[oleboy]

Wondering if someone can help me out. Searching (even the manual) has told me nothing.

The four bolts that hold the bearing plate to the block, what is the value to torque them too?

Thanks
Dom

Edit, never mind. Found it. 35ft lbs progressively

 

[tomd999]

Dom,

If there are two values listed, say 30-35 Ft lbs, the lower value is for cleaned and lightly oiled threads, the higher for crud encrusted threads.

If I were screwing it back together, I would use a drop of medium strength blue loc-tite on them to make sure they don't back out again. I go through a lot of loc-tite. I learned long ago of it's ability to keep vintage British and Harley motorcycles from loosing parts as I rode down the road. Although, the last time I rode my buddies Bonney the shifter fell off and I ended up walking 5 miles back to find it. I stopped at autozone and bought him a tube of loc-tite as a gift.

 

[oleboy]

Evening Tom
We're like minded. I did exactly as you mention with fresh bolts and locks. The manual had only one value of 35ft lbs, so I tightened them progressively in offset pattern until the required torque was achieved.

All said and done I'm going to run the engine on the bench for a tank or two after I get the valves adjusted to make sure there are no surprises. While I had it apart I've cleaned up all the wiring with fresh heat-shrink too.

For the breather, I made a new silicone shaft sealing sleeve from the straight spark-plug wire cap. Slightly longer than the un-compressed length. It fits nice and snug and will seal nicely.