Meh.........hit a snag on the miserable device today..... That nice cast alum valve cover, that came off the original motor, that I shined all up and painted.......is a complete fail......somehow I failed to notice that on the distributer side of the head, on 77 motor is rather different than the same side on the 85 motor.....I was mad....then I felt stupid.....then mad again. Anyway...not a biggie....got the 77 valve cover and new gasket. Degreased that inside and out and sanded the outside....ready for primer an paint now.....but have to get more paint in the morning. I'll know way more about these miserable things before I'm done than I ever wanted to know, I'm sure. I discovered this whilst putting the 85 motor back together with the left over 77 parts.....figgered everything would be better bolted up in one piece rather than a pile of parts..........then.......just after I found this tidbit out I was putting the auto trans flywheel damper plate on......oooooooo....the holes don't line up!!! But after a bit I found the only correct orientation for the flywheel/crankshaft.......had a serious pucker going on there for a couple minutes......geeeehawdamn miserable devices!!!! All that said....this was supposed to be a simple build....simple as in easy to source parts....uncomplicated ign and carburetion .......well the cast cover took a special gasket.......the stock cover is readily available.....so.....all good.....just irritating.....
