My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Lots of Disassembly Pics)

Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:10

#215858

With some help from a neighbor (1973 Z1 Neighbor!) We pulled the engine out and put it on my multi-million dollar engine workstation.

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:11

#215860

Cam cover - Off

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:12

#215861

Cam caps - Deleted!

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:14 - 25 May 2008 23:18

#215862

Head bolts - Out! Didn't forget the 10mm head bolts on each end either.

Pried until I bruised my pride. I even managed to put a crack in a fin! Gentle!!

Must... Resist... Urge to pry... On Mating Surfaces... :blink:

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:15

#215863

No help from anyone inside the house. Go ahead and enjoy yourself on the couch whilst I get all dirty. :lol:

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:16

#215864

Ahhh.... Pries for the prize.

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:18

#215865

Now that she gave up the head, I'll go for the jugs.

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:20 - 25 May 2008 23:23

#215866

The hammers of Thor. The leaky-ringed, carbon covered, gas soaked hammers of Thor anyways. Nice glue job on the base gasket, Kawasaki factory. I think I got most of the grit out of the area with the shop vac, noting to not suck up any of the little spacers that hold the cam chain sprockets/spacers in the head.

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:24

#215867

Everything is on the bench in the exact arrangement and order that I took it out of the bike.

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:25

#215868

Sooty heads. I'm wondering if my KZ900 heads would fit on this bike - it looks like they measure up.

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Re: My Ongoing '78 KZ1000 LTD Project - Engine Thread (Worth Re-Shimming One Cylinder?)

25 May 2008 23:26

#215869

If you look like this on a regular basis and aren't getting paid for it - You just might be a redneck.

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