101 Scout... going to take a while

[pisten-bully]

...haven't posted here in 10 months, but that doesn't mean things haven't been happening! Miles Mushlin has pretty much finished my motor :

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Miles has been nothing short of amazing! He took on a difficult challenge and proceeded to apply his years of experience to saving this motor, patience as a word isn't even in the same ballpark in describing how Miles stuck with it. Dealing with a repaired engine case meant custom work throughout the rebuild, and we both agreed that making this motor run with the smallest amount of vibration would be a goal, so Miles made no concessions to tolerances.

A short and very incomplete list of items on the list of rebuild tasks completed include custom outer bearing races, all bushings custom made in the cam case, cylinders lined by Steve Dutcher for new pistons, crank cases decked for cylinder bases, lifter arms rebuilt with new rollers, oil pump rebuilt, mounting and timing the magneto, and on and on.

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I'm very excited to be at this point, and I'm also not ready to fire up the motor! Primary case and clutch, oil and gas lines, and kicker mount are on this "new" list! My excuse is that after owning this motor for 5 years I sort of put the idea that it would ever run again somewhere in the back of my mind. So thanks to Miles it's time to move forward again!

[exeric]

Fantastic work on you motor, Harry and hats off to MIles Mushlin for making it good for 100 more years. For me, the motor has always been the biggest hurdle in motorcycle restoration. There is so much specialty work that demands a person with years of hard to acquire skill. . . So, your 101 should be a piece of cake from here, Eh?

[pisten-bully]

So, your 101 should be a piece of cake from here, Eh?

Haha Eric! I guess compared to Miles' long haul rebuild, set back puzzles and all, the rest should be a walk in the park! Though I mocked it up twice, that was mostly for sheet metal fitting. I expect a few obstacles going forward but nothing like the weeks Miles spent truing up flywheels that refused to run true below .007 (even with sending them back to T&O so they could give it a try). But it's all part of the process, right? Thanks for the kind words!

[PaulCDF]

Thanks for the update Harry;
You are an inspiration.
Just might get my 741 to this point . . . .some day.