tommy

OK, so now you know, some people (me, for instance) are foolish enough not to consider their engine needs to be grounded. Came across this topic looking for info on an engine rebuild for my bike. Should have checked the date before replying to your post. Anyway, are you still riding that DT? And how is it now, 2 years after the rebuild? See, funny thing is, everywhere you can find people's pictures of disassemblies, but people are usually too busy rebuilding and riding theirs to take pictures once their project is comming together. (I'd probably be just like that, BTW) Also If you have info/pictures on how to restore/rebuild a front fork; that's the next thing I need to tackle on mine.

Hey there, Great looking project! I noticed you asking:" why have one rubberised and not the rest??" on the engine mounts. After a few sleepless nights over a rebuilt engine that had had serious ignition problems after it was finished, I can now tell you that you will at least need one of the engine mounts to make GOOD electrical contact with the frame. So when you remount the engine, either sand the holes where the bolts go in the frame to the bare metal and make sure your bolts are clean or if you don't want to ruin the corrosion-protection from the paint job on the frame you may want to install a ground wire from the engine to the frame.