Been a while between updates - new job, etc. Also seems to be the earlier I took stuff off the less likely I was to have cleaned it...but getting there! As far as I can tell the only bits I'm missing before firing her up are two exhaust studs and a fuel filter...
I'll do the cam break in with my old 34 ICTs but they won't be staying on any longer than that. I need to get my shiny new CB performance IDF manifold tapped for the brake servo, and figure out how to do a nice job of running the breather box to the new lovely matching CB air filter.
'77 Westy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2026 12:50 am
The bolt holes are not equidistant and it’s impossible to fit the gear misaligned.
Well, it took me a while to wrestle it into the bus and deal with a hundred little issues, but today she fired up and got the cam break in done. Small oil leak from somewhere up near the oil filter...hopefully it's just that and not the cooler. But it didn't blow up. I did a thing.
Thank you to everyone who helped me, whether through epic how-to threads or by asking the stupid questions so I didn't have to. Onwards!
Nearly there… by Simon Bishop, on Flickr