I'm working on the notion that I am not going to strip this motor down to it's crank. I'm going to put it into the bike and see what it sounds like. I know this is not the most secure way of determining the worth of any engine but I have a disassembled motor already littering my congested workspace and I have no more room. My idea is that I'll get this one going and I might even get it back on the road with this motor. In the meantime I will reassemble the old motor with new parts (or refubished) and then switch them over. That way I'll know I have a good engine in it. I'll then strip the new engine and so on. Truth is I probably would never have know the old engine had a bad main bearing. How would you know?
So let's get the "new" engine in the frame.
The engine was propped up on a couple of car ramps. I build up some timber supports and built a shelf across to the frame.
And pushed it across.
I used a car jack to support the transfer platform.
And got it in nicely. I then had to find a couple of helpers to lift the engine slightly so I could remove the platform and again rest it on the car jack so I could adjust the height to get the bolts in.
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