It started out as another warm one! But it didn’t stay that way...
First thing was sealing up the oil pump cover with the coper coat.
Then a little muriatic acid on the clutch actuator shaft to remove the oxidation. Interesting effect of the acid interacting with the dye on the shop rag.
The bike was mostly ready to go, but I had to remove a few more things like the throttle, carb, oil tank, etc., and clean up some parts.
Then I brought the engine out, and set it in place. With the 075 engine it is just enough taller that installing it with the top end on into a Second Edition frame is very difficult. It’s only about 15mm taller, but it is enough to make the job a real pain in the ass, so I decided to fit the bottom end in without the top end. It was much easier, although not with out some issues.
Installing and torquing the engine bolts desu.
Next was to install the kit, which first I decided to instal the piston this time, because the gasket spacer sandwich was going to be messy.
The spacer gasket sandwich of coper, paper and aluminum. I slathered on the coper coat too, as I didn’t want to get a leak!
Installing the multipart head.
Torquing down the head, installing the temp sensor, and ensuring no interference between the cover plate, and the spacer plate.
The intake was grabbed from the Silver bike, and the intake and exhaust were plugged to perform the leak test. Bubbles appears at the intake. Some coper coat was applied at the leak, but this didn’t ameliorate the situation.
A lot more coper coat was applied, and finally no more leaks!
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At this point it was cold out, and time to wrap it up for the evening.
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