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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    Heres a pic of the board all soldered and wired up, need to get a little creative with the housing and then it is ready to bolt in. Cant wait to have the engine running again to see if this beauty works.
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    Its been a while since I have updated but I have been tinkering in the garage, i have been tidying up the frame getting rid of the unwanted panel mounts and whatnot. Also i was hoping to have snagged a wurth time sert kit to repair the head with but got out bid in the last few seconds, so i need...
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    Thats exactly what happened to mine, all bolts loose and threads either stripped from the excessive movement or the cause of the problem, They are .25 over, just dressed the head a little to get those mark edges as flat to the head as possible with an extra fine diamond grit file.
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    @xschris thanks, its a great forum, it was a pretty good place to start but am uncovering more things as i go. Got some marks on the top of the piston and the base of the head......... Guessing something got in there :/ @recreateme it was making a lot of grinding and rattling, the bike...
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    This one was fitted by an ape, they completely mangled the thread and oblonged the hole a little. It wasn't the helicoil that was horrible it was the way it had been inserted :) Thanks for the warm welcome, been reading up a lot over the last week and you seem to be right on the ball drewpy. I...
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    Starter clutch issue :/
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    After a few hours in the shop
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    Starting my new project 1979 xs400

    Hi, been nosing around the forum for a while now and thought id start a thread about my new project. Picked up last week and already stuck in, come across a few hurdles but been fixing as i go. Starter clutch was making a hell of a racket so i didn't touch that button again, whipped the cover...
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