Well science and BS fought an epic battle this weekend and if it wasn't for all my fuel being in the crankcase vice the tank I would have been able to test a theory. I counted the teeth on the HH and cam gears and was able to turn the crank about an 8th of a turn to where I could drop the HH in and then turn it back and align the balancer with its pointer and the quill shaft on the IP with it's pointer and have the red tooth on the HH just behind the pointer as pictured in the tech manual. A little bit of a PITA by myself but today I gave it a quick huff of ether and crossed my fingers....it fired up and idled. I shut it down, cranked again without touching anything and it fired up and idled at 750rpm, no hesitation when I pumped the accelerator and just a puff of black smoke. It's a lot smoother and quieter as well. I also picked up another 5 gal of oil for the oil change as well as a nipple, valve and cap to replace the drain plug below the filters.
Is there a way to verify the new o-rings on the HH are not leaking before I put another 70bucks worth of oil in it? (thank God it's a multifuel so I can at least filter it and put it in the tank, but until diesel costs more than motor oil this is a poor business model) I plan on leaving the drain plugs out overnight then turning on the electric pump tomorrow afternoon to see if anything comes out. I also will leave the shut-down cover off for this 'test'. Is this seem logical or do the O-rings only see fuel pressure when the engine is running?
Thanks
-Bill
