Today was unproductive. The only thing I really got done was installing the shift linkage. The gas tank needed cleaning, and is still being cleaned. The exhaust has a wierd bent pipe. Summit wasn't really able to help so I have to call hooker monday and see if I can get the right pipe sent. See how the top pipe bends at the collector? That is enough of an angle to put the rear into the driveshaft.
I took the heads off the old engine just to use them as mock ups, and found water in one of the cylinders. That probably explains why it was running so poorly.
It just wasn't going well today so I stopped and put some effort into the yard work, the house, etc. I took one pull too many on the push mower recoil cord, so I fixed that also. That's the way it goes sometimes, my good fortune last week must have run out. My goal is still just to get it back into one rolling pile. If the weather holds I should be able to meet that.