Well, It was just going too smoothly for my own good. Came across my first real major snag. Having used the crank from the 8BA marine engine in the C69A block I never figured on the crank gear being set opposite of the cam gear....so back to the 8BA block and take the cam gear off and replace the gear on the C69A engine. No sweat.....went very smooth. Got all the pistons in with no problems....mains and con rod bearing all torqued and oil pan back on.....a friend drops by to see how I am doing. He asked a distributor question so I grab the crab dist cover and go to put it on the engine.....IT WON'T FIT OVER THE PULLY ON THE CRANK!!!!!!! Oh no....the pully configuration is different. Even the neck is longer.....can't do a straight exchange. Now I am going to have to remove the cam from the 8BA and remove the cam from the C69A and do a swap and remembering to change back the cam gear. Now I have to remove all the valves n stuff to pull the cam.....4 steps forward and 2 steps back.....there was no wine involved in this whole process....perhaps that was the initial problem
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