horrid yamaha

[Guest Hooli]

Touring reservoir behind numberplate. Only have to look it/fill every service at c. 4k

 

That.

 

Mind you the basic ones always did about 1,000-1,200miles for me so no great chore to top up as needed.

[Tamworthbay]

Touring reservoir behind numberplate. Only have to look it/fill every service at c. 4k

That is what I had on my VFR750, I got 40,000 miles out of a chain and sprocket set, the previous one had lasted 7000.

[vaughant]

To be fair thats still pretty cheap for a running MOT'd bike. And once rebuilt you should at least have the satisfaction of knowing that its mechanically in good shape. Far better than paying £6 or 700 for an unknown quantity only for it to shit its gearbox within 100 miles.

Have to say I also agree with this, you'll know the bike is right when finished. There's always man maths that can justify or vilify anything but as I always hear that I can get a mint "xyz for £500" very rarely do they turn out mint, or even half decent.

 

I've just bought a cheap Vito to do a bit if a dayvan style conversion. I didn't particular want a Vito but the price was good and after a test drive I was impressed, I actually drove it home last weekend due to some MOT issues with another car and it drives fine, wooly, but fine. I could have put £2k into one and it been exactly the same. If you build it yourself with your obviously good knowledge I think you'll end up with a corker.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Do miss mine. Was a great bike, they get a reputation for being a bit dull but I enjoyed mine.

 

 

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[Jazoli]

Top tip for cleaning the exhaust is use Harpic power cleaner, it shifts everything with a couple of applications and saves massively on elbow grease.

[Jerzy Woking]

I've had a few Divvy 60's in the past, from dog rough to simply rough, but all went well enough, ideal, comfy commuters, and much nicer than a Bandit (in my opinion anyway) I did once buy a really nice one 

cheap from a mate of a mate, and he told I'd have to van it home as it cut out frequently, and his mate couldn't get it sorted. I rode it home, red lining it all the way. Never cut out once from the moment I got it. Sold for a tidy profit for once.

[tobyd]

Will give the harpic a go in a bit. not looking for sparkingly shiney just not so crusty shiney.

 

filled out and postal ordered up a v62 so will get that off tomorrow and see if what the ministry doeth say.

 

predictably a guy a work wants shot of his '94 diversion, new back tyre, most things together just won't go into gear and screwy brakes. some local is coming to take a look at it but might be a source of decent bits if he breaks it instead. I really don't have anywhere for it to go. Then again, if the DVLA say no then I might just buy it anyway and swap the engine over and scrap this one. we will see in 4-6 working weeks.

[tobyd]

Raft of bits arrived over the week so got cracking. New head gasket, a carb that is mostly ok just needed a light clean and some new screws (and 4 rebuild kits but we'll see about that closer to the time), sump and clutch cover gaskets, valve seals, fuel hose and vac line and new plugs.

 

 

cleaned up carb

 

 

 

Lapped in the valves and cleaned and reassembled the head, new stem seals.

 

 

cleaned up the piston crowns a bit and removed a little of the crust on the edges of the cylinders but not that much.

 

 

new gasket (this is backwards though...)

 

 

popped head back on

 

 

whilst disassembling I think I dropped a washer down the tensioner hole so thought i'd fish it out of the sump. took forever to knock the sump free.

 

 

ah shit...

 

 

 

Shrapnel. but from what? looks a bit thick to be piston skirt and what else did it take with it before it came to rest?

 

I've not tightened the head down yet so contemplating pulling the barrel to see if anythings come adrift from a piston.

 

75p stainless steel cleaner from wilko bought the exhaust up pretty nicely in unrelated and uninteresting other news.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tobyd]

Diagnosis?

 

 

 

 

Murder.

[Guest Hooli]

That looks mildy fucked, time for a viking funeral?

[Guest grizgut]

Shame after all that effort, looks terminal?

[tobyd]

Options and outlook are now a little limited for this venture.

 

Might still be able to get a '94 model from a guy at work, in matching red with disclosed clutch troubles and keep the best bits off here and ebay the carcass.

[Christine]

Impressive    Only thing better than that, is a hole spewing oil and rod sticking through the block ..

 

My Dad always said to me  , when he saw me making smoke    , doing wheel spins  

 

Son...imagine,  hitting the top of the pistons with a sledge hammer 5000 times a minute ... That is what the engine has to put up with ,,,  

[Tamworthbay]

Ouch, if all else fails bolt it back up and pray?

[tobyd]

There isn't a lot of scoring or broken in the rest of the cylinder so i'm not entirely sure whats caused it to go wonky. There is some broken superfluous engine casing above the front sprocket that makes me think a chain snapped at some point. maybe something to do with that although i'd have though the clutch would take the brunt of that.

 

Last rites for this engine anyway, I bet the crank absolutely loved bending that con rod.

 

 

Still, If i can get hold of the other one for cheap I can have two broken ones and won't that be a better place to be in?

[Christine]

Found it ... the previous keeper  ?

 

[vaughant]

Gutted, had that feeling with my Zafira, convinced myself it was a cool pack but turned out to be a melted piston crown but because the rings were still ok it didn't smoke much but little to no compression.

 

New engine job but since then, it's been an amazing car.

 

Taught me how important a compression tester is for testing anything causing silly faults.

[Stanky]

Bit of JB weld, stick the bits back together, it'll be fine? Sort of?

 

EDIT - or take #3 piston out for better* economy?

[tobyd]

[Tamworthbay]

Bit of JB weld, stick the bits back together, it'll be fine? Sort of?

 

EDIT - or take #3 piston out for better* economy?

You could leave out the con rods for cylinder 2 and 3 and wedge the pistons near the top of the bores, or leave out the followers so the valves don’t open on those cylinders. I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t run but it would be so shit it would be funny.

[Stanky]

Buy the other one, use the best bits to make one good one to keep and one utterly fucked one to sell on ebay out of all the broken bits.

 

"needs a bit of work m8, shouldn;t be a hard job. I've not got time to fix it LOL"

[tobyd]

I speculate it'll make back its cost plus the non-reusable spares i've bought in ebay parts clearance. so other than time its probably not immobile bankruptcy.

 

I'll make enquires on Monday with workmate about '94 model. I suspect there is enough bike in the two of them make something that can rival that wheelspinning guys efforts. even if he has dual disk front brakes and oddly short arms.

[Bren]

After the work and money i'd be looking at that other bike - use bits of both.

 

A shame to bale out now.

[tobyd]

If that doesn't work out a 2nd hand engine! To invested to quit just yet!

 

I saw a 250 scrambler on my way to the hospital (avoidance of related visitors tenuous relation visitation parking fees duty) and thought i should stop and see if it would go in the boot. I might wander up there tomorrow. it was advertised in size 8 comic sans...

[Christine]

   

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMPLETE-ENGINE-Wankel-FROM-GEAR-SACHS-5201p/253473488977?hash=ite

[DodgeRover]

It's had water in while parked up and bent a rod when trying to start.

[yellowperil]

It's had water in while parked up and bent a rod when trying to start.

Or maybe fuel from a leaky or not turned off fuel tap.

[bezzabsa]

these do look better with twin disks up front....

but PLEASE don't 'street fighter ' it!!!

[DodgeRover]

Engine for sale here

[vaughant]

^^^^^

Probably take an offer on that as well. Job jobbed.