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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #300 on: March 07, 2016, 03:36:07 pm »
How bad does this overflow look? Should I worry about it getting knocked lose and getting into places?

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #301 on: March 20, 2016, 11:21:35 am »
After almost two weeks of getting rid of powder overspray from the fuel passages, dealing with a masking plug that had broken off in an airscrew hole, and a million other setbacks, I finally put these back together. LOVE how the blue zinc looks against the two blacks. All new Honda brass and rubbers.

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #302 on: March 20, 2016, 11:24:05 am »
All together and bench sync'd

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #303 on: March 20, 2016, 11:28:55 am »
Ordered a tail light "assembly", arrived as tail light, some assembly required ::) Spotless insides 8)

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #304 on: March 22, 2016, 09:12:23 pm »
Oil pump got Elan's super kit and a NOS screen I had from earlier. He makes better than stock ones now, just in case you need one ;) The impellers/end caps/body are all pretty pristine with minimal scratches. Feeler gauge checks put them in the like new/nos range, thanks to Bill Benton 8) 8). It seems like I always manage to make him go digging deeeeep into his batcave :P :P

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #305 on: March 24, 2016, 06:57:49 pm »
Trying to decide on electrics, was looking around on Rick's stuff and it seems they have a starter solenoid too? Any feedback on that? I'm thinking about

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #306 on: March 24, 2016, 08:42:15 pm »
Wow those carbs look fantastic, but I would never be able to bring myself to pop the clips for fear of damaging the finish!

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #307 on: March 24, 2016, 09:04:34 pm »
Wow those carbs look fantastic, but I would never be able to bring myself to pop the clips for fear of damaging the finish!

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Thanks! Powder is actually a lot more resilient than paint, I've popped them on and off a few times now (had the bowls on there in the wrong order) and its holding up fine. I did get the bowls and crowns done at my local shop where they actually cured it at quite hot temps. The bodies were done by James/harisuluv, but I have no idea how they were cured. I'd have to imagine he uses a special powder that doesn't need high temp curing, otherwise all the brass inserts in the bodies will pop right out, but OCICBW.

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #308 on: March 25, 2016, 04:12:57 pm »
Bump for the electrics question. Also, was looking around for wheel balancing stick on weights and could only find them in shiny silver color with a pack of like 40 or something crazy like that. Stopped by my local motorcycle shop and found some REALLY nice black colored K&L weights still in their old school packaging. The best part is, the owner just ripped open the pack and asked me to just take however many I think I'd need which was super cool. Bought a handful for $3, will try and get the wheels finished up this weekend.

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #309 on: March 25, 2016, 09:56:12 pm »
I didn't know Rick's made a starter solenoid.  I guess it's a good replacement if yours is roached.
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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #310 on: March 25, 2016, 10:12:42 pm »
A while back I also read about reading a CBR starter solenoid for 836 and higher engines, but can't find that info anymore, just need to finalize this stuff and move on...

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #311 on: March 26, 2016, 04:28:44 am »
Just use your stock solenoid.
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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #312 on: March 26, 2016, 03:44:57 pm »
I have the Ricks R/R. It plugs right in, and easily bolts on.
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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #313 on: March 27, 2016, 04:48:46 pm »
OK, so it seems like their RR is good, but starter sol is iffy at best. Might just do all stock except for the HM upgrades.

Been crazy busy with work and still waiting on quite a few things. The cyls are back from JMR with a bunch of goodies I bought through him, will post pix when I open up everything. Graveyard shift last night, so had little time to work today. Finished up rebuilding the rear shock dampers. There is a long string of fails associated with this attempt (my attempt only, the rebuild is actually super easy), but I think I finally got it done on the third try. First fail was I ended up with mismatched rear shocks, got that corrected and made the monumental blunder of getting them powder coated. Came out looking fantastic but the inner mechanism had welded itself stuck.

Got another set, sandblasted, painted and baked it at home, then finally did the rebuild following the excellent walkthrough over at the hondatwins forum (link earlier in this thread). Couple things I did differently, I added a small amount of AT-205 seal repair/leak stopper to rejuvenate the old top seals and internal rubber parts. Used Dex3 ATF (had on hand, used on my lil Chevy) and the feel is AMAZINGLY uniform. Used zinced up fork drain bolts with the smaller heads that fit nicely without hitting anything. When I tapped the hole for a 6x1.0mm bolt, it felt a very tiny bit too loose, so just for added sealing, I used a tiny dab of permatex on the threads, and torqued it down tightly using new fork drain crush washers. Hopefully these will work out well.

Why all the headache? This one was purely based on the look I'm after, would have been easier to just throw on a set of hagons or konis.

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #314 on: March 29, 2016, 07:46:57 pm »
Dealing with a little bit of a discrepancy between a yamiya engine cover kit vs the James Spillane kit. Anyone know a good source for stainless metric #3 pan head screws? Allen's Fasteners only go up to 50mm

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6x20        3
6x30        18
6x35        6
6x40        7
6x50        3
6x55        2
6x63        10
6x75        2

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Spillane kit
6x20        3
6x30        16
6x35        6
6x40        10
6x50        6
6x60        12
6x80        6

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #315 on: March 30, 2016, 07:44:03 am »
Fastenal has socket cap stainless in all the sizes you have in your Spillane kit.
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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #316 on: March 30, 2016, 07:47:01 am »
I got the pan head kit, not the socket head kit (I don't like that look). I'm trying to see if he has any extras. The few extra large ones I could cut down and make them work, but I still need a few more for the finned covers that won't work with stock kit sizes...

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #317 on: March 30, 2016, 08:04:27 pm »
Dealing with a little bit of a discrepancy between a yamiya engine cover kit vs the James Spillane kit. Anyone know a good source for stainless metric #3 pan head screws? Allen's Fasteners only go up to 50mm

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Yamiya kit

6x20        3
6x30        18
6x35        6
6x40        7
6x50        3
6x55        2
6x63        10
6x75        2

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Spillane kit
6x20        3
6x30        16
6x35        6
6x40        10
6x50        6
6x60        12
6x80        6

Rafi,
Our local Lowes has a very good selection that I would bet contain what you need.  Check the Lowes near your house and see if they have them.  If not, PM me and let me know how many you need, what size, etc and I'll go by and get some and ship them to you.

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #318 on: March 30, 2016, 09:34:15 pm »
Dealing with a little bit of a discrepancy between a yamiya engine cover kit vs the James Spillane kit. Anyone know a good source for stainless metric #3 pan head screws? Allen's Fasteners only go up to 50mm

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Yamiya kit

6x20        3
6x30        18
6x35        6
6x40        7
6x50        3
6x55        2
6x63        10
6x75        2

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Spillane kit
6x20        3
6x30        16
6x35        6
6x40        10
6x50        6
6x60        12
6x80        6

Rafi,
Our local Lowes has a very good selection that I would bet contain what you need.  Check the Lowes near your house and see if they have them.  If not, PM me and let me know how many you need, what size, etc and I'll go by and get some and ship them to you.

Ron

Thanks Ron, I'll check out Lowes next time I'm out that way. Many places have SS metric stuff, but two things don't always match up, long length and the pan head shape (almost looks like a circular cheese thingy). Worst case, I'll make my own kit with whatever style pan heads I can find locally as long as all the long ones are easy to find...

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #319 on: April 01, 2016, 03:30:24 pm »
Picked up all my chrome today, won't be home for hours, just excited :P :P

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #320 on: April 01, 2016, 03:36:22 pm »
Picked up all my chrome today, won't be home for hours, just excited :P :P

That reminds me of the expression, "Chrome don't get you home."
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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #321 on: April 01, 2016, 03:49:30 pm »
Picked up all my chrome today, won't be home for hours, just excited :P :P

That reminds me of the expression, "Chrome don't get you home."

Maybe it should be "Cant wait to get home with Chrome!"
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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #322 on: April 01, 2016, 03:59:34 pm »
Picked up all my chrome today, won't be home for hours, just excited :P :P

That reminds me of the expression, "Chrome don't get you home."

Maybe it should be "Cant wait to get home with Chrome!"
haha both true  ;)

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #323 on: April 01, 2016, 06:35:37 pm »
Bling!

Man, that brake stay came out looking nice! Wish I could use it on this build, oh well ;) There's a bunch more little stuff I haven't opened up yet, will post pix as I start putting things back together.

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Re: 1973 CB750 Four K3 -- Project "Terry's Fault" -- RECONDITIONING
« Reply #324 on: April 01, 2016, 06:59:43 pm »
Looking good Rafi, I was a bit worried when I first saw your powder coated carbs, but it looks like you've done a meticulous job of cleaning all the surplus powder out of them, so I'm sure they'll work as well as they look! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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