!!myRNsj!! almost.....

[stanton]

bretts ski aint so pristene!

 

[oxnard111]

leaky head gasket...

i wonder how everything down below looks?

 

[brett]

leaky head gasket...

i wonder how everything down below looks?

your scaring me......
no rust on the crank as far as i can see. what should i be lookin for?

 

[brett]

it sucks because earlier today i spent all my cash on monkey grips, reed spacer, reeds, gaskets and kenny keepers, and also am getting a black wdk lowered handpole bracket (caught him just before he went to the anodizer

man its gonna be awhile before shes goin again, kinda regretting sellin that pristine sj last month


ahh "life of a skiman" lol

 

[oxnard111]

I'm not sure. It probably alright, but I don't know crap about engines. My only experience with a leaking gasket was when Geoff had a 750sx. The crank seized on it, but it had also been swamped an uncountable amount of times.

email/call Carl. He'll tell you if someone else doesn't ring in here.

 

[DangerBoy]

I think that looks worse than it really is
hard to really tell from just the pictures but it looks to me like someting large bounced around on top of that piston for awhile
check for broken reeds especially if you still have the stock ones, when you pull the cylinder carefully check the crank bearings
How is the cylinder wall ? is it deeply scored ? look for a broken ring

 

[oxnard111]

Uh oh... well you just gotta bite the bullet and re enforce while you got it all apart. hehe.

 

[brett]

Uh oh... well you just gotta bite the bullet and re enforce while you got it all apart. hehe.

thats what ive been thinking. pismo looked perfect today...........
:sad2:

 

[brett]

well im preppin for the reinforcement. what do you do with the water separator? do you drill out all the rivets for the fuel line and wiring holder deals?

 

[Brenden]

drilll em out
not reallly needed you can always rivit back in i guess but i see no point
maybe on the right side for fuel lines or somehting

 

[Brenden]

you can also cut that line that runs from the gas tank to that water seperator do it like 3-4 inches from the white valve on the tank

 

[brett]

drilll em out
not reallly needed you can always rivit back in i guess but i see no point
maybe on the right side for fuel lines or somehting

well i dont plan on using the fuel selector anymore, so the fuel lines shouldnt be an issue. where do you hang the electrical lines? the exhaust hose?

 

[Crab]

I left them and glassed around them, didn't want to ruin a perfectly good hood seal.

 

[Brenden]

well i dont plan on using the fuel selector anymore, so the fuel lines shouldnt be an issue. where do you hang the electrical lines? the exhaust hose?

i stilll have to put mine back together yet
but ill probably just put that side back in
but the tube should hold high enough due to the metal pipe being high
my hood seal was shot tho too

 

[brett]

well my cylinder looks good-no deep scoring. a light hone should be all it needs
started grinding out the ridges and the tubbie screws today. got a little crazy with the grinder-couple nicks here and there. still gotta do a little touch-up with the dremel

 

[oxnard111]

I ended up pulling off the my hood seal and was able to re install it. I just took my time and got lucky that it didn't rip very much. it kinda did on the bottom but it went back on the ski easily. I then put rivits back in the tie wrap holders. You can glass around them if want though.

 

[oxnard111]

So what exactly are you going to do with the engine? Use the same pistons? Have you checked out the crank yet? Figure out what went through the engine yet?

 

[brett]

So what exactly are you going to do with the engine? Use the same pistons? Have you checked out the crank yet? Figure out what went through the engine yet?

i havnt pulled the cylinder yet, im going to tonight. i plan on a hone and a size upm on the pistons. top-end kits arnt cheap on these things, i was dreamin of my $60 topend on my dirtbike.

id like to do a little porting, but ill probably just polish the ports myself

 

[oxnard111]

i havnt pulled the cylinder yet, im going to tonight. i plan on a hone and a size upm on the pistons. top-end kits arnt cheap on these things, i was dreamin of my $60 topend on my dirtbike.

id like to do a little porting, but ill probably just polish the ports myself

i've seen complete top end rebuild kits for like $200-$250.

You say that the cylinder only needs a hone, then why are you going up one size on the pistons?

 

[wydopen]

cut the water seperator off with a grinder so you can save the hoodseal