Against popular advise, I did just put it together with new rings, and a new head gasket.
It really needed to get off my bench, and table, and floor, and shelves, and at least be put back together....It had been a long time apart. And other stuff that needed attention was starting to suffer for it....
It started up right away, and ran nice....(it never sounded that good when I started it the first time before) I did a proper break-in, with several oil/filter changes, and have put almost 1,000 miles on it without blowing it up.
I ran across an aluminum Supertrapp pipe with all the discs, at a scrap yard...$50. The pipe that was on it is an old style Supertrapp without any disks, or endcap. It was loud. It sounded really good, but too loud. Now it sounds good at a volume level way below 'obnoxious'.......
The only drawback to the lower exhaust volume level is, now when I am rolling along, all I can hear is the sound of....
The sound is deafening, and relentless....It is slightly less noticeable when the front wheel isn't touching the ground, but it comes back.(this thing is a beast, now...an angry beast)robin1731 wrote:Any place in the engine that lives on oil was damaged. Crank, rod, cam, transmission maybe.
No way would I do anything without a complete disassembly to look all moving parts over.
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SO.....Apart it will have to come....hopefully just as 'peace of mind' exercise. And not until winter. After the garage re-do/organize endeavor. I have been limiting my riding of it to the nearby surrounding area, so if I do blow it up, my wife doesn't have so far to go to rescue me.
At least now, when I go to tear it apart again, I know a little bit about what I didn't know I needed to know, ya know?
Thanks for the help, and advise. If I blow it up before season ends I will be update again.