Small update, It was the timing. No fiber/nylon gear however, the chain was stretched to the point I could walk the chain up a tooth on the cam gear. So, after waiting a couple weeks, the new timing set came in.. Long story short, tore it down and put it back together after being up for 24+ hours. Somehow got the dizzy 180* out after I got it buttoned back up (sleep deprivation I guess). Without checking the dizzy I started to second guess the cam/crank gear alignment with my working on it with lack of sleep. Said hell with checking the dizzy and decided to order another gasket set and tear it back down to be 110% sure... It was the dizzy alignment, crank and cam was perfect..
So shes back together, timing set and carb pretty close to where it needs to be but still needs tuning. I guess the positive part of this is I can now strip a J10 360 down to the timing set in ~30-40 mins and throw it back together with my eyes closed. Hopefully a skill that will forever go unused
Also did a compression test with the newly corrected timing set, now showing 145-150 psi all around
After 3 weeks of headache fighting this thing, we took it on its first pavement voyage in over 10 years. Its got some hesitation around 45-50 mph which I believe is a carb issue that I need to work out.
The cherry on top, it ran out of gas on the way home
Shes now in time out and i'm taking a break from holding a wrench for a couple weeks.
