Back in April I had some questions for you about my new project and many of you graciously replied. Thank You!
I promised I'd keep you updated on progress.
Its been a fun 6 mos. with some frustration coming at the end.
April 12th - trailered it home 100 miles from Clintonville.
Motor stuck, clutch lever stiff, almost no gear oil in tranny, couple valves stuck, milky oil. Plug wires junk.
Proceeded to remove the head and had it rehabbed. 8 new seats, one new guide, milled slightly.
Manifold turned out to be junk, crumbling in my hands. Had a hole from the intake to the exhaust chamber.
Cleaned and rebuilt the carb including resoldering the small hole.
Freed up the pistons - cylinder walls looked good enough.
Gas tank has crud in it, not yet removed. The baffle in there will make this a challenge. Rear small gas chamber has a rust hole but won't be using this anyway. Using a temporary tank for now until I clean the main tank.
Oil filter / pressure reg unit was chuck full of sludge and the various ports were stiff or stuck. Dismantled and cleaned, replaced 1/2 ball and replaced the felts with a cartridge.
Water pump is good but had a small pipe fitting about 3/4 dia x 1/2 lodged in the intake ring area of the impeller.
Radiator core turned out to be junk. Replaced core and had to have two cracks welded on side panels. Flat belt was shot. Now using 2 serpentines side by side.
Governor is not working at all. Yet to be addressed.
Had the magneto cleaned and adjusted. That arrow and window on the rear is awesome.
Water pump shaft repacked with graphite rope.
So after addressing the above it went back together and in early August we had it running. It started relatively easy and the clutch and tranny are working well enough. I say enough because now that the clutch collar is freed up there seems to be a lot of wear in the forks. It wants to release on its own occasionally.
After the first start I realized the radiator core issue and took my first shower in old antifreeze. Fun!
After getting the radiator fixed we did the second startup. All seemed ok. Right foot on the clutch lever to keep it from releasing. A few water drops flying backward from various spots. My second light shower in weak antifreeze.
Time to drive it the 3 miles home from the storage unit (my temporary shop) to my overcrowded barn.
Made it home and that was the goal.
Checked my nice new 3 gallons of oil upon arrival at home and it had a milky look. Ugh!
Pulled the valve cover to check head bolt torque, seemed good, (120 lbs) but......found a mess on the inside of the cover. Tan goo.
So I changed the oil, cleaned the goo, and filled her with good antifreeze and put in a new thermostat.
Next running it was going great and then the radiator overflowed once again. My third antifreeze shower. This time I was tasting it!
Then I had smoke coming from the radiator cap. Heat gun used to check various spots for temp and had 180 to 200 degrees. (Realized later I lost 1/2 of my coolant to the ground).
At this point I backed it into the barn where I'm contemplating my next step. I'm suspecting a leaking head gasket or crack in the head or block.
The confusing part about all this is it starts very easy, and runs very well. (bypassing the governor for now)
Haven't run it since finding the piece of pipe in the water pump but I'm not thinking that could cause the problems I'm seeing.
Its been an interesting journey so far to say the least.
I promised I'd keep you updated on progress.
Its been a fun 6 mos. with some frustration coming at the end.
April 12th - trailered it home 100 miles from Clintonville.
Motor stuck, clutch lever stiff, almost no gear oil in tranny, couple valves stuck, milky oil. Plug wires junk.
Proceeded to remove the head and had it rehabbed. 8 new seats, one new guide, milled slightly.
Manifold turned out to be junk, crumbling in my hands. Had a hole from the intake to the exhaust chamber.
Cleaned and rebuilt the carb including resoldering the small hole.
Freed up the pistons - cylinder walls looked good enough.
Gas tank has crud in it, not yet removed. The baffle in there will make this a challenge. Rear small gas chamber has a rust hole but won't be using this anyway. Using a temporary tank for now until I clean the main tank.
Oil filter / pressure reg unit was chuck full of sludge and the various ports were stiff or stuck. Dismantled and cleaned, replaced 1/2 ball and replaced the felts with a cartridge.
Water pump is good but had a small pipe fitting about 3/4 dia x 1/2 lodged in the intake ring area of the impeller.
Radiator core turned out to be junk. Replaced core and had to have two cracks welded on side panels. Flat belt was shot. Now using 2 serpentines side by side.
Governor is not working at all. Yet to be addressed.
Had the magneto cleaned and adjusted. That arrow and window on the rear is awesome.
Water pump shaft repacked with graphite rope.
So after addressing the above it went back together and in early August we had it running. It started relatively easy and the clutch and tranny are working well enough. I say enough because now that the clutch collar is freed up there seems to be a lot of wear in the forks. It wants to release on its own occasionally.
After the first start I realized the radiator core issue and took my first shower in old antifreeze. Fun!
After getting the radiator fixed we did the second startup. All seemed ok. Right foot on the clutch lever to keep it from releasing. A few water drops flying backward from various spots. My second light shower in weak antifreeze.
Time to drive it the 3 miles home from the storage unit (my temporary shop) to my overcrowded barn.
Made it home and that was the goal.
Checked my nice new 3 gallons of oil upon arrival at home and it had a milky look. Ugh!
Pulled the valve cover to check head bolt torque, seemed good, (120 lbs) but......found a mess on the inside of the cover. Tan goo.
So I changed the oil, cleaned the goo, and filled her with good antifreeze and put in a new thermostat.
Next running it was going great and then the radiator overflowed once again. My third antifreeze shower. This time I was tasting it!
Then I had smoke coming from the radiator cap. Heat gun used to check various spots for temp and had 180 to 200 degrees. (Realized later I lost 1/2 of my coolant to the ground).
At this point I backed it into the barn where I'm contemplating my next step. I'm suspecting a leaking head gasket or crack in the head or block.
The confusing part about all this is it starts very easy, and runs very well. (bypassing the governor for now)
Haven't run it since finding the piece of pipe in the water pump but I'm not thinking that could cause the problems I'm seeing.
Its been an interesting journey so far to say the least.