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Old 10-14-2016, 05:14 PM   #1
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These bikes strike me as having tractor-like reliability. Much like when you pull a SBC apart, and you can't figure out how it ever started, much less ran.
I think I heard that GM engines manage to continue to run badly long after other engines have quit.
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I think I heard that GM engines manage to continue to run badly long after other engines have quit.
Oh man, I pulled one apart one time that was so worn out, I removed the timing chain by hand! On that same car, the battery cable to the starter was down to a couple of strands inside of the tube, and it still started without catching on fire. I've also seen distributor counter-weight studs completely pulled out of the plate, so the mechanical advance doesn't even function. I've seen plug electrodes that are non-existant. Despite all of that, they still run. I suspect you're RPOC will be similarly hearty.
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