I have been busy striping. I have also started taking the engine apart.
The heads and barrels are off, I'll start on the rest of the block tomorrow as I'm running out of storage and need to get some crates.
The liners of the barrels look good no obvious scoring or marks on them. The pistons crowns are covered in carbon as are the valves. There is also oil around the piston rings and on the skirt of the piston as can be seen in the photos below. Comments on condition of these would be appreciated or if the phots are not clear more can be provided or what sort of things should I be looking for?
But so far the most worrying find was the swarf that was holding onto the cam chain adjuster of the rear cylinder as I removed it (pictured next to the adjuster). Couldn't see any obvious damage to the cam chain or the casing around it but that lump of metal has came from somewhere...
