Well, this project has really gone wrong from day 1-BUT and I mean BUT a small tunnel of light has emerged!
I went into the garage today after speaking with Hoser on the chat room-I had a
Engine sitting on the bench here from my WIGGINS 250r purchase some years back. While Hoser was rebuilding the origInal Engine from that project I had purchased another Engine off Ebay-supposedly it was fresh rebuild and I ran it for a spell till Hoser got my original Engine to me. I looked at the cases and they ARE TRX CASES!!! I was shocked but I double checked it and they are indeed trx cases, this Engine is complete and in great condition,piston looks brand new, as does the bore, you can see the cross hatching in it in fact! so I will use it till the Engine is rebuilt by Hoser. Again the Engine rebuild is all dependent on if the cases are TRX and not atc. Hoser has told me the rod has bad play in it, needs a piston, and numerous nuts and bolts are wrong.
I might have turned the corner on this project, at least I am hoping I have!!! I dropped the frame off at my fab guys shop, we cleaned and stripped the frame and noticed several more cracks,which are bad but it is repairable he says. I purchased 4 used +2 arms off Ebay with replaceable ball joints in them, tie rods came with them. I'll need to purchase shock for them at a later date. I also purchased a set of swinger bearings(actual kit), and I am looking for a stem and anti vibe bars.
Pilotpete will be able(hopefully) to supply me with the plastics mounts,
CDI (Capacitor Discharge Ignition) rubbers, mounts for the tank, and all associated hardware I'll need to get that aspect of the project squared away.
BTW the PPE is near completion, my fab guy had to correct some bumpsteer issues so he lowered 1 side to make the inner and outer tie rods level, also by doing so he eliminated an issue with the outer tie rod binding up on full compression. I am expecting it soon.
Pilotpete, I will start a list of what I need from you for the project ok?