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1976 Kz 900 A4 24 Oct 2020 16:25 #837640

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Excellent Matt! All bi-carb soda? All washes out with water. Do you mind sayin' what this cost $ ?
Gonna look good!!
Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
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1976 Kz 900 A4 24 Oct 2020 16:54 #837643

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z1kzonly wrote: Excellent Matt! All bi-carb soda? All washes out with water. Do you mind sayin' what this cost $ ?
Gonna look good!!


Vapor Hone. I'm told he washes out as he goes. he claims no flushing is needed. But im still going to go over it. I've had him do several other item and I haven't found any beads yet. That last group was $220.00, but I also had $39 in shipping it to him. He is on the west side of Michigan. The consistency of the finish he produces is amazing.
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1976 Kz 900 A4 24 Oct 2020 18:14 #837648

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Looks marvellous! I suspect he dry vapour blasts to clean the grime and then wet blasts to get the finish.
I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.

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1976 Kz 900 A4 24 Oct 2020 18:36 #837652

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hardrockminer wrote: Looks marvellous! I suspect he dry vapour blasts to clean the grime and then wet blasts to get the finish.


I think he told me he soaks them in an air craft type degreaser before wet blast. I also try to clean them as best I can before sending them. I took the cases to the quarter car wash with 2 kinds of degreaser and a brush and did the best I could. I will try to find out for sure but that’s what I vaguely recall
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1980 KZ 750 E1
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1976 Kz 900 A4 25 Oct 2020 03:03 #837670

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Mikaw wrote: Wow. If this doesn’t motive me then I need to turn in my Kz card....

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This made me a little bit jealous ;) I've been trying to find someone who will vapor blast engine cases but the closest place I can find is the UK. Might have to settle for a very fine bead blast and being very diligent as far as cleaning is concerned.

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1976 Kz 900 A4 25 Oct 2020 04:56 #837675

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Calum, where are you located?
I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.

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1976 Kz 900 A4 25 Oct 2020 07:53 #837682

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If you hold your mouse over the house under his profile, it shows he is in Germany.
Retired gearhead
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1976 Kz 900 A4 26 Oct 2020 05:39 #837732

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calum wrote:

Mikaw wrote: Wow. If this doesn’t motive me then I need to turn in my Kz card....

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This made me a little bit jealous ;) I've been trying to find someone who will vapor blast engine cases but the closest place I can find is the UK. Might have to settle for a very fine bead blast and being very diligent as far as cleaning is concerned.


Calum! There you go! Your new Business Venture! Find some friends and or family to help with financial investment. Which seems minimal. Big hot tank (with natural biodegradable cleaner) for degreasing. Large capacity turbine compressor, need steady cfm! A room with trench drains (compare to a paint spray booth) which you could recover and filter the Sodium Bicarbonate water solution and re-use? (maybe). Very environmentally friendly. Less Governmental rules and regulations in the new crazy pussified whacked world! Cars, Motorcycles, Machinery, Everything people want cleaned!
" BI-CARB BY CALUM " "We Get You Clean"
"Next thing Ya' know Ol' Jed's a millionaire!" (Beverly Hillbillies) for you youngsters! :laugh:
I'll send you my address for a 5% cut of the profits for the advice! B) B)
Marty in Buffalo, NY
Livin in "CheektaVegas, NY
Went thru 25 of these in 40 yrs.
I SOLD OUT! THE KAW BARN IS EMPTY.
More room for The Old Girl, Harley 75 FLH Electra Glide,
Old faithful! Points ign. Bendix Orig. carb.
Starts everytime!

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1976 Kz 900 A4 26 Oct 2020 08:25 #837739

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"The kinfolk said Jed, move away from there" :laugh: :laugh:

I'm in. Let me know when you've told my wife and we can get started ;)

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1976 Kz 900 A4 26 Oct 2020 14:45 #837778

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I was told it wasn't worth being a millionaire in Germany anyway, you just have to give most of it back to the government in taxes!

Your parts look BEAUTIFUL Matt.

Mike
Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
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1976 KZ900B pile O parts
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1976 Kz 900 A4 01 Nov 2020 17:30 #838115

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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationCases are home safe and so is an engine stand. So I took out the FSM and started to read up on the engine assembly. I know this has been asked before and I dont want to start a "Whats the best oil" scenario, Reading thru the FSM it calls out "Liquid Casket" but never states what flavor. I looked thru the net and found a Kawasaki OEM Threebond. The FSM calls out specific case bolts the need both non-permanent thread locker (assume blue loctite) and liquid sealler on the same bolt. How it that accomplished?

I know I will have more questions but lets start with these. Getting the cases together and mounted in the frame, is my first goal.



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1976 Kz 900 A4 01 Nov 2020 20:52 #838119

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The bolts requiring sealer are normally the ones that the hole goes through into the crankcase. From the factory the thread area of those bolts was coated with a hard red material referred to as MEC, which was both a non-permanent locking agent and sealer. The ThreeBond product is nice for case sealer, this Spring when I assembled my engine I used a Permatex Gasket product that was blue. I wasn't super happy with it it seemed to dry very quickly, and it took me a while to apply it to the case halves because I'm probably too careful. Speed was never one of my mechanical attributes, lucky I didn't have to work by the Flatrate manual! Very nice engine stand! I usually just use an assortment of wood blocks and haven't fumbled one off the bench, YET.

Have fun assembling your engine, it has always been the most fun mechanical work for me, Mike
Former M.E. at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing, Lincoln, NE
1966 W1 (the Z1 of 1966-50H.P. and 100mph!)
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1978 KZ1000 LTD
1976 KZ900B pile O parts
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