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Originally Posted by Railcarmover
I have a beautiful '29 block that was given to me..modern valves,pressed valve seats intake and exhaust,fresh pistons rings clean bores..hell,they even gyptol'ed the crankcase..with a bad center main cap,tinning failure.I've got a few center caps,might be able to fit one..but if the rest of the babbit was poured with the same shoddy workmanship I might be wasting my time.
"The bitterness of low quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten"
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But how sweet is it to brag that you got this or that for dam near free and only had to do this ....this ...this and that? HA! I got a motorcycle for pennies I'm running out of things to fix so it wont smoke. HA! But that damn near free motorcycle is a blast!
Im running a hand cut rear main cap against the advisement of every person I told about it other than the guy who handed me the bearing knife and a few instructions. I skipped an expensive insert job I was planning for a $20 set of used caps and a story. Right now I have more time than money. That could change at any time. But Im really enjoying this time Ive got! More than I would enjoy the money.