me too ! loved it !

Or you could just weigh and balance them

dad sold my bike... I was named after a 1951 panhead... running all those years :-)

Any particular reason why in the beginning and most of the video hes not using any oil or grease or assembly lube or anything like that? sorry to ask you but seems like he doesn't answer comments.

@@dntlss You know, I really couldn't tell you for certain, but I'll try to make an educated guess here for you. I'd probably guess that assembly lube wasn't too common back in 1928, so using it today is kinda moot. I also believe that this particular engine gets its oil from a hand pump, so I don't know how important assembly lube is gonna be in preventing wear and tear when the engine itself doesn't have a constant circulating oil supply. You could lube the thing up, but it's probably not gonna stay lubed for long, and the oil that needs to get into oil passages and specific crevices might be blocked by gooey assembly lube. One other thing you might research was that in 1929 they introduced a throttle-controlled oil pump, which i have no context for, other than the names and an old article claiming that the throttle-controlled oil pump increased the oiling efficiency and overall health of the engine by a ton. So there ya go, hope my guesses might shine some light on the reasoning behind him not lubing it up like you would a 50s/60s/70s engine found in cars

@@dntlss Read my other guesses first, but here's an alternate theory: he assembled the entire motor for clearance purposes, tore it down off camera, lubed everything perfectly and reassembled it for the final part of the video where he fires it up. Not really sure.

And he didnt come back and kill the principal the next day,lol, he knew he was caught and took it like a adult unlike today.

Not to mention not torquing anything 😂

@@localenterprisebroadcastin5971 The torque wrench wasn't even patented until 1931 and it was years until they were being manufactured for general use.

@@johnarnold893 The original torque wrench was invented by Conrad Bahr in 1918…swing and a miss bud

An old race tuner I worked with often the first thing he'd do was turn up the idle. And on a race two stroke turn it right off.

@@redtobertshateshandles hard enough to keep an old engine running as it is. once you get it started you don't want it conking out on you all the time. it really swcks if your battery is dead, you have to kickstart or push start it again, or... your compression release is broken. I deal with all three all the time on the farm with this old junk.

@@choppergirl Battery, hah, what battery. It's a race engine and uses a mag for spark.

@@johnarnold893 Fair enough, but a dead battery is huge concern on my bikes that are too heavy to push start and jump on. It will leave you stranded and phwcked. I can push start light cars on flat paved ground and jump in the seat and throw them into 2nd and start them (done that more times than I want to count), but pushing a heavy motorcycle to a running start and swinging a leg over and kicking it in gear without dropping it is beyond my stamina and skill level. Don't want no kickstart motorcycle ever again, you'll wear out your leg or break it trying to get that thing started.

Yeah because they all sound like shit

yes, its odd, but two things: modern oil is light years ahead of 1920's technology, and the clearances on those old air-cooled engines was pretty was generous to start with. that said, yeah I woulda put a few drops here and there.

JH and JDH. Correct orientation. Go look at pics of a 1928 JDH Harley.

Probably cause it was too simple.

1920's Harley 2 cam racing engines were stamped FH FHAC FHAD . Look up those.

so this is lies?

1: there is sealer on the case halves. I always smear a very thin layer of black gasket sealant when assembling. Not sure if that made this film or not. Originally they had no sealer or gasket whatsoever 🤷‍♂️ 2: assembly lube is not necessary if you are planning on running an engine soon after rebuilding - which I did. 60 wt oil is quite thick at room temperature anyways. 3: no, I don’t like them at all (if you’re referring to the clips I used on these pistons) 😂 but they work great. More than one way to skin a cat as they say… 4: yes, those are PEEK seals. The brass originals can work great as well, but PEEK seems to be superior 5: I never said JH was a factory race engine - It’s not. But a 1928 JH is identical to an FH race engine in many technical aspects down to the bronze cam shafts. The only real differences (aside from the VIN number & casting numbers) between a JH and a direct action FH engine are the cam grind profiles, the lifter blocks, the combustion chamber shapes, and the flywheels. “Way more than 10 exist” is a stretch unless you know of a pile of them that no one else knows about. Quite a few have come out of the woodwork since this video was posted, but there seem to be less than 20 known still. Always looking for more!

How Do you know if there is oil in a harley, its dripping under.. If not NO oil.😄

​@davidlarson3905 how come few exist?