Hello,

I finally got my TR1 back on the road, after five years, and I am happily over 1500km now. However there are few things that needs explanation.
- Alignment of cranksaft and camsafts. Odly, I find both cams precisely ½teeth off (advanced) when I place the cranksaft in TDC mark. I am 100% sure that I assembled the cam chain gears so that the dots on the gear and crank gears were aligned. So, what a heck? Do I need to check the generator fly-wheel installation onto crank or are the gears still off or what? BTW Engine runs OK but I find it guite slow to rev.
- Knocking sound. Well this was the initial reason why I disassembled the whole engine and changed the connecting rod bearings. I also changed the axles of cam chain gears. I tried to check the piston pins, roller bearings and all gears as well but I found nothing. Now when the engine is running again I can still hear the knock as prior the engine repair. Odly, it doesn't seem to be related to engine load i.e. I can hear it when the engine is idling and as well when I engage 1st gear and slowly lift the clutch - no difference there. The knock might, I am not sure, come from the front (syl2) head. However I didn't anything strange on the cam or the mechanics there.

So, I would be happy to hear on your experiences and/or guesses what could be reasons for the strange things I have found.

Best Regards. Pekka and TR1 from rainy Finland

Thx,

that's what I also suspected. Your statement confirms my experienses so I need to adjust the cam marks on retard side.

Br Pekka