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[c.o.]

I was sitting around bored tonight and thought I'd yank the engine out of the '16 for a closer look.



I decided I'd pull the plugs first. Check out that gap!!!!



I popped the valve caps off and took a look inside. I was suprised to see a very small amount of soot. There's some random debris inside but I'm thinking that's due to sitting without header pipes for many years. I pointed a flashlight toward the bore and so far it's not looking too bad. Note the primers went bye bye somewhere along the line.





There's some motor mount damage.....



Well, that's all for the moment but if there's interest I'll post more pics as I go.

[exeric]

I see a little bit of the welder's art will be needed at the back mount but otherwise, that motor is a beauty. I'll bet you're feeling that ghosts from the past stuff as you get into that motor Cory.

[c.o.]

Eric, I was dancing around last night thinking, if the welding that's needed is the worst thing I run into then I can count myself lucky. Your "ghost from the past" hunch is right!!!

[c.o.]

I took some time tonight and yarded off the cylinders. The pistons have a bit of sideways slop but not too bad. I'm happy to report that there is no detectable up and down movement on the connecting rods. There was a hint of an oil film in the bottom end but not much.



The rear barrel.



Front barrel.

[BigLakeBob]

Cory, I enjoy your very positive contagious outlook in every one of your posts. Bob

[c.o.]

Thanks Bob! It's hard for me not to get excited about stuff like this. Especially, when I find limited problems in a motor this old!! I discovered that the timing gears were not lined up correctly and puttered a bit just for practice.



It's looking like I'll tear it right down and give it a good cleaning and put it back together again. So far, I'm not seeing/finding enough wear to worry about replacement parts (YET!!). I was initially worried about the rings re-seating and ending up with a "smoker" but upon studying the old manuals it appears that pulling the cylinders was a regular maintenance thing and I've yet to find it written that rings would have to be changed unless it was necessary. Feel free to speak up with opinions on this notion!!!

I popped the mag off to take a look and again it's looking like it needs a good cleaning and then I'll figure out if it sparks or not. Does anybody have any recommendations on getting all that wire clean??? I've got some stuff here that will likely work but it's always good to hear about what other folks are doing.



This is going to be a laidback, no pressure project. Over time I've got some parts to round up but I've given myself until the bikes' 100th birthday to have it running. Just trying to be realistic!!!