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How to identify a loopframe | Tim R

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Custom Guzzi

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Tim Crump

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Ian Adkins

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Gary Cheek

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Ian Adkins

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Clifton L. Smith

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Gary Cheek

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Charlie Mullendore

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | tom short

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Tim Crump

Re: How to identify a loopframe | Darrell J Dick

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Custom Guzzi

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Jason Telford

Re: How to identify a loopframe | Matt Moore

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Tim Crump

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Gary Cheek

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Gary Cheek

RE: How to identify a loopframe | sam heath

RE: How to identify a loopframe | tom short

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Gary Cheek

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Tim Crump

RE: How to identify a loopframe | Les Lampman

RE: How to identify a loopframe | tom short

Subject: RE: How to identify a loopframe	Date: Mar 9, 2004, 11:09 AM
Author: Gary Cheek	Post ID: 1716254958

Ian tell me more about the pushrod .
You may have already , but should at least check the valve and guide .
Check the valve to make sure it is not bent . A quick - QUICK
(approximate) check is to roll the valve on the edge of a table or chuck
it up in a drill. Note that the head should show no sign of irregular
running . Even then it is best to have it checked properly at a machine
shop. The valve stem should be checked for the signs og running tight or
siezing . A sticky guide can cause an overload to bend a p-rod.
NOW for the most often overlooked mis diagnosed cause ; A blown head
gasket . The gasket blows hot gasses into the pushrod and the reduced
strength will cause the metal to yield and bend . This is most common
with Aluminum alloy pushrods . Steel pushrods are not weakened as easily
at higher temps and usually survive . Triumph twins are very susceptable
and actually break in time when the gasket leaks .
Ian Adkins wrote:

Gary,

I'll never live down the Ontario rally.....will I? :-) I promised...next
time we get together I'll be buying.

Not sure what rallies are on the agenda. Depends where I am I suppose.
If I
stay the summer in North GA I will attend anything within a couple
hundred
miles. Of course the National is in my heart but not on my time table. A
job
kills one's ability to take off whenever.

I thought you were coming to the southeast? Always a spare bed and room
in
the garage for any Looper that needs it. Heck I'll even throw in a steak
and
beers as part of the deal.

Required Loop content: I'm still looking at my wounded 70 Ambo. Haven't
had
time to deal with the bent intake push rod. Will plan on it this weekend
since I will finally have some time. Anyone ever experienced a bent push
rod
before? I still can't figure out what caused it.

Cheers....Y'all...

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Cheek [mailto:kg8-@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:09 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: How to identify a loopframe

Hey Ian,
That is a very good summation .
Soooo . . . which rallies are you intending to go to this year ?
I know it's not related ,I just want to make sure I don't bring any beer
since Ian usually supplies that .
Ian Adkins wrote:

Tim,

V700's had four digit serial numbers. "Transition" Ambo's had

the letter

"A"
prefix a five digit serial number 12xxx. These first Ambos were really
V700's with 700 heads and body parts, shifter on the right side. True
Ambos
(I call them American Ambos) had serial number 13xxx and up.

Hope this helps...Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Custom Guzzi [mailto:paul-@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:19 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: How to identify a loopframe

My Ambo I had was July 69 and a 750. I think the 750 started with the
13xxx serial numbers. According to Greg Fields book, the 13xxx was the
first series to get the bigger tank and the concentric carbs.

Hope this

helps.

Paul
Midlothian, Va
MGNOC#19926
73 Eldo "Elvira" next project
74 Eldo "Daisy"

Tim R wrote:

Looking at an early loopframe. Owner says it is an early

750cc, but it

is titled as a 1969, and does not say Ambassador. He

thinks it might

have been a V7 with a 750cc upgrade. How can I be sure?

I think the carbs are different than my Eldo has as well.

Any way to

find serial numbers/production runs?

Would any of you hesitate purchasing one this early in the

production

cycle for durability reasons?

Opinions?

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