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oooooo..look what just showed up at my feeder now ?!

update: got as far as i could on engine, seem to be missing a few odd's and end's to finish the top end ?!. i hope to head to catfishes place tomorrow to pull that rear end out of the trx400fw, see if its any good when i get it back home ?. then i need to do some '' shopping '' for some top end engine parts..sigh. i swear..if you folks tear a darn top end of an engine down , discover the top end like the head, cylinder are shot ?..SEND IT WITH THE DARN ATV WHEN YOU SELL IT TO ANYONE !..SIGH. nothing worse than trying to build an engine, or an atv for that matter !, then finding out the seller left you high and dry on big time engine parts !. anyway, here is the engine as it sits, can't finish it until i get some engine parts.

update: got back home at 11:00 am, unloaded most of my truck. i did kill a sow that maybe weighed in around 60-70lbs friday around 6:15pm ?, i did not take any pics, sorry pic pervs. they dressed it, split the meat. i was the only one who shot and killed a hog. first hog kill my whole life. after this kill, we did not see any more hogs show back up at my feeder. think they got the memo not to mess with corn ?..hmm. got my pc turned on, checking my cam down there to see if any action ?, low and behold..look what showed up at my feeder !. grrrrr. i seen i got the 450FM parts in from rmatv ?, oil seals, air filter cage, air filter. now i can finish the engine !. may headed out to shop here in a bit, work on the engine ?, sleeping in a truck seat doesn't work well for me at my age !..lol. i'll up date this thread as i go if i remember to take pics ?!.

update: got the cam chain in today, had a few extra min's to install that, front clutches, shifter parts, gasket, clutch cover..wrapped it up for now..almost time to head south to the deer camp, won't be back until sunday i hope ?..lol. until then, all you pic perv's keep the porch light on..i'll be back !..lol.

putting the tranny back in is really easy !. as long as you do not get any gears off the shafts ?, not lose the thrust washers on the bottom of the shaft ?, its really so easy, is scary !..lol. best way to install both sides, look down in the case, notice one side is higher than the other side ( output shaft bearing side is lower )..now..put the two transmissions together in your hand, all while keeping your fingers in the bottom washers, if you paid attention to the height down in the case ??, this is how you put the two transmission gears together as a set, all the gears line up with the other gears on the shaft. carefully ease the two halves down in the case, while holding onto the thrust washers on the bottom, once down in there right on top of the bearings...both shafts should drop right down inside the bearings..easy !. next i install the shift forks to the right gear..while watching which fork has what letters on them ?..RR is very bottom..the shift fork with the letters face up, it goes on left shaft, next is C, this is your center shift fork, it goes to output shaft, letter facing up, slide it onto the gear, last is the top shift fork, again..letter facing up FW, OR F i think is what is stamped on it ?, i just know it goes in last, letter facing up. then i install the shift drum..carefully getting the ends of shift forks into the shift drum grooves. it can be rough some times..other times..they all just fall right in..but sometimes you have to reach in there..and lift a fork up, maybe 2 of them...or all three to get them into the shift drum grooves.once this is done..i oil up the shift fork shaft...very carefully slide it down into each shift fork hole. trick here is keeping them in the grooves ?, and lining up the fork shaft all while getting the shaft to go down ?!..lol. as i said..its really easy. pretty much all lower trannies in all utility atvs are set up the same way ?, just diff size gears..and maybe in the case in another spot ?..but they ALL go together the same way. ( not counting auto's..i don't do those ).

second pic is deff a '83 ( i looked it up on my cheat sheet ). the first pic however ?, is missing some numbers and letters ?, there is not 17 digits there ?. but !!..by looking at the first 5 letters and numbers ^^, it reads ATC90..wonder if this is an atc 90 perhaps ?..not sure. check the bottom edge of the unknown atc on the cylinder, see what cc's are stamped on it ?.

yep..as we get older..everything becomes alot heavier..lol. i try to wear my back brace when i think about it ?..lol.

does this mean the check is in the mail ?..j/k !. hope it works out for ya !.

oh it was useful, but...as it always goes..some stupid ppl stay stupid !..lol.

ummm..i just started this..what...5 days ago ?..and..i'm doing a ground up resto !..considering what i am doing...and all you are doing is the engine ?..i'd say i'm way ahead of you..rofl. this is down to bare frame..i have been going non stop at this from the time it hit my shop..to now i got the bare frame out in the back yard..lol.

i ordered the cam chain from ebay, which by the way was g&h discount atv !!..but...when i/you go to track it ?..it does not ship from tn !. it ships out of a wharehouse god knows where ??..lol.

for got to mention, i got my piston kit in today, i ordered a .50, which is 2 sizes over std piston size. took it out of the box, perfect fit for my ready to use cylinder.

update: got as far as i can for the engine until i get my cam chain. discovered lastnight that the axle splines where the ring gear rides are shot, as well as the ring gear splines. so that ruins that part of the rear end..lol. but !!, i will get back out to my buds place, and pull the rear end out of that trx400fw, and see what shape its in ?. not sure when i will get back out there ?, i've got a few things to do before i head to the deer camp this weekend to go kill some hogs eating my deer corn !. here's a couple pics of the engine '' some what '' back together.

haha..i started to ask if that was a pizza sitting there ?..lol.

you are correct, but !!..at idle it won't glow cherry red...you would need to hammer on it to get it that hot at the header pipe.