Wow impressive build thus far it seems! And loving the timing settings, dot to dot or what!
I bet you're glad you decided to strip it back and start again now!
Yep its the first thing I looked for after getting the cover off and surprise surprise another problem.
There are problems with your crank, although it is always hard to tell from photos. Your photos are better than most that we see here, but even so, there is no substitute for seeing the real thing.
If I am interpreting the photos correctly, there is galling on the surface on which the primary gear runs, some corrosion around the edges of some bearings, the pulley has been loose at some time, and marks which may suggest that the bearing shells have been too tight (typically caused by mixing up the caps).
It is possible that the crankshaft bearing journals will polish up ok, but I would not guarantee it. I don't see how the primary gear bush is going to have anything but a very short life.
It makes me sick every time that I see someone being ripped off in this way. The legal situation is complex if you bought it privately from someone who boughgt it from a professional reconditioner, because you don't have much easily enforceable legal protection in private transactions. However, if the person who sold the engine to you wants to cooperate to protect his reputation, which would be sensible, I would suggest that a joint approach to the original supplier demanding a refund would be appropriate, then you could mention naming and shaming on this forum (if they have any sense * at all, they will see that the cost of lost business will far exceed your refund), and if they don't then give a full refund, then a joint approach to Trading Standards. There is nothing to loose by trying. I understand your reluctance to possibly blame a possibly innocent party here on the forum, and that is very commendable, but when circumstances permit I hope that you will be able to name and shame, to help protect everyone from rogue traders.
* You don't need to be a super-genius to be able to assemble an A series engine correctly, so maybe they don't have any business sense either?
I will get some better photos on with my camera rather than my IPhone.
It wasn't a business that built the engine just a guy on here that built it and sold it on. If I have no way of getting my money back off the actual guy who built this engine I will just name him in the hope he doesn't do with to another person.
What ways could I get my money back if any? or is this not possible with the guy not being a business?
