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a few months back I blew a head gasket. Further inspection shows that there was an incredible amount of rust in the engine. Not worth trying a repair. Saving some cash to purchase a replacement by Thanksgiving and installing it then. I will be swapping out the upgraded clutch from the toast motor as well as performing the valve adjustment prior to installing. It's there anything else I should think of replacing? Also anything I should salvage from the donor engine before scrapping it. I'm taking clutch, valve shims, and faux cooling fins.

So my question. Can. I trust a pinwall engine to have good compression? Should I just do valves install and run?

So I opened up my engine only to find that the previous owner filled the radiator with water. The radiator abs engine should be fine except gaskets and all other steel surfaces are badly coroded. Coolant pipes, head gasket, rust in the entire engine and 2 cams. I am stuck and in need of a replacement engine. These pictures should serve to show you to never ever decide water is fine as avreplacement for coolant [ATTACH]86415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]86416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]86417[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]86418[/ATTACH] I even saw rust specs on the fly wheel. The heads are not bad

I have searched for quite sometime on the interwebs and cant find any info on engine removals or engine swaps. I feel like I am the first 2nd gen owner who has had to remove his engine for a head gasket replacement and repair I started with all the small stuff a few weeks ago. Here I am 3rd day of vacation ready to go downstairs in the driveway and tackle this. Without Hoists Jacks Cranes I will keep all updated. Whats really puzzling me is the disconnecting of the rear drive in order to pull the engine. WIth no prior videos or tutorials . I will havce to figure it out.

Hey guys. I have been losing weight. I am down 78lbs and now my jackets drape to the point of embarrassment. So here's the deal I have 2 Joe Rockets. 1 mesh with rain liner in 5x and 1 winter textile with insulated liner. 5x as well. These jackets fit tight at 400lbs 54 inch waist 50 + chest. And fit well at 370 now at 320 I am self conscious to the point of wanting to wear no gear. So please contact me if you can utilize these or if you have a 2 or 3x taking up space in your closet thank you

Ok so I got some info on the bike. My buddy left it for me abd passed away. So a mutual buddy told me that on his last trip. Last September he had an overheating issue. Not sure how many overheat cycles he went through but they had to nurse the bike to a shop on north Dakota. After three days they diagnosed that the radiator cap was bad and not holding pressure. It leaked fluid. They changed the cap filled the fluid and on the way he went. I ride it 1300 and only 200 of them were in warmer temps. I guess the system needed to operate and there for shows the failure . I will begin today. The bike has 60k miles. Bummer Ill have a shop check the heads and mill them if needed

It's leaking into the combustion chamber and coming out as steam from the left exhaust.

Stopped at a light got the antifreeze smell and loss of white smoke. Uggh. Just did the valves, and so much other maintenance. So how involved is this job abd do I need to take the heads to a machine shop

A pick stabbed in the center of the brass caps and twist to pull them off and then a long flat head screwdriver works. Left side screws are seen from the right side. After the various are removed you will see bras screws with a cross on it but I haven't a Phillips Hess that works , so flat head is best.

Ok sorry for the lakee explanation. I went for weeks changing the mixture screw and in the midst of trying to solve the popping my left muffler rusted. Actually the muffler was fine the pipe rotted. I had the system completely off to repair and while ready to install the rear header rell out. Luckily the gasket was not damaged . I skipped it back in. And crashed the bolt another full turn which kept it tight. It made me think if it was loose on one side it may be loose on the other side. I called it 1 1/2 turns abd violla. No more popping and my exhaust is repaired. Whos so happy? This guy, that's who.

[ATTACH]84631[/ATTACH] Here we go. The rear header pipe slid out of the exhaust system as I was repairing the muffler that rotted off of the exhaust system. I realized that the clamp was not tight enough. Gave the left side(popping side) another crank to tighten and no more popping.

Ok. Complete. After rewelding pipe on my exhaust system I found that the rear header pipe was slipping in and out of the system. I tightened that and no more pop. [ATTACH]84630[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]84429[/ATTACH] Got it done at Meineki $40. But didn't realize I needed gaskets. So I'm down another week

It didn't work on mine but many slide the key flap on the gas cap over abd put a mirror under our to read the code

Sounds like a good idea. Thanks

I have noticed that although rpms matter. Riding style matters also. I had a goldwing same year as a buddy of mine abd he always claimed 5mpg more than me. I couldn't figure it out until I rode with him and he kept taking until about 1 minute at a certain speed. In other words from a light I was traveling at 60 in about 20 seconds where he would gradually get to 60 over a minute. Same speed, same distance, sane shifting style at about 3k rpm.he just had a more ginger approach at gaining speed

Does anyone think this can be repaired? [ATTACH]84184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]84184[/ATTACH] It rusted off at tge clamp. Part of the pipe is still in the muffler

The muffler didn't rot , the pipe did. I still have pipe in the muffler. I have a set of harley mufflers if I find out the yamys are no good but I still need to extend the pipe the amount that is sick in the muffler. I bought header gaskets already . I want to eliminate the exhaust from the equation. Carbs synched and clean mixture screws have no effect on popping. Only on the right side , on heavy decel.

So in attempts to cure my decel pop, I am going to remove the exhaust, look for leaks and I also have to repair the left pipe,as the muffler just rotted off. I have the gaskets and tools. Btw the popping its coming from the right side on decel. So I need to know it's removing the exhaust straight forward or will I need to remove much more? Radiator? Faux fins? Lowers and air boxes? Hopefully this will cure my poping on decel. While I'm in there I will also be removing the Ais entirely. The front unit is removed by the PO or his shop but doesn't look like they did the job correctly

You wouldn't get far. Most guys like bar hoppers. This is a gas station hopper

Ill add to that and say that I have had success using a chisel to make a slot abd impact screwdriver with a flat head

I agree. Something of fame volume/size should work. Just don't mix fuel injected with carbuerated. Fuel injecting filters are built stronger to withstand the pressures of the pump, but sometimes have difficulty altering fuel through with out the pump

Ok I want one. Who is loaning, renting our selling one