Thompson? You mean the race in September right?
I found some time last night to go out and wrench. I didn't get too far before I found the next problem... Threw the bearings and seal in the block, lubed it up, dropped the crank in, threw the caps on and snugged them down - the crank turns really hard (with a breaker bar on it)... Now I've had this all together to check clearances and such, so this was a bit perplexing to say the least.
But, or course I hadn't had the seal in it. Pulled the back cap off and the seal has turned in block with the crank - not a good situation. After closer inspection, when they machined the caps (or an accumulation of the years of machining the caps...), the little groove that the seal fits in is shallower that it should be - not a little, but like .080-.100 shallower. This means that the seal is sticking up way too far.
So now I need to re-machine the seal groove in the main cap.
Ok Murff - you're in the lead now