Greetings all

 

The Saga of the head continues.

 

            Today and yesterday I reassembled.  A one day slow down because
I had purchased exhaust bolts that were too long.  I picked up a whole
collection of 8mm x various.

 

            Everything together, a full load of oil and a fresh filter; then
the coolant,  oops. forgot to put in the o-ring to the thermostat housing.
Cleaned the mess and put in the o-ring.  Then the battery was dead, charged
it then I was ready to go.

 

            I took the spark plugs out and ran it on the starter until the
oil light went out then reinstalled the plugs and fired her up.  She started
but very reluctantly.  The valves made a lot of noise and I have blue smoke.
She runs rough, very rough.

 

            Any suggestions?

 

Jere