Now that winter is gone I can start working on the 25 again. The plan was to work on it in the shop this winter but a snowmobile project took up most of my weekends for the last 3 months. It is hard to believe that after only one week all of our snow is gone. Last weekend we were out on the snowmobiles and now there is only snow left in shady areas or in piles.
Today I got to try out the new ridge reamer we bought for this engine. It worked surprisingly well. Now all 4 Pistons are out and ready to be cleaned. We took a few more things off today to be cleaned. Since it was pretty decent I thought I would give the old 25 a cleaning since it never really got washed since we bought it. There was a lot of light sandy soil in everyplace it could gather. Where ever it was used in Saskatchewan must have been very light soil. So the crankcase got cleaned, water jacket, head, and radiator.
Rebuilding some of the parts have been going good this winter. The magneto is done, new valves are being worked on, I got the new exhaust pipe in the mail, and a few other little things are happening. Now there is a bunch more boring cleaning and gasket making before the fun arrives again.
So here's some pictures. First is out snowmobiling last weekend. Next is the Pistons out, and last is after a quick wash outside.