Recent content by P_e7

Seat has been sold. All other items still available!

I could have sworn I responded to this but it didn't save. I went there with the compression gauge and didn't bring the right adapter for the spark plug threads. Fell in love with it and bought it...Oh well... I'm just being a baby. I knew I was getting into a project and that's exactly what I...

I'm almost wondering if it would be cheaper to try and find a donor bike to steal the cylinder block from and hope I can re use it or even just try and remove and replace the skirts so I can use factory pistons. The 823 kit with the boring service would be 700/800!

On another note, while doing some cleaning work on the valves I noticed one of the valve guides didn't have a rubber seal on it. I'm 100% certain I didn't lose it so I'm hoping they haven't been running the valve without the dang seal for the last 26k miles. Not sure if it was ever put on there.

I had an idea you could do that, but I guess I didn't take that into account when trying to find a place. With my work and school schedule I wouldn't mind just sending it to someone who's kind of considered the gold standard of engine work. Around here in Oregon it really isn't an oasis of...

Sorry, that was sarcasm which is hard to convey through the internet. All my local shops are closed, but I've been doing some Google searches to find ones with good reviews. How important is it to find a machine shop that specializes in older Japanese motorcycles? Would any reputable shop suffice?

Welp guess I'll just scrap the build then. No sense in going on from here. On that note I'll do some research and see who is in my area or who people have used in the past.

That would somewhat make sense with mine. Mine is estimated to be around the 26k mile range. The engine doesn't look neglected, but definitely needs a rebuild before I do any serious riding on it.

Out of curiosity how many miles do you have on your bike? My bike has gone through two different gauge clusters so I can't say for certain how many miles the bike has. I will get in contact with AMC and go from there! Thank you

Another update. I leak tested the valves before removing them all to give them a slight soak, all of the them passed the leak test so I'm getting a good seal there. Yanked all the valves out and put them into pinesol (that stuff has been magic for me as I've just been reusing it again and...

Count me into this as well, please!

Good to know about the t bore hole gauge. I'll need it eventually and they weren't as expensive as I thought. I'll post pictures, but my cylinder head and cylinder block are pretty grimy. Will coca cola work for that? If so I'd save a ton of money. I may try it on the pistons if it works well...

Okay...I'm finally getting back to this. I have the cylinder head yanked and the valves are pretty dang dirty, I'm setting that aside temporarily to focus on the cylinder block. The pistons were quite dirty, but not as bad as I expected. I'd like to clean the cylinder block for the most part so...

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I responded to your post in my thread. I have a hinged seat for sale off my 79 cb750k