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again, many thanks for the time and effort you've spent on this! just so i'm clear, a side oiler pinion won't work with end oiler flywheels, and, a restrictor in the end of this pinion shaft will not help either? the weather is beautiful out here in ca. would you consider moving your shop out west? these must be tough old engines to have run like this with mismatched parts! he's going to talk to his boss, maybe he can get his (my) money back (hahahahahhahahaha).
Just looked at this post after you mentioned the oil problem in another post.
See you live in Nor-Cal. Best in the Bay Area is Roger at RE Engineering in San Jose. Take the info from Johnjzjz with you. Stand up excellent wrench and one of the few who works on pans, shovels, evos and twin-cams and actually gets it right.
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