New life in an old two stroke

I don't care if you like a two stroke or not but have to like a clean diesel engine cause you know that they ain't going to be that way long...... lol .......

Engine block after machine work

After I got the block back from the machine shop I masked and painted all the little crevasses I could and painted them knowing I would never be able to get protection on them once I reassembled the engine.

gear train housing after

I had to send this housing out and have a bolt removed that was sheared off and to have the face of the starter mount trued and honed. Then I thoroughly cleaned it, masked it and painted it with the Cummings red paint.

after degreassing

After dis-assembly it took a heck of a lot of cleaning to get to this stage. I took the complete motor apart and degreased every part for inspection. Good parts were tagged for restoration and bad parts that couldn't be bought new I found rebuild able used ones to replace them with. One that comes to mind was one side of the thermostat housing with a crack in it. Now let me assure you though, every moving part of this engine was replaced with new parts with no exceptions.

after restoration engine pics

It took a long time for each part of the engine. It was a prime project for the cold winter months till a big job in the cabinet shop took me away from it.

oil cooler housing after cleaning and bead blasting.

heres the back section of the oil cooler after I cleaned, bead blasted and masked it for paint.

engine tear down for rebuild

before pics of engine

Oh shes has a new look now. This thing here is now just a memory lol ....

didnt know how bad it really was till I looked back,

heres some before shots of the engine this would be of the oil cooler below the right bank.