cleanliness is next to godliness

The crankcases are all cleaned up and ready for reassembly, whenever that may be...

This makes a huge difference and after the engine is finally rebuilt - whenever that may be - I will do some more detailing to make sure it all looks as neat as possible (for example on the primary and timing covers). For the time being however, I've put these away, waiting for the workshop to give me a call...

Below: the fire extinguisher is at the ready, in case of spontaneous combustion.

If you squint really hard you can start getting a sense of what this thing is gonna look like. But you have to squint so hard you practically end up looking (god-knows-how-many) months into the future.

*ach...*