81 KZ1000K1 head gasket oil leak repair

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daveo wrote: Cheap and Original Kawasaki set of five 92055-1148 O-rings:

Just WOW, Dave! I ordered it before I even logged in. With free shipping to boot! WoHooo! I just hope it's not too good to be true..
Thank you VERY MUCH, Dave! As Mike Meyers would say.. I'm not worthy! lol

After scraping all afternoon on that ignorant cylinder base gasket, and managing to screw up the riveted master link for my new EK 630SRO drive chain, I needed SOMETHING to go right today.

Yodamac, my friend!

Here are the gaskets I already had to go with them..

Happy to help...
That base gasket scrape-off is a tedious PITA fo sho, but the project should be a breeze beyond that...good luck with the rebuild.

daveo wrote: Happy to help...
That base gasket scrape-off is a tedious PITA fo sho, but the project should be a breeze beyond that...good luck with the rebuild.

I don't know why that pack of 5 o-rings never showed up on any of my searches on eBay, OR with google searches.?? At any rate, I am glad I held off on buying them for the measly price of 10.00 each + 7.99 freight.

I found some viton valve seals on eBay for 2.99 each with free shipping. and also got a NOS oem base gasket for only 29.99 with fast-n-free shipping too.

That cylinder base gasket is the gasket from hell! lol I used easy off oven cleaner on the carbon on the head and pistons today.. it actually worked pretty good on the aluminum. The valves are stuck hard, so i will work them more when I disassemble the head to clean and lap the valves. I bought the stronges stripper that Home depot had in stock, and got more of that base gasket off this evening. What a PITA.. A few pics of my progress today.

More pics.. aftermarket viton valve seals and OEM cylinder base gasket. It chokes this web site (Kzrider) when I try to insert too many pics.