Subject: Re: The Big Bang!! SOLVED????
Author: Martin Cooke
Date: Sep 13, 2002, 1:25 AM
Post ID: 1711002339
sounds like you MAY have found the problem. i'd bang it back together & fire
it up. if that wasn't the problem, i doubt you'd cause too much more damage.
i wouldn't worry about the gouges on the crank. i assume the threaded "cam
bolt" you mention is one of the 2 lower studs that attach the engine to the
trans. these come out from the gearbox side. don't try bunging them up in
the sump.
good luck
cookie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Ruff" <klru-@fcc.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 4:31 AM
Subject: RE: The Big Bang!! SOLVED????
| Drained the oil and dropped the pan, low and behold I found presents. Way back 2+ years ago when the Guzzi dealer had the bike, he told me it didn't have a dipstick, just an oil fill hole plug/bolt, so I bought one of those easy remove dipsticks from Harpers. I asked him if he dropped the pan to clean things up and to make sure the stick wasn't inside, "yes" was his answer. B.S.!! Lying in the pan was the original oil level dipstick that must have been attached to the bolt he removed at one time and it's been sitting in the pan for I don't know how long. I searched throughout the case while on my back on the ground looking up and must say everything looked pretty darn clean, even the oil screen. The chrome on the inside of the cylinders looked good too, and as far as I can tell, the connecting rods appeared unharmed. Everything was in place, all nuts/bolts were connected. I manually turned over the motor and didn't notice anything obviously wrong, but the bottom line is I am no mechanic and I don't know what to look for. I did find some metal filings in the front left corner of the pan and tried to investigate where they could possibly be coming from. Only thing I could see is the bottom of both ends of the crankshaft (those huge lobe things where the connecting rods attach in between) seemed to have some small gouges in them, one side a little more than the other. Perhaps the dipstick was sitting straight up and was catching the crank end as it came swinging back down and caused some of the crank metal to score off - maybe that was the metallic sound I was hearing? I'm hoping the little bit of metal that came off of the crank lobes won't be a problem, they are pretty darn huge and heavy, can't imagine it would be a problem? Heck, maybe this was also part of my starter hesitation/lock up? I don't know, all guesses here. What do y'all think on this, could this oil dipstick have caused the knocking/clacking noise or would it have just sat there on the bottom of the oil pan harmless? Perhaps I should button her all back up and fire her up and see. Oh, BTW, I can see that hole in the rear of the case where the cam bolt (?) goes through to the tranny, the one that is infamous to cause oil to leak around the threads (if not coated) and leak out between the engine/trans case. Is there anyway of plugging this up while I am there or must it be done from the tranny side? Eagerly awaiting feedback to see if my problem has been solved or if it's worse than I thought. Thanx All! Keith Matt Moore wrote:
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