Michael429

We took the brand new crank out to double check that it is true. Waiting for that to come back from our machine shop. Looked to be perfect with just a straight edge and it ran great when it ran, but wanna make sure. Putting new stator in the machine with adjustable timing plate. Compression is standard. Just has stock heads with stock pistons. Thinking problem is in ignition.

No bad vibes. Runs perfect when it runs. Gonna check the crank out though on Monday morn. We have a different ignition that we are going to run.

The thing actually runs great. It has a brand new HotRods crank in it with 0 hrs. It just kicked back 2 times and the second time it actually started in reverse. It kicks back unbelievably hard and almost blew one of my mechanics over the bars and then started in reverse. I 'm a little embarassed, but I didn't even think to question the brand new crank. We will have to check that next.

Ha, nah it got kicked in man mode. Stock compression, keyway and stator. Got us scratchin our heads. We are going to put an adjustable stator on it, but the one we had was just stock and this happened twice.

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This is a completely rebuilt engine, professionally done. The stator plate isn't adjustable and it has a standard keyway. I went looking for a new cover and saw that this has happened with others. Think it is a timing issue, but just wanted to see. Expecting it to be common. Thanks!