I started the re assembly of my snow trac motor after Big Al hexed the other one with his little voodoo doll of a snot trac. I took some pics so you all can see what is involved. I also have some components which are torn down so as I get around to cleaning up and saving the good stuff I will also cover inspection. the first order of business was to set the end play on the crank this process uses shims between the rear main and fly wheel so you will need shims the little paper gaskets and a fly wheel.i lubed and slid on the bearing dropped 2 shims into place each measured out to .008. than had to add another .006 to get end play down to .003 acceptable clearance is between .002 and .005. in the picture i.m showing a way to use a feeler gauge to accomplish this and it works better than any other way. once this is done I removed the bearings set them in the block half that had dowels in it and marked the case halfs with a sharpe marker, this will aid in installation later next step was to install bearings and gears you tape #4 main the small jurnal and slide #3 bearing on the crank with lubraplate install the timing gear on with the timing marks up than the split washer and lastly the distributor drive gear. at this point #4 and #1 bearing goes on and the split portion of the #2 bearing goes in.you than set the crank in to the block using your marks to orient the bearings properly and aligning the dowels which hold the bearings in place . than install cam bearing halfs line up the timing marks and install all the rest of the bearing and install the other case side the case halfs torque to 18 ft lbs on the large stiudds the smaller bolts I just made them like a german virgin goot and tight. as a note I put the rodds on the crank first befre installation as I had a cool duplicate of the german engine fixture, and laying the engine on its side made it easy.once the case halfs were secure I pit on the oil pump and cylinder jugs I use a lifter removal tool which makes pulling wrist pins easy and I don't have to separate the piston from the jug .I also installed a sand seal kit and the front tin than the power pulley at this point I called itr a night I will finnish up tonight and have a complete engine ready to drop in to my snow trac that should be hex proof