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Post by toxic76 on Feb 2, 2015 15:39:43 GMT -5
Picked this up last year and I have been working on it for a few months now. It's mostly there. I picked up a full set of body work off of eBay for a real good price. It has been covered in blue silicone, muffler hangers and all through the engine. As I got it ... the seller said the dirt tire was put on just to move it around his shop. Since it had no inner tube I suspect that was true.  Any idea what pipe these are? I have never seen them before. They had baffles that were mint and easy to remove.   I don't know how many mice called this home but the stink was unbelievable. Nice set up with wall to wall insulation  stacks, I hate stacks  It's a 72 motor in a 74 frame with the ignition from a 74  |
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Post by Curtis on Feb 2, 2015 15:44:45 GMT -5
Look like stock pipes with modified baffle section
Velocity stacks are awesome
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Post by toxic76 on Feb 2, 2015 15:48:42 GMT -5
At some point it was rebuilt, hence the mismatched heads.  All the pistons and cyl looked ok but were at their wear limit. No obvious signs of disaster here.  What engine condition would cause about a cup or more of oil to pour out of the pipe? Any thoughts? I put them in the corner and when I came back to them this is what I found.  Heads came off easy, the cyl not so easy.  Three of the four engine mounts had been bored out and a rubber washer was added with a lot of you guessed it blue silicone. This is apparently how the PO thought an engine should be rubber mounted.  |
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Post by toxic76 on Feb 2, 2015 15:53:26 GMT -5
The tear down begins  New shift forks ordered  Picked up a spare trans from Derek on this board  Full crank rebuild being done  New tabs for the engine mounts   |
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Post by toxic76 on Feb 2, 2015 15:56:55 GMT -5
Look like stock pipes with modified baffle section Velocity stacks are awesome I should clarify, I love stacks but I hate finding them on a project that I am starting. You just don't know the conditions the bike was used in. It's that whole unknown history thing. If I put them on and tune the bike for them that's a different matter. |
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Post by Curtis on Feb 2, 2015 16:26:53 GMT -5
Your going through the engine and carbs anyways  If it was on a running bike I would be worried, but not so much on a project bike |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2015 16:28:52 GMT -5
I've seen a lot worse.Looks like you're taking the bull by the horns.
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Post by daffey1 on Feb 2, 2015 17:33:52 GMT -5
The oil in the pipes could be from extra oil put down the cylinders and then cranked over for storage, Just a thought  |
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Post by toxic76 on Feb 3, 2015 8:12:06 GMT -5
thanks to Jim Shreve's video on how to refurbish the oil check valves, www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVYTi9W236wI thought I would check out the ones that came out of the engine, so using his method. I attached a clear tube to each of them and filled it with oil.  One leaked immediately as if there were no restriction in the valve at all. Would this have caused oil to flood the cyl and end up in the exhaust and puked out all over my shed? A second one leaked after about an hour and the third one is fine. Jim ( aka Darth )has some very useful youtube videos and is going to be supplying me with the springs I need to rebuild these. |
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Post by daffey1 on Feb 3, 2015 8:34:55 GMT -5
Darth can also rebuild, service or build you new lines if need be. I have a set and they work perfectly. I'm very pleased with his oil lines  |
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Post by toxic76 on Feb 3, 2015 9:12:55 GMT -5
Darth can also rebuild, service or build you new lines if need be. I have a set and they work perfectly. I'm very pleased with his oil lines I am on his list for new lines but they are not yet available. Mine are not to bad, no cracks but I would like to replace them. Hopefully they will be available by the time I am ready to put the engine in, several months from now. Awesome guy and very helpful. |
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Post by Ned on Feb 3, 2015 9:18:33 GMT -5
Darth can also rebuild, service or build you new lines if need be. I have a set and they work perfectly. I'm very pleased with his oil lines +1! |
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Post by toxic76 on Apr 9, 2015 9:19:14 GMT -5
I had to send my oil check valves to Darth to have the seats recut as they would slowly leak. He says they were some of the worst he had seen. Frame is back for blasting and painted up. I originally used POR-15 but I found it too glossy so I over sprayed with black satin. Much better.   new triple tree hardware  While waiting for brake pads, I thought I would jump on the front forks. Hardest seals ever to remove. Tried using the screw method and tried submerging in boiling water which has worked well in the past. I was like they were welded in there. Finally got them out and you can tell they were replaced at some point by someone with a heavy hand on a screw driver. I'm going to have to clean up the seal seat area before I instal the new ones.  A glimpse of the bodywork to come  It's so nice to start putting clean parts back on her. |
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Post by daffey1 on Apr 9, 2015 10:55:24 GMT -5
Now the fun realy begins toxic76, have fun  Looking very nice |
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Post by toxic76 on Apr 10, 2015 6:37:34 GMT -5
Only method that seems to work for me to get a stuck caliper piston out.  Sandblasted and waiting on new pads. A set of dental pics from Princess Auto work great for cleaning out the groove the seal goes in.  |
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