Back To The Future Build

elfmagic17 wrote: We have seen alot of blown intake gaskets and tensioner coolant elbows go out on the 3.8L I'd check the back side of the intake below the throttle body and see if it is leaking there. Or where the elbow goes from the tensioner to the lower intake they like to break and leak there.

I was going to say the same thing! Common problem that will lead you to believe headgasket.

Les

he!! yes!

i am glad you scored another project,sorry for the bad luck on the car tho.

leon

elfmagic17 wrote: We have seen alot of blown intake gaskets and tensioner coolant elbows go out on the 3.8L I'd check the back side of the intake below the throttle body and see if it is leaking there. Or where the elbow goes from the tensioner to the lower intake they like to break and leak there.

intake was my first thought i do know it will shoot coolant 30 feet out of a opened radiator or coolant res.

have to love it when it is under pressure and hot! :woohoo: my 68 elcamino did that to me then blew the head gasket,
had the cleanest mufflers ever lol. but full of water till i got it done.

Yeah ended up spending 900 bucks on my van so the car is still sitting
gonna tow it to the closest garage to see what its gonna take I dont have the tools or facility to
fix it Bike take allot less technology lol

kzz1king wrote: Another plus is they didn't bring that Hog home! You hardly ever see a harley on a trailer :laugh:

Hardly see off the trailor maybe. And what is it with Harley guys that makes them "too cool" to waive to a fellow motorcyclist?

tjgonz wrote: If the rear shocks are cramping your style I'd love to hold on to them for you! :whistle:

I have a set off a 77 kz1000a1

This build is going to be a wedding present for my daughter and her new husband they love my old green bomb

I keep asking my future son inlaw how I should build this one

havent ran a compression check but it turns over and gets signal to the
coils no sprk from either coil have a dyna S on the way

But from experience brfore I get too deep need to get a title or a frame with title
I have almost a year to get it ridable so this one will be a little slower build lol

and guys yeah I hate the shocks they will coming off when the time comes

IT LIVES!!!

the coils on it were mismatched so I grabbed my GPZ coils put the on still no fire
i wired them exactly how the others were went and looked on my bike and mine were
wired oppisite. power to the outside tab rewired it and had fire

put a little gas in her and she tried to hit so put the jump box on it and kaput kaput put put put
varoom! Happy Day!

now I can start taking it apart LOL

Good show, Arron!!! That's always a great feeling. I would have taken a KZ for a wedding gift over the China set any day. :laugh: Especially one of your artistic creations. Looking forward to seeing it come together.

Thanks man I'm pretty excited about it but I'm not sure my daughter will be lol

2 years Later and its actually getting off the ground


getting the tank tabs lined out before I start blasting the frame


I think the son inlaw prefers the LTD tank I have a near perfect tank in the rafters
so body parts are accounted for need to order stng stem bearings and should be
good to go

I will be Painting the frame
Parts I still need
Black Handle bars
front tire
headlight ring
seat cover
hand grips
Left switch housing
I am sure there is more but I will be
back to posting questions and results as time permits