Been cooking this one up since last fall. Got it last winter. Had good compression and ran for about 30 seconds. I decided right then I was going to restore the 750 and ditch the less than ideal paint job it was sporting.
This is the only picture I can find of the as-received look:
Didn't take me long to notice it needed a crankshaft with the flywheel threads being completely trashed. The flywheel was missing fins so that got replaced. (These 700/750/850 flywheels seem to be rather fragile. I have several missing one or 2 fins.) Reason it quit running, however, was the aftermarket Nova ignition had failed. So, I had to replace all the original ignition components. (I knew I kept snatching up 700Ds for a reason.)
ModifiedMark let me tie up his sandblast cabinet for an afternoon.
After reassembling the engine:
I'm terrible at stopping to photo my work. Just as soon get the project finished.
When the weather finally broke for me last week, I jumped to get it painted.
This is the only picture I can find of the as-received look:
Didn't take me long to notice it needed a crankshaft with the flywheel threads being completely trashed. The flywheel was missing fins so that got replaced. (These 700/750/850 flywheels seem to be rather fragile. I have several missing one or 2 fins.) Reason it quit running, however, was the aftermarket Nova ignition had failed. So, I had to replace all the original ignition components. (I knew I kept snatching up 700Ds for a reason.)
ModifiedMark let me tie up his sandblast cabinet for an afternoon.
After reassembling the engine:
I'm terrible at stopping to photo my work. Just as soon get the project finished.
When the weather finally broke for me last week, I jumped to get it painted.
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