the engine on its...

Ray, I think I am all set for engine parts right now, but the full tear-down is still in progress. But.... I had a stud shear off on my F1+ rectifier, so I might need one of those.

Well, with the whole COVID-19 thing forcing me to be at home, I finally found some time to give this project some attention. After looking at the crankshaft, it is grooved at the rod connection so I decided I would replace the crankshaft and rebuild the engine. I took the back end of the...

I'm thinking machine shop too. The push rods all look fine. But the crank shaft does have some wear marks to coincide with the marks on the bearings in the photos. I have not pulled the other rod and piston yet, or certainly have not pulled the crankshaft. I have not seen anything in the...

So I bought a 1035 hour MEP-802A from GovPlanet, and knew there was something wrong with it, as it was stated to be seized. Got it home, and found that it turned manually, but kept hitting something at the same point in the stroke. Turns out the removable end of the connecting rod was in a...