So yesterday I was trying to dig out my shop that had gotten buried in a flurry of motor purchases and I worked my way back to the 310 with the intent of removing the plugs, spraying the cylinders with PBBlaster and hanging it on the rack for the time being. Long story short, this motor that had sat out in the weather for years came unstuck, I got the flywheel off, disconnected the timer strap, and the darn thing rolls over with strong compression and bounce. Amazing.
Found about what I was suspecting when I took the top off the timer case:
The good news? I have all the little bits for the Rube Goldberg contraption. Bad news – gotta get a replacement trigger housing (or whatever it’s called. Seems to me somebody had them in the past – Art DeKalb? Doug Penn?
Also, the timer cover is pretty shaky – same questions – are they out there as repo’s?
Oh yeah – same thing for the float bowl cover of the carb.