Mechanical/restoration supervision sought

[Eurodave]

thank you eurodave
you seem to have had some bad experiences?!

Not boasting, but Ive spent the last 30 years playing with many many bikes & have found out the hard way that 'experience is what you get AFTER you need it!!'

[psyguy]

Not boasting, but Ive spent the last 30 years playing with many many bikes & have found out the hard way that 'experience is what you get AFTER you need it!!'

oh, i can relate to that!

[jonbuoy]

BTW - who did the re-chrome on the engine bars?- it looks great. I have some things I need done too.

[Dodgyiti]

Psyguy-
So I sprayed the Glisten PC 2 coats over 2 weeks.
Hard for the pictures to show that it looks like water is runing off kinda.
2 advantages with spraying;

Used hardly any paint but got right in the finning etc
Dusted a final almost dry coat on to bring down the shine level a little, it was looking a bit too bling.

I expect that the kit would do another 3 engines and boxs from what I used on one. Just thinking what else needs a coat or 2..
Your polishing parts look great.
I did the forks and diff myself but they did not come out as good as that.
Regards,
Michael.

[psyguy]

BTW - who did the re-chrome on the engine bars?- it looks great. I have some things I need done too.

"progressive polishers and electroplaters", new lynn

yes, the new chrome looks so good, kind of really thick appearance and deep shine!
and the bars originally looked so bad that at one other place i was told the condition was so bad they couldn't be chromed at all...

mind you, those bars now look so much better than any other chromed part on the bike...

[psyguy]

Psyguy-
So I sprayed the Glisten PC 2 coats over 2 weeks...

hm, not sure if you're happy with it then or not completely?
it does look quite BLING but i think that effect should tone down a bit once everything is together and on the bike, and among all the other parts
at least that's my experience now the bottom part of my engine is back in the frame
cheers

[jonbuoy]

"progressive polishers and electroplaters", new lynn

yes, the new chrome looks so good, kind of really thick appearance and deep shine!
and the bars originally looked so bad that at one other place i was told the condition was so bad they couldn't be chromed at all...

mind you, those bars now look so much better than any other chromed part on the bike...

Thanks for that - Yeah I know what you mean - get one bit looking good and its like putting a gucci earing in a pigs ear. Damm budgets going out the window.

[Dodgyiti]

not sure if you're happy with it then or not completely?
it does look quite BLING but i think that effect should tone down a bit once everything is together and on the bike

Yeah, I'm happy with it, but as far as tone down, what if everything else on the bike is bling? Yes well, ummm.....

[psyguy]

Thanks for that - Yeah I know what you mean - get one bit looking good and its like putting a gucci earing in a pigs ear. Damm budgets going out the window.

well put jonbuoy!

[psyguy]

got the standard size piston rings today
i ordered them as a back up plan in case i can't find those two oversized pistons that i'm still after

so, cleaned the pistons and removed the old rings and checked the rings groves
botom and middle groves are up to spec, the top grove is just 0.02mm wider than the original, so i guess that ok (?!)

anyhow, a sigh of relief here, as i can now reasemble the engine if i get fed up chasing those oversize pistons

[psyguy]

went to check the air filter...

found it soaked in a blue sticky glue like liquid
someone had a home made blue foam sealer glued in between the airfilter and its housing - and when it came into contact with the oil vapours (that come through the oil breather tube from the engine) it must have started disintegrating - hence the blue sticky matter

anyhow, a litre of paint brush cleaner sorted that and the filter's good again, and properly oiled

[psyguy]

the airbox i though i should leave for later, when i have the frame painted, but it looked so sad i had a go at it too

had it paint stripped and treated for rust, painted it black and clearcoated it

still not the pretiest, but way better then it was. second place, i'd say...

the photo exaggerates all the imperfections, it doesn't look that bad in reality
believe me!

[psyguy]

the rubber boots i found all deformed and hardened in places and even shrunk
they only loosely fit in the airbox openings and there would have been a massive leak, the air bypassing the air filter

mind you, that clogged up sticky filter wouldn't have let much air through, so maybe not a bad setup altogether!!!

so, ordered a set of new boots

[terbang]

Good move, you will be surprised how much easier the 'Airbox wrestle' will be when it comes to fitting the carbs and Airbox. If you havn't allready, though I don't know what type is on the 850, a set of intake boots (cyl head side) is a good move too.

[Eurodave]

went to check the air filter...

found it soaked in a sticky glue like liquid
someone had a home made blue foam sealer glued in between the airfilter and its housing - and when it came into contact with the oil vapours (that come through the oil breather tube from the engine) it must have started disintegrating - hence the blue sticky matter

FYI; on my GS750 I got some proper green sheet 'Unifilter' foam & a hot glue gun & replaced the mutton cloth(!!!) wrap it had when I first bought it. I also whipped the 2 layers of fine wire mesh out & I oil it with a teaspoon of the gloopy unifilter foam filter oil mixed with a teaspoon of turps, it does get in & avoids overoiling too