Don't waste money on rattle cans. If you have a local powder coater it is well worth a few extra pounds getting it done. It will transform the look of your engine and lasts longer than spray or the crap chrome tin that's on the market.

Testa

Pressure wash??

How do you stop the case filling up with water??

Don't waste money on rattle cans. If you have a local powder coater it is well worth a few extra pounds getting it done. It will transform the look of your engine and lasts longer than spray or the crap chrome tin that's on the market.

Couldn`t agree more - having my engine tins done in powder coat chrome didn`t actually cost as much as you might think   

And the difference is amazing 

Pressure wash??

How do you stop the case filling up with water??

Plug any holes with rag, then blast away, since you are opening the engine up, you don't really need to worry as you can empty it out, remember engines are pretty water proof
Ttfn Glenn

Pressure wash??

How do you stop the case filling up with water??

Plug any holes with rag, then blast away, since you are opening the engine up, you don't really need to worry as you can empty it out, remember engines are pretty water proof
Ttfn Glenn

I'm not splitting the case Glenn.......... 

A few pics from the weekend....





Took the oil pump cover off and found this.....





More to follow..................

Oil pump cover wear is normal as there is only an oil film to keep the gears away from it. You can replace the pump or just the cover or if that is only light scoring flat it off on a sheet of glass with grinding paste.

The pump cover will be getting flatted back Snoopy, Just so its shiny all over not just where the gears have polished it

The job tonight is heads off and see how coked up the valves are.... anyone know a good chimney sweep?

I know you people lurrrve the pics so expect more posted up soon...

the oil flow and movement keeps the inside clean. I always  lay the heads on their backs and fill the combustion chambers with petrol or thin fluid to check valve seating before stripping them out. leaks show into the ports.

Haven't tried it myself, but it seems a rather heavy duty way of cleaning engines is to use brick acid, then rinse with water
Ttfn Glenn

Haven't tried it myself, but it seems a rather heavy duty way of cleaning engines is to use brick acid, then rinse with water
Ttfn Glenn

I don't know as I'd want to try that one. In the past I've used that acid to prematurely age the metal parts on electric guitars, It was too fierce/aggressive to dip the parts directly in the acid I had to put the metal parts in a plastic container together with a small bowl of the acid so it was just the fumes that tarnished the metal. The fumes are not the sort of thing you want to breath in either.

Dilute with water to cut down the aggressiveness of the acid.
Ttfn Glenn

BRICK ACID !!!!?

It's not that bad ........

Or is it.......??

Pics tomorrow ladies and gents .... 

Heads off and started to do a bit of cleaning........



1 & 2..........



3 & 4...........

That one exhaust valve seat looks like it's very mucky, that would of been letting your compression leak! It also looks like the other cylinder head was not sealing properly either. Check the valves will only rock slightly in the valve guides, if they move more than 1mm; they are getting worn and will need new valves or guides or both. Have you checked the end float? As a rough guide, you should be able to feel a bit of slack but not see it. Once it gets to about 1mm, it will only last about 5,000 miles before it gets really poorly.

Rob