Dutch 1977 Z1000 Build

Wiers wrote: I contacted Chris from motoGp werks and got a good price for a complete system but including shipping and the huge amount of tax in The Netherlands it became to expensive.
I tryed if he could sell me only the muffler which could have brought home in my suitcase but he only makes complete systems.

Maybe you could buy another suitcase for the headers and bring everything home that way. I think that would cost less than the shipping and tax.

Suitcase is provided by my boss and is a standard size
Largest object I brought home in it was a chainsaw from HomeDepot
The strangest Thing was, no problems whatsoever with security.

Wiers wrote: Suitcase is provided by my boss and is a standard size

Then of course you should make two trips: one for the muffler and one for the headers. :laugh:

Largest object I brought home in it was a chainsaw from HomeDepot
The strangest Thing was, no problems whatsoever with security.

I guess that was because there was no fuel in it. With an empty tank the user cannot cause much damage.

Need help on removing tachometer part on the engine side.
Put a wrench on it and it turns but does not come out.



Any ideas?

it is only held in by o-rings .it just slips in and out.
here is a tach drive block off for reference www.z1enterprises.com/product/PM81-2290
leon

That explains why it turned easily, I did not want to use force to get it out.
Thanks again Leon, you are a great source of information.

Eric

no sweat,
happy to help .

leon

I applaud your use of booth-less sand-blasting! No other way to get an engine THAT clean!

Wiers wrote: Oké, I need some advice from you experts about 2 things (for the moment ).
1. I like the engine to stay as it is and only change some gaskets, rebuild the carbs, change oil and oil filter.
-is there anything else I should take care of?
(according to the PO, the engine was running in good order when he sopped it 2 years ago)

2. I like to paint the engine and have seen various methods on the forum.
(VHT, Duplicolor, etc)
this is what I have planned

degrease, clean, blast, brush and paint it with VHT.
-will VHT be good enough or do I need to use some sort of primer?
thanks
Eric

Sorry Eric I missed this post. I love VHT paint. Costs a bit but worth it. I have paired a heap of engines and the best process I have found if you aren't pulling it to bits is to clean and wire brush the motor within an inch of its life. Then VHT etch primer it. The etch primer stops the edges etc breaking away one painted. Etch primer sticks like shit to a blanket on the cleaned and keyed (wire brush) engine then the VHT engine paint has a base to adhere to. I use VHT Satin black Caliper paint as its the best finish. Hate gloss engines. Be careful with petrol until you have run the engine cos the paint isn't fuel proof until heated. Phew!

DannyKZ wrote: I applaud your use of booth-less sand-blasting! No other way to get an engine THAT clean!

Thanks Danny,
It worked out oke.
I tryed it with soda blast for the second time but it bloks contstantly so I gave up and just cleaned it a couple of times with aceton (?)
Looked good enough for me.
Eric

Larriken,
Paint is already on without primer.
Hope it does not come off fore a while becouse I was not planning to take the engine apart.
If it does come off or if the engine is not oke I will do a proper job next year.
Eric

Last update for now.
Painted the cylinders and some parts silver/grey.
Don't know of it stays on for long because my wife would not let me put the entire engine in the oven







Need some polishing to do and have to order some gaskets.
Can't wait to start putting stuff together instead of taking things apart.
But first a few days at the office and than next week taking my other toy for a road trip trough Europe.
Eric