Freshening up...

I'm glad I decided to tear into this thing, turns out one of my cam chain tensioners is broken.

Not worn out, broken, like rent asunder:







I found the little piece in the oil pan.

Who knows how long it's been like this? Probably as long as I've had it! I think it says something for the mighty KZ platform that I could ride it this way for years and it never complained...

As soon as I got home I found another one on eBay, snagged it for $15 on a buy it now. Hopefully that'll show up soon, and in the meantime I plan to thoroughly clean the head, block, pistons and pan. Maybe I'll do some light porting, just to clean up casting flash & such, nothing radical.

Also, remember how I told you guys the story of finding this bike buried in a sand dune? Well, when I was pulling the block, I found more of that sand! A little of it fell down inside the engine, but I dropped the pan and ran most of a big can of WD-40 down through there, so just cross your fingers...

guitargeek, your second picture has gone nuts! :ohmy:

Cool stuff.

How did you do that? :huh:

bill_wilcox100 wrote:

guitargeek, your second picture has gone nuts! :ohmy:

Cool stuff.

How did you do that? :huh:

I left the camera in the same place and took a picture every time I removed something from the bike, then used Easy GIF Animator to put it all together.

Hey GG,

That animated GIF is way out front! Great Idea!

Thanks

KZCSI

Hey Bill,

That avatar's bumming my trip dude! Is it still that bad up north?

KZCSI

Luv it,

Looks like you did it all in a day by measuring the light coming into the garage.

KZCSI, heck no! I can see most of my house from the road now. :laugh:

My avatar will continue its slow reveal until it's good enough to move the bike back into my work shop. :blush:

The shop was full of my son's S10 engine parts (block and stuff) all winter but now they are mostly gone. :woohoo:

Now I can plan to get my new toys installed including new(er) carbs and an over-ratted rectifier. That justifies the new tools I bought this winter like auxiliary gas tank, brass carb float level tool... from Jeff at Z1 Ent.

It's been a long winter KZCSI and it's a cold spring. :S

Wow, you guys have weather.

Saki Jockey wrote:

Luv it,

Looks like you did it all in a day by measuring the light coming into the garage.

Yessir, took me about six hours or so. I'm pretty sore today from all that bend, stoop, squat, stand, lay on the floor, get up to grab a different socket, lay down again, etc.

I worked a deal with KS72Monte in Kansas, then drove up there. It was a good haul:





This bottom end has a LOT fewer miles on it than mine. I can tell a difference just by grabbing the cam chains and shaking them. The one in my old engine is a lot more... limber.

Last night I pulled my bottom end, and damn near pulled my back:











Oh, my back...

I'll go back later today and finish stripping the frame, then start selectively detabbing and prepping it for paint...

Man watching those pics wore me out,,,, but looks like you are going to have a cool bike when doneB)