16-07-07, 02:19 PM | #1 |
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Naked curvy with engine problem -- anyone fancy a project
For anyone interested -- see my post in the For Sale forum here.
Alternatively if anyone wants to have a go at fixing it on my behalf for a reasonable fee let me know. I'd love to fix it but really tied up in uni work just now (last 3 months of my PhD ). Cheers Paul. |
18-07-07, 09:04 AM | #2 | |
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18-07-07, 09:10 AM | #3 |
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Told ya someone could help ya here
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18-07-07, 10:43 AM | #4 | |
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I've got a few people interested at the moment so I'll give them the opportunity to decide first if they're interested, because in the end I'm going to be selling it anyway as I have a new bike. So if it sells now I may lose money but it saves me a lot of time and hassle with transporting etc. But if it doesn't go shortly I'll get it fixed and sell it working. Cheers. |
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18-07-07, 11:09 AM | #5 | |
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No probs, you should never touch the lifters on old fords they sometimes decide to **** off hahaha, the svs head can be taken off in about 15 mins, just drop the top engine mounts and lower the engine down, if you do it with the head off it makes it a whole lot easier, you would be losing power if the cam chain was slipping and grinding, but that could lead to the valves dropping. |
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19-07-07, 12:32 AM | #6 |
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I bet you money it's not just the cam chain tensioner, that wouldn't generally cause a power loss until the valvetrain's squashed itself (an SV can run 10 degrees out, from memory, but what are the odds of it jumping just one tooth? Pretty slim), which is what I reckon's happened- not actually all that difficult to fix though. I wish I had space to take it on, but I don't
But, if anyone does take it on and ends up wanting a hand, then you know where I am, and I've also got most of a couple of engines (including one Paul sold me!) so unless it's crank I should be able to help out with bits... Might help.
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Cheers mate. The fact that there was no swarf or anything else that shouldn't be there in the oil seems to imply that the bottom end is OK. And the noise was definitely from the top end on the front cylinder. So I expect that replacing the front cylinder head (or maybe both heads just to be safe) would fix it... no guarantees of course until the head is removed and the cause of the problem discovered.
I'm getting tempted to try the fix myself if the bike doesn't go soon, as I expect I'd make a lot more money that way. But again time is going to be an issue and I'm horrendously bad at estimating how long a job is likely to take. |
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Yep, that's the only thing that stopped me from saying "I'll come over with a head, 2 gaskets and some spanners"
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21-07-07, 12:47 AM | #10 | |
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Was soooo tempted to say I'll have it off you, but if i had.. i think the good lady would be trying to remove bits of me before i removed anything from the bike |
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