Originally Posted by
tbirdscott
Agreed, But if you can see it run and check for blow by in the crankcase and a compression check is good I would just replace the seals and swap it in, leave the power mods till later.
Scott
Regarding: checking for blow by in the crankcase, I have a mechanic that is helping me out during this project, I assume he would know and have the tools to check for blow by. Outside of the appropriate tools, is this something that a novice wrench turner could check?