Cudamark, I may just try that wit the wood if all else fails. As far as water? I live in wet, humid-air Berkeley. Ugh.
lrazor: I found it to be seized when I tried to jump it, to get it fired up. Starter could not turn the flywheel- starter activated and just sat there torquing itself (you'd know if you saw it). So, I pulled plugs, couldn't turn the crank pulley- was able to before. odd. Hasn't been run in a long time (last fall) but it did turn over by starter for months afterward, so it can't be a spun bearing that all-of-a-sudden stops a non-driven motor.... I am gonna pull the starter off my '66 and test it, just to be sure it isn't just "tight" with a bad starter. I am glad I pulled the head anyway, had a slightly bent rod or two. Maybe the last guy was careless.....
Where do I get a BB crank bolt?
