Whats your the part you like least of building your engines?

[Jay Smith]

I hate Machine work , that sticky hot Aluminium chips going down my shirt sux !!!

[89Talon18]

Stripping threads when torquing the front half

[keefallan]

Stripping threads when torquing the front half

Reminds me of my crossflow motors.............putting on the heads............got 2/3 bolts on................then that next bolt just keeps spinning.............

[Motv18]

When you can’t swap rods and pistons around to get time more in line but it’s all in spec.

Or or you need a 4* key and no one has a dang 4* key.

[MattGreen]

Finding out i was shipped 10 rod bolts instead of 12

Bingo lol ! A few weeks ago I ordered 16 for my V8 project and Bombardier’s warehouse shipped 12 lol .

Other dislikes:
- excessive number of gasket surfaces to clean on OMC crossflows. Saltwater ones are even worse. Thumbs up for lost foam castings.
- Removing main bearing race dowel pins that people have squashed into their holes to the potint they are ineffective
-Lapping reed cages (boring as hell)


Conversely I really like torquing and aligning rod caps - that feels like it’s all coming together

Matt

[nitro_rat]

x2 on cleaning gasket surfaces...

[FUJIMO]

...going through 100 used rods on a gram scale...(and marking them)...to find six that are simular weights for a build. (inspecting them, cleaning them, checking rod cap alignment, bolts, etc...) that was the old days.

[FUJIMO]

Scraping the build up off the pistons .

...never did that. had a glass-bead machine/cabinet. (again, the old days)

[LakeFever]

When you melt it down first time out tuning it and then have to start all over again

[keefallan]

When you melt it down first time out tuning it and then have to start all over again

Been there done that.........just not a boat motor..........

Yeah, that may be the worst one............

[ShadowFlier]

When you get it together and realize you don't have a fresh base gasket.

I hate my hands getting all oily and slimy and then it transfers to my tools. I like all my stuff to be clean.

[Merc 2.5]

Prob been said but cleaning the block (hands to big for bores) and chasing ALL the bolt holes

[LakeFever]

Been there done that.........just not a boat motor..........

Yeah, that may be the worst one............

Its when you do it three times in a row that it REALLY gets trying. Sled engines, cold weather, and porting with pipes... not to mention newb to tuning two strokes. Young, dumb and full of yee haw. Ouch my wallet and pride back then

[Capt.Insane-o]

Putting the powerhead on and turning around to find the shift rod sitting on the bench after torquing the nuts.

[keefallan]

Putting the powerhead on and turning around to find the shift rod sitting on the bench after torquing the nuts.

I've never done that............but I can see myself doing that