Been away for a while

I have been working on the engine but I have also been on vacation. I have gotten the engine off the stand now and mounted to the horz stand that I can rotate it on. I have installed the rocker arm covers and spark plugs. Next is to mount the starter and alternator.

The starter is pretty straight forward. Just mount it and put on the four nuts, washer and lockwasher and torque it all down to 17ft/lbs.
The alternator is a different story. I already has the mounting brackets painted black. On my last engine I used the 40 amp alt. This engine will have the 60 amp alt. It has an internal volt regulator. It is smaller and more compact but there are other issues with it. You have to mess with the mounting a lot more to get it to fit. I bolted it up there on the brackets already bolted to the engine case. I saw right off that I was not in line with the ring gear. I was forward on the alt about 3/16 of an inch. I was able to use washers on the last alt to move it back and forth to get the line up. I cannot do that on this one. I get out the directions(typical male-mount first, read directions later) and find out that I have to slot the mounting bracket to move it aft. I had to take it off, sand blast it, have someone at work help me slot the holes, repaint it and remount it. That took about 3 days when it was all said and done back on the engine. I then had to mount the alt and get the alignment of the two pulleys and then torque it all down. Next comes the alt arm and cross brace to the starter. The alt arm I had to bend up to fit right and then you have to fab up a cross brace from the alt to the starter. This helpe brace the starter during a kick back.
You have to get the distance between the holes perfect to get it all to line up and fit. Once that was all done, I got out the right mag and timed it with the timing pin. Just rotate and drop the pin into the left rotation hole until it fall all the way in. Put #1 cyl on the compression strok at 25 degree BTDC and then insert mag. PUt on the retaining mounts and tighten it all down. I won't torque it all down until I get both mags on and time together. I still have to pull the spring on my impulse mag and turn it around. It came off and I mounted it back on in reverse. Go figure, I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right.