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10-04-2011, 01:26 AM
I have begun a complete rebuild of my 1970 us90 engine. It smoked a bit and was spitting oil from the exhaust. So i am cruzing for parts on ebay and i am having a hard time finding a complete gasket and seal kit for the 1970 machine. Now there are tons of late 70's kits for the ATC90. My question is is there a differnce in the engines when the switched over from us90 to atc90 in the 70's?
I am not deep enough into the build to see what was causing it to smoke/spit oil but i believe i have a burnt valve and carbon built up on the piston, and the spark plug was oil soaked. The compression was incredible if you pulled it hard in the wrong part of the stroke it will tear that pull cord handle out of your hand like a bullet. I am going slowly and and documenting with photos as i go. As i have plans for some powdercoating/new paint during the re-build of the machine.
The indications that i have gotten so far seem to suggest that the top end is inter-changeable though out most us90 and atc90 years, but the bottom ends had different versions for 1970-1973, 1974-1980, 1981-on. You guys know all! Help me set my parameters for searching for parts!
I am not deep enough into the build to see what was causing it to smoke/spit oil but i believe i have a burnt valve and carbon built up on the piston, and the spark plug was oil soaked. The compression was incredible if you pulled it hard in the wrong part of the stroke it will tear that pull cord handle out of your hand like a bullet. I am going slowly and and documenting with photos as i go. As i have plans for some powdercoating/new paint during the re-build of the machine.
The indications that i have gotten so far seem to suggest that the top end is inter-changeable though out most us90 and atc90 years, but the bottom ends had different versions for 1970-1973, 1974-1980, 1981-on. You guys know all! Help me set my parameters for searching for parts!