Made some good progress tonight. Got the balancer pulled off using part of a jaw puller and two bolts in the balancer. got the rest of the bolts out without any snags. Got the over pulled off. checked the chain, seemed to have alot of slack, but i did not have much to compare it to. decided to go ahead and replace it with the new to me one I just got from John Brown (thanks!) after installing it - night and day difference. also, the chiltons book explains the timing marks incorrectly, each pulley can only go on one way. the dots are both at the top of the pulleys when aligned.

assembly tomorrow, debating on bolting the cover and pump on together or seperately.

also, as far as i can tell, nothin wrong with my harmonic balancer, any one recco replacing? and why?

anyone have a diegrinder and arbor i can borrow? I'll supply dics and you can have any leftovers.