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| The Resurrection | ||
| In the Beginning | Disassembly | Cleaning/Painting | Reassembly | It Starts | On the Road |
Reassembly
28/8/05
- Time to begin putting everything back together.
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Starting to... |
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Items re-installed - steering, centrestand & sidestand, inner rear fender, swingarm, alloy brackets for footpegs…..Purchased new fork covers as old items were broken/severely rusted - new ones came from Econohonda in Te Aroha - totally different items from the original, they seem to be for a "K" model... no matter, they fit (with a home made spacer to allow for their shorter length) and they look the part.
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| New fork cover | Old fork cover | Comparison |
18/9/05
-28/12/05 – cleaning and more cleaning!
Painted/polished the headlight shell, front mudguard, rear mudguard, glued the broken taillight, disassembled the speedometer to repair dents in casing, generally cleaned everything that can be cleaned (front & rear wheels, drive sprocket, chain guard etc, etc) and began re-assembly to this stage:
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Instruments
re-installed:
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Next
stage – installation of battery box & wiring loom, connecting of all
electrical components (except those reliant on the engine being installed of
course!)
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| Wiring.... | ....Connections.... |
Things are now starting to come together nicely...
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30/1/06 - Engine now back where it belongs....
In the frame! Used the same method to re-install it as was used to take it out (stack of magazines) and also wrapped those parts of the frame (with bubble wrap), which would likely come into contact (inadvertently!) with the engine whilst putting it back in.
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22/2/06 - The exhaust system
Ok, time to tackle the exhaust system... this comprises the headers and the muffler itself... as can be seen from the pics below the headers are fairly well surface rusted and the muffler has deep (rusty!) scratches to the underside.
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Since I don't have the budget to have the headers re-chromed, I decided to paint the rusty parts with VHT heat paint (aluminium), being careful to not over spray too much over the existing good (better?) chrome.... then, with a long(ish) piece of rag and with the headers installed on the bike, I set to polishing them by wrapping the rag around each tube in turn and employing a see-saw action... they have come up rather nice, we shall see if this cheap option will last!
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The seat, as can be seen below, is in rather sad condition... it will need to be re-covered at the very least. My wife, unbeknownst to me, had this done (ain't she great?). Not the original pattern, but, in keeping with my stated goal of getting the bike to a tidy and rideable condition, absolutely perfect!
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3/3/06 - Carbs!
Time to delve into the mysterious world of the carburettor.... a relatively simple device (?) that has such a huge impact on the overall running and performance of the bike... times 4! So, with all the posts on the SOHC forum regarding carbs to guide me, I started to pull them apart and clean everything I could see and to soak everything in carb cleaner that I couldn't see!
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A view from the manifold side..... |
....and from the airbox side |
I checked that all jets were clear, and the floats are at their correct level(s), also bench synched them. Had a bit of a job getting the carbs back on the bike.... back to the SOHC forum and hunted out the various ways others had accomplished this task.... went with the long piece of 4x2 timber to lever the carb bank onto the inlet manifold rubbers (which are a quite hard/brittle rubber)... this method worked very well.
At this stage I was oblivious to the trials and tribulations that lay ahead with the carbs, and was silently congratulating myself on a job well done..!
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Carbs are on |
Back in one piece |
Cool shot |
Back tyre needs replacing! |
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10/3/06
Bought some cheap 10W40 oil to act as a "flush" agent for the first few times the bike will be started - if I can get it started! Still haven't checked out the ignition system as yet, although all the rest of the electrics seem OK - (lights, indicators, idiot lights on the "dash" etc... these are all working well). I have begun periodically turning the engine over with the electric starter (I bought a new battery some time ago while doing the wiring) and with the kill switch turned off, just to keep everything moving.
Continue on to It Starts------>
| In the Beginning | Disassembly | Cleaning/Painting | Reassembly | It Starts | On the Road |
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