pennyless Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi all New to the forum and I have to say it make great reading... I have finally got my old bike back home after a long storage while i moved house and sorted out loads of other stuff. It was left covered outside my house for nearly 10 years before going into storage at my brother-in-laws work.. I've now got it back and I am ready to start the long road to rebuilding it and getting it back on the road,, Mad I know but I really want to do this otherwise keeping it will have been a waste of time... Its going to be quite a journey as I have never taken on anything like this before.. but I am looking forward to it.. One question I have before I start though is She has inevitably seized due to being a two stoke and standing around for 17 years.. a couple of people have told me I should take off the plugs and put something in the cylinders and replace the plugs again to loosen it up over the next few weeks. one said WD40 and another said something else which I can't remember.. If anyones done this before and can give me pointers as to what is the best way forward... I am not in a hurry to get this done and know this is a long journey. any ideas would be great. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted February 12, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2010 Any penetrating oil will do, diesel is also an option. I take it this is just to get the pistons moving to strip it, or is it to see if she will start? Oh yeah, wlcome to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Yes it will be to strip it down and see what’s happen to it over the years. It would be nice to get the pistons moving and loosen anything else i need to before getting the spanners out.. It looks reasonable at first viewing for the length of time it been standing.. but it will need a lot of attention me thinks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted February 12, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2010 Diesel as has been said, it's the cheapest option. Welcome pennyless, an appropriate name to use when resurrecting an LC (you should sell it to Rich ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 That sounds ominous !! thanks I'll drop some in on the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nets Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi all New to the forum and I have to say it make great reading... I have finally got my old bike back home after a long storage while i moved house and sorted out loads of other stuff. It was left covered outside my house for nearly 10 years before going into storage at my brother-in-laws work.. I've now got it back and I am ready to start the long road to rebuilding it and getting it back on the road,, Mad I know but I really want to do this otherwise keeping it will have been a waste of time... Its going to be quite a journey as I have never taken on anything like this before.. but I am looking forward to it.. One question I have before I start though is She has inevitably seized due to being a two stoke and standing around for 17 years.. a couple of people have told me I should take off the plugs and put something in the cylinders and replace the plugs again to loosen it up over the next few weeks. one said WD40 and another said something else which I can't remember.. If anyones done this before and can give me pointers as to what is the best way forward... I am not in a hurry to get this done and know this is a long journey. any ideas would be great. Thanks the photo is not the best but here is my restored valve hope it gives you the incentive to recreate yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 looks great.. yes thats the kind of inspiration i need. I have finally got the spanners out and taken a few bits off. I have lost the keys many years ago so have taken the bar off with the ignition lock. I'm going to see if i can find a locksmith who will make up another key... hoping not to have to get the cylinder out... Also dropped some penitrating oil in the cylinders to let that work in over the next couple of weeks.. role on the warmer weather... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted February 19, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2010 looks great.. yes thats the kind of inspiration i need. I have finally got the spanners out and taken a few bits off. I have lost the keys many years ago so have taken the bar off with the ignition lock. I'm going to see if i can find a locksmith who will make up another key... hoping not to have to get the cylinder out... Also dropped some penitrating oil in the cylinders to let that work in over the next couple of weeks.. role on the warmer weather... Sometimes on the older bikes there was the lock number engraved on the top near the keyslot, if so you will be able to get a key for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Had a look and the only thing i can see is YM-4 would that be it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted February 19, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2010 No its a number, they stopped doing it years ago for obvious reasons, perhaps your bike came after the change, ask nets she will know. Have you got any owners manual, maybe someone wrote down the number in there,,,,I would thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 No I haven't. I don't think I had one when I brought it either, so long ago... I have no record of it anywhere.. Someone told me there is a number on the cylinder but that I would have to drill out tht bolts to get it out.. which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.. Still live and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well I have now got out the bolts using a drill and easyouts... that was a laugh. Have got it down to all the parts and now have the cylinder out... No number anywhere..so main dealer can't help other than drop in a new one... but I would still have to get the other two locks off... Hopefully I should now be able to get a locksmith to look at it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 The good news.....I have now got a key cut for the ignition lock and it works... The bad news it doesn't go into either the saddle lock or the tank lock.. My question now is, is there any way of getting these locks out without destroying them?. Or what is the best way to get them out… Moral of this story guys get a spare key! before it's to late… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cegan09 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 sorry to hear about your key problems. I don't know that i'm much help there. a tip i picked up working on old cars, some of the best penetrating fluid i've ever used for rusty bolts, stuck things, etc is a 1:1 mix of diesel and automatic transmission fluid. Actually picked that up from a guy that works for delta where they've used it for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennyless Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 Yes Cynic and the oldgitonabike mentioned diesel but the 1to1 mix sounds interesting.. Trying to resist taking to much off at the moment until I’ve got the freezer bags and boxes in place as someone on another thread mentioned… need to keep things organised as this may take some time to do… as he also said No budget and No time limit… If I can get the other locks off without busting anything it would help…but I did find a second hand set today…. may go for that… still got to get the old ones off though… Thanks for the tip…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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