Moderator drewpy Posted December 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2013 What are valves? Lol. Talk to me about reeds. Oh a clarinet player eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Oh a clarinet player eh? That's all I could think of too.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Lmao Clarinet maybe - NOT the flute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 So I've been doing some searching on cleaning the carbon off, some say use gasket remover, others oven cleaner, some say alcohol...other people just use water. Most of them ended up using a brass wire brush (like DT already told me to do!) so I think I'm going to go that route. Gasket remover to loosen up the deposits, then hit em with the brass brush on my dremel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Got all of the pistons off and the bottom half of the engine prepped and ready for the machine shop now. I'm a little worried about the hole they need to put an insert in though, because you can see through it, to the crankcase cavity.... this means when they drill, metal shavings are probably going to fall in there, and that's not good!! I'll snap some pics tomorrow of the progress, going to remove the old piston rings, clean up the pistons, remove any and all traces of old gaskets, and if I have time which I probably won't tomorrow....clean the valves and head! Phew!!! Lots of work! But this is going to be soooo worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 See if you can snap some pics of the stripped hole. I'm curious to see what it looks like. Helicoils work well on blind holes. They can be iffy on a thru hole. Not always. The m/c shop will tell you the best way to make the repair. They may say they want to weld the hole up and re-tap as the best solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 There's also keenserts too...which have little tangs you can smash into the surrounding metal, could work. Hopefully they can do something with it! Doubt shops will be open or willing to work tomorrow lol so this stuff will be waiting till the new year. Going to get my parts ordered from Yamaha tomorrow though.... fack, no way I'm telling the wife how much this shit is costing.... hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Here's my ongoing parts list and cost: $18.84 - Crankcase Cover Gasket (on the lower left side of the engine) $57.55 - Valve Cover Gasket $61.36 - Head Gasket $11.51 - Base Crankcase Gasket $6.79 x 4 - o-Rings $52.41 - Piston Rings - need to measure cylinder bore $6.91 x 8 - Valve Seals Not to mention what the machine shop is going to charge me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hmmmm.... just came across a BUNCH of parts for a 1986 FZ600 on Kijiji - the guy is selling two engines for $100 a piece... I'm wondering if I should keep mine, or pick one of the full engines up, grab the head off it (where my stripped exhaust bolt hole is) - then take the chance of the valve seals maybe being good or not.... OR, should I just stick with mine and clean it up? Decisions decisions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniff6 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Cant go wrong for $100,go for it. Sell the parts you dont want on flea bay..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Can't go wrong until I bring another engine home to part out and the wife divorces me..... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 .... fack, no way I'm telling the wife how much this shit is costing.... hahaha Oh, I see that you've got a handle on how this motorcycling obsession works. If she asks if you've bought new parts - deny, deny, deny. If you have to fess up, never let her know full price. EVER!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Cant go wrong for $100,go for it. Sell the parts you dont want on flea bay..... This is really the way to do it, unless it causes a divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Haha yeah I know how it works...I'm new to motorcycling, not to marriage. hahaha I emailed the guy and if I'm willing to drive up there to pick the engine up, he said he'll throw in whatever other parts I want/need from him parting the bike out! So...uhhh...yeah, can't go wrong there! It's about a 2 hour drive though, so I need to plan the trip... Good old Scarborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hmmmm.... just came across a BUNCH of parts for a 1986 FZ600 on Kijiji - the guy is selling two engines for $100 a piece... I'm wondering if I should keep mine, or pick one of the full engines up, grab the head off it (where my stripped exhaust bolt hole is) - then take the chance of the valve seals maybe being good or not.... OR, should I just stick with mine and clean it up? Decisions decisions.... Sounds like you'll be fixing your parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzresurection Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Sounds like you'll be fixing your parts. What happened about the worries of divorce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Did you just quote yourself? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Got some good pics of the stripped threads on the crankcase here...you can see how it's just open at the bottom. Stripped crankcase header bolt threads by feliks.ca, on Flickr Stripped crankcase header bolt threads by feliks.ca, on Flickr Stripped crankcase header bolt threads by feliks.ca, on Flickr Stripped crankcase header bolt threads by feliks.ca, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliks Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 I think the engine repair / machine shop I found should be able to fix it...I sure hope so! Will let you guys know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts