Author Topic: Rebirth of paulages' cb735 (Read 115198 times)

Doctor_D · « **Reply #350 on:** July 01, 2010, 10:07:19 pm »

I keep trying to remind myself to subscribe to this thread... which I've now done.

Good luck Paul, we're all rooting for your build.

Raef · « **Reply #351 on:** July 02, 2010, 01:59:11 am »

That sucks.......I think If I had to trim such a thing I think I would sandwich it between a couple pcs of ply wood with the right size hole and gently use a drum sander, dremal or drill press...

But with all that you have going on, with this awesome build, I would be looking for them to send me the right one

Mark

traveler · « **Reply #352 on:** July 02, 2010, 06:46:40 am »

Seems damn near impossible to get people to do what they say they will these days.

Body men are the worst...followed by engine guys.

~Joe

Little_Horse · « **Reply #353 on:** July 02, 2010, 07:39:07 am »

Quote from: traveler on July 02, 2010, 06:46:40 am

Seems damn near impossible to get people to do what they say they will these days.

Body men are the worst...followed by engine guys.

~Joe

followed be welders, those guys are scum

paulages · « **Reply #354 on:** July 02, 2010, 12:01:46 pm »

Cometic have a new one on the way, and suggested I use a dremel atop the bores to try cutting the old one. This makes me a little norvous, so I'll likely try something else.

Ring gaps have all been filed to .010"-.012". Gonna start putting it back together this afternoon!

paulages · « **Reply #355 on:** July 02, 2010, 04:42:34 pm »

I know how you guys like pictures and all, so I'll spice up the thread a little after all that boring math and whining...

head gasket cut to 66mm holes, re-annealed, and coated with copper gasket spray:

ready for assembly...

paulages · « **Reply #356 on:** July 02, 2010, 04:58:38 pm »

the goods:

traveler · « **Reply #357 on:** July 02, 2010, 06:20:19 pm »

Paul, in all seriousness....I think it will be fine. Go ahead and put it together. it'll hold together just fine. Your attention to detail is so far above others, that you won't have a problem. Go ahead and run her with the 750 carbs.

just my .02

~Joe

paulages · « **Reply #358 on:** July 02, 2010, 06:27:25 pm »

Quote from: traveler on July 02, 2010, 06:20:19 pm

Paul, in all seriousness....I think it will be fine. Go ahead and put it together. it'll hold together just fine. Your attention to detail is so far above others, that you won't have a problem. Go ahead and run her with the 750 carbs.

just my .02

~Joe

thanks, joe. it's going together already.. pistons and cylinders are installed. found TDC and attached the timing wheel. i had to disassemble the valves on the #1 cylinder to remove clay from when i was checking clearances, and the exhaust valve spring retainer flew across the room. i only have a half hour or so left to work tonight, so i guess the head isn't going on tonight. tomorrow, i hope...

paulages · « **Reply #359 on:** July 02, 2010, 07:08:03 pm »

got the head torqued. hope to button it up and start it tomorrow! fingers crossed...

traveler · « **Reply #360 on:** July 02, 2010, 07:55:33 pm »

It's gonna rip!

~Joe

KB02 · « **Reply #361 on:** July 03, 2010, 04:37:25 am »

There will be video, yes?

paulages · « **Reply #362 on:** July 03, 2010, 07:18:29 am »

Quote from: KB02 on July 03, 2010, 04:37:25 am

There will be video, yes?

sure... why not?

Soos · « **Reply #363 on:** July 03, 2010, 08:36:03 am »

Quote from: paulages on July 02, 2010, 07:08:03 pm

got the head torqued. hope to button it up and start it tomorrow! fingers crossed...

Hoping all goes well!

l8r

Ecosse · « **Reply #364 on:** July 03, 2010, 02:01:49 pm »

best of luck paul!

paulages · « **Reply #365 on:** July 05, 2010, 02:39:51 am »

It's been a busy weekend and I haven't had much time to work on the bike, but I finally got the cam timed, valve lash adjusted, and everything else assembled and put the engine in the bike. All i need is oil, pipes, and a couple nitpicky things and i'lll be back on the road. tomorrow hopefully!

Zaipai · « **Reply #366 on:** July 05, 2010, 08:17:50 pm »

Gonna be a video Paul? Hope so.. That is once you have it done.

.: Scott :.

paulages · « **Reply #367 on:** July 05, 2010, 10:43:09 pm »

I have it back together and started, though it was a bit anticlimactic. It started right up, but was stumbling a little bit. I checked the timing, which was a little retarded. still it was running a little poorly... at first I thought this was possibly due to poor carb sync since the cylinder vacuums will be different now than before, but then I discovered that cylinders 2 and 4 were cold. Kinda sucks I did my first heat cycle with two dead cylinders, but what am I gonna do? At least they got lots of compression?

Hopefully I'll have time to sort it out tomorrow.

paulages · « **Reply #368 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:07:27 am »

Well, the good news is it is running beautifully and the engine is broken in. The bad news is that the head gasket leaking. Cometic has the new one en route, so I'll just have to swap them out when it gets here. A little frustrating, but at least it's running, and well. I had some fault signal on the Dyna 2000 and it wasn't working, but it mysteriously started working again.

Oh, and Cadaver has agreed to work out a deal for his CR29's he bought but hasn't installed.

bwaller · « **Reply #369 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:20:35 am »

Maybe you should wait until some planets are aligned or something before you replace that gasket!

I'm sure you layered up several coats of copper spray? I'm not sure what difference the new gasket will offer, but I wish you luck getting the buggar to seal next time.

Glad it runs well.

paulages · « **Reply #370 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:18:49 am »

Quote from: bwaller on July 07, 2010, 10:20:35 am

Maybe you should wait until some planets are aligned or something before you replace that gasket!

I'm sure you layered up several coats of copper spray? I'm not sure what difference the new gasket will offer, but I wish you luck getting the buggar to seal next time.

Glad it runs well.

yes, I used plenty of copper spray. I imagine I just didn't get it flat enough after cutting the holes, though that seems difficult to do since the copper is so soft... you'd think any irregularities would get flattened out when the head was torqued.

the frustrating thing? I just left the shop for 15 minutes and UPS tried to deliver the new one.

Ecosse · « **Reply #371 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:19:01 pm »

Quote from: paulages on July 07, 2010, 11:18:49 am

the frustrating thing? I just left the shop for 15 minutes and UPS tried to deliver the new one.

bugger!

paulages · « **Reply #372 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:14:28 pm »

Quote from: Ecosse on July 07, 2010, 07:19:01 pm

Quote from: paulages on July 07, 2010, 11:18:49 am
the frustrating thing? I just left the shop for 15 minutes and UPS tried to deliver the new one.

bugger!

I left again and he came back, but there was someone else there this time. hope to have it swapped out tomorrow!

paulages · « **Reply #373 on:** July 09, 2010, 12:28:45 pm »

Last night was a good night. I pulled the head off, and the leaking part of the gasket was obvious right away. the strange thing is... several bolts were loose, though I know for a fact that they were all torqued properly. anyway, i have the new gasket on hand and will be on the road here in a couple hours.

When I left the shop, I stopped for a nice bottle of wine on the way home. When I got there, I asked my girlfriend to leave, and spent an intimate evening with these guys instead:

bwaller · « **Reply #374 on:** July 09, 2010, 01:41:03 pm »

You're losing it Paul buddy, you should have made it a threesome.

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