Subject: Re: Wish my Ducati motor was this easy to work on.
Author: Robert Hawkes
Date: Feb 20, 2001, 11:15 AM
Post ID: 1705527043
Rich,
Your leak down test sounds great. Can you use any kind of spray or do you
have to use carb cleaner? Can you use any liquid like gasoline; just drip
it on there and see if it seeps through? Just wondering because I just
lapped my valves and I really don't know if the tolerances are close enough.
Thanks, Bob Hawkes, 69 Ambo
----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Zink <rzi-@co.alameda.ca.us>
To: Looped Group <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: Wish my Ducati motor was this easy to work on.
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| wheels off, cleaned the hubs and brake shoes, polished and greased the |
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| need to do engine seals sometime soon. I would say I probably needed to do about 10% of this stuff but it has been fun and educational. And the fact that I didn't know all that much about the rest of it's thirty year life outside of me being the third owner. My leakdown test you ask? Well since |
| neglected to do it before tearing into it (knowing the left head gasket leaked anyway) I just (start laughing now) sprayed carb cleaner in the intake and exhaust ports while I had the heads off. The exhaust valves let the cleaner leak through the seats and the intakes didn't :-). And after I ground (the exhaust) and lapped them, neither did. I did mic the valve |
| and guides though. Rich ---------- From: Peter Scheer [SMTP:plsc-@tycoelectronics.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:30 AM To: 'Loopfram-@topica.com' Subject: RE: Wish my Ducati motor was this easy to work on. --- Sponsor's Message -------------------------------------- Wanna Throw That PC Out the Window? Not yet. First, check our technology forum for help. http://click.topica.com/aaaa4Ob1dfltb2ouw6a/rebootmypc ------------------------------------------------------------ Rich this is good news for a new loop owner like me. The other thing about these is that the cylinders are even tilted outward to make access and wrench turning maybe even easier than BMW. whats your simple leakdown test? Pete
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