A dormant project - revisited April 2000

4/17/2000

I can't believe I haven't updated this project is so long - see what having a broken arm can do to your progress?

I finally got around to removing the engine on PB99. Now I can find out what's keeping it from turn over all the way.

Removing the engine was fairly straight forward. I followed the clymer manual . The only variation from the manual that I took was to lift the frame away from the engine as I had read about on the sabmag list.

The job was slightly easier becaused I had removed the engine on the parts bike first :) That parts bike is now completely disassembled and the parts are awaiting use in other bikes. Between the carbs, the gas tank, and the wheels I'm really glad I bought it(it's a good thing, too, because there wasn't much else left on it).

5/4/2000 - Last night I finished pulling the heads off the engine. I found one valve had dropped - the keepers weren't keeping it connected the valve spring retainer. That valve was approximately 1/2 inch in the cylinder, which is why that engine wouldn't turn all the way over. If I'd realized that before I took the heads off I probably wouldn't have taken them off, but I was just unknowledgeable enough of what I was looking for that I missed it. Ah well, that's why I do these projects - to learn.

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