A quick burst of activity, and I got a ton of things done tonight. I pulled the timing belt off of the engine again. That was so I could get the water pump back on.

While I had the timing belt off, I wanted to paint the block where it would be covered. While I was at it, I painted the side of the of engine I had cleaned. The color is pretty nice. It'll be nice when the whole engine is painted.

Next, I timed the engine. There are details on how to do this on the internet. First, you loosen the cam gears. Then, you put a bar across the back of the cam shafts to lock them in place. Adjust the cams, tighten. The engine looks pretty sweet with the Esslinger gear on it. Timing is going to be easier when I get to that point because of the timing notches.

It is a good thing I timed it again. I think the first time I went through the motions, but the exhaust cam was off by a whole tooth. Now that the engine is timed, and the one side is painted, the other side is next. Grinding, wire brushing, cleaning, and then paint.

I think I want to clean up the aluminum top end as well. We cleaned it up a little bit last night, but only on the back around the water outlet. There's a ways to go.

Also, since the Megasquirt was giving me issues, I flashed it with the MSnS-E firmware again. Everything seems to be working again. I still need to develop a base map and check it with all of the sensors. More things to do...