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As I rebuild the engine as this is my first time, what should I definitely replace? What should I be looking for that may be a sign that something wrong or amiss. Also where can I get a bolt kit for the entire engine? The PO had messed with the engine and a lot of bolts and screws are missing...
Next up...the potential problem..
if you look very closely....very closely..there is a little ridge in the middle and on top of that ridge there appears to be a crack? :'( I hope its not but...what do you think? and if it is what do I do?
Okay guys! Progress for tonight. Slowly but surely moving along. Started with taking apart the engine (I am using the bike manual to do it right, but to be honest it looks nothing like the engine in the pictures)
How does it look inside guys? Oh btw one question I did have is it looks like...
Tomorrow I'm going to start breaking into the engine to see what is actually going on in there..Going to follow
http://www.xs400.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6775&highlight=motor%2C+tear
Will keep you updated!
On a side note. What are the pros and cons for Clubmans and clip ons? and what size...
Stuff I did today! :)
Here is inside of where I took the chain off.
Is it normally full of gunk goo and dirt/mud?
Now that I have the engine pulled off where should I start with it?
I made a photobucket account to post all of my pictures. http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/Nico_Savu/library/?sort=3&page=1
Here is a picture of her before I started
Here is one a little while in..
Will take a few more pictures of todays progress in a little while.
My father has given me a 1980 Yamaha xs400 recently which has sat in our barn for the past 2 years. He had bought it for about $400 and it did not run. We do not know if anything is wrong with it nor did the seller. (well that is what he said anyways) I am a full time Accounting student and I...