Found a BW on Craigslist. Went to go see it and the sheet metal shocks frame is all good. The original air cleaner is MIA so starting the bike before purchase was not going to happen. at any rate I figure its a small engine that has compresion, whats the worst that could happen, right?.....
Anyways I purchased it cause I figure what the hell. Honestly I didnt care what was wrong i figure i just wanted another project.
so here I am. an hour trip back home it was on the bike lift. 30min later its in pieces, down to the frame.
So on to the engine... saw that the spark plug was loose and went to tighten it. Found it was tight, with half the threads exposed...Itook the plug out and saw the plug was forced crooked into the head. Awesome..on to pull the head.. engine was OK other than that. Easy fix for me..not to mension i have nothing to loose, cause engines are cheap and harbor freight is 5min away. So I will be reusing the head gasket and just work with what i have. You may ask why reuse a 5 dallar head gasket. Well add up the head gasket with a used head, and a 30 dallar filter, i might as well just get the engine at harbor freight. while the head is off i took the DA sander to the head and took 1/8 inch off and then filed it flat. Just to give the engine a lil kick in the pants.
Anyways I will load some pics when i find out how
Anyways I purchased it cause I figure what the hell. Honestly I didnt care what was wrong i figure i just wanted another project.
so here I am. an hour trip back home it was on the bike lift. 30min later its in pieces, down to the frame.
So on to the engine... saw that the spark plug was loose and went to tighten it. Found it was tight, with half the threads exposed...Itook the plug out and saw the plug was forced crooked into the head. Awesome..on to pull the head.. engine was OK other than that. Easy fix for me..not to mension i have nothing to loose, cause engines are cheap and harbor freight is 5min away. So I will be reusing the head gasket and just work with what i have. You may ask why reuse a 5 dallar head gasket. Well add up the head gasket with a used head, and a 30 dallar filter, i might as well just get the engine at harbor freight. while the head is off i took the DA sander to the head and took 1/8 inch off and then filed it flat. Just to give the engine a lil kick in the pants.
Anyways I will load some pics when i find out how
