Thanks J-Mech. I'm using the JD/Onan manual and it said to heat the gear for 30 minutes but I'm thinking that little oven may take longer, I'll know better next time. Didn't know that on the rod bolts either but then again it didn't say to do it in the manual.
I thought about taking it back to the machine shop for the cam bearings but that would have been another week I would have to wait....probably. When I was reading through the different manuals the Onan one calls the flywheel the front of the engine(because it is) but the JD calls the pto end the front of the engine, kind of confusing, maybe that is where he screwed up.
I do have another issue. I got all the valves in and adjusted but I noticed that the exhaust valves rotate fine but one of the intake rotates a little and the other intake does not rotate at all. I've also read that the P series(what this engine is) never had valve rotators. Why do the exhaust rotate and the others don't? They seem to rotate when in the lifted position if I turn them by hand. I pulled it apart and looked at the keepers, retainers and caps but don't really see anything strange but then again I don't what the he%$ to look for.
TIA