Project bike in the post

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Post by SMUDGER » 09 Jul 2015, 12:00

Thought I could have it done in a few weeks oh how wrong was I some parts obsolete some parts are ridiculously priced constant eBay checking phoning salvage yards...
She is roadworthy tho minus mirrors so mot Saturday then it's the waiting game for parts

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Post by SMUDGER » 09 Jul 2015, 20:00

Few parts on today and now it won't fire grrrrr

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Post by SMUDGER » 11 Jul 2015, 11:31

So last night I gave the old girl some nice shiny iridium plugs pressed the start button she fired into life purred like a kitten left her running for a couple of minutes then she started to make a gurgling sound and she ejected a milky coffee type fluid out the engine breather I presume this to be water and oil from mixing when she was lying on floor and now she won't start and sometimes a metal knocking noise when she tries to crank I'm hoping engine is fine and the knocking is just no oil noise

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Post by Clarkey » 11 Jul 2015, 22:19

SMUDGER wrote:So last night I gave the old girl some nice shiny iridium plugs pressed the start button she fired into life purred like a kitten left her running for a couple of minutes then she started to make a gurgling sound and she ejected a milky coffee type fluid out the engine breather I presume this to be water and oil from mixing when she was lying on floor and now she won't start and sometimes a metal knocking noise when she tries to crank I'm hoping engine is fine and the knocking is just no oil noise

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If the situation is 'I hope there is no oil in this running (!!!) engine', something has gone to shit I recon

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Post by Pacuk » 11 Jul 2015, 22:38

Is this the same as yours mate
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... ID=EBAY-GB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Looks to have your mirrors if so


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Post by SMUDGER » 11 Jul 2015, 22:46

Pacuk wrote:Is this the same as yours mate
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... ID=EBAY-GB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Looks to have your mirrors if so


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It's same but mine beige he don't have mirrors

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Post by SMUDGER » 11 Jul 2015, 22:47

Clarkey wrote:
SMUDGER wrote:So last night I gave the old girl some nice shiny iridium plugs pressed the start button she fired into life purred like a kitten left her running for a couple of minutes then she started to make a gurgling sound and she ejected a milky coffee type fluid out the engine breather I presume this to be water and oil from mixing when she was lying on floor and now she won't start and sometimes a metal knocking noise when she tries to crank I'm hoping engine is fine and the knocking is just no oil noise

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If the situation is 'I hope there is no oil in this running (!!!) engine', something has gone to shit I recon
I did put 1 litre in it before I started her as view glass is too cloudy

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Post by SMUDGER » 12 Jul 2015, 15:27

After a engine flush some fresh oil took a lot of cranking to finally fire she runs again trys cutting out when I give a bit of throttle. plenty of blue smoke so I'm presuming now that the coffee oil has gone into carbs, headers and exhaust

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Post by SMUDGER » 13 Jul 2015, 18:48

So today after work I got power back full throttle and she puts out a few revs but after warmed up still blue smoke amongst a very familiar smell of steam my conclusion is old oil burning still with a blown head gasket so I'm faced now with a total engine rebuild new clutch or do I go cheaper option of replacing engine or do I fix the rad leak n drop steal seal in hope for best this bike is turning into a real money pit

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Post by Dave_W » 13 Jul 2015, 19:02

SMUDGER wrote:So today after work I got power back full throttle and she puts out a few revs but after warmed up still blue smoke amongst a very familiar smell of steam my conclusion is old oil burning still with a blown head gasket so I'm faced now with a total engine rebuild new clutch or do I go cheaper option of replacing engine or do I fix the rad leak n drop steal seal in hope for best this bike is turning into a real money pit

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Don't know if this helps or confuses more. Good luck though mate

https://forum.motorcyclenews.com/topic/ ... p-needed/2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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