Update on the Engine Rebuild

Hi

Murphy has put the proverbial spanner in the engine rebuild.  ;-)

Doepie phoned me during the week to say that the engineering works had contacted him to inform him that they have issues with the re-boring of the piston sleeves to the next over-sized pistons and that that the valves will have to be replaced as well.  We were hoping that we could just replace the pistons with over-sized pistons (this would obviously require the piston sleeves to be re-bored to this size).

Anyway - this means the following:

• We now will have to replace the piston sleeves with new sleeves;
• Rather than using the over-sized pistons, we will have to go back to the standard piston size;
• And we will have to replace all of the valves.

This is a lot more work (and it somes with a much higher price tag)!

I have to take the Linkert Carb Rebuild Kit (it has arrived during the week from the USA) to Doepie on Saturday.  He should have the engine back from the engineering works by then.  I'll take some pictures of the engine and post them next week.

The engine and gearbox rebuild should be finished by mid-December.  I'll fit the engine and gearbox befor Christmas.  If I can accomplish that before Christmas, the resotration of the Harley-Davidson WL will have progressed significantly.  There is still a lot of work ahead, but I am getting there.