A forum for stories, pics and updates of your resto's. Be it a barn find, Grampas hand me down or a bike being brought back to it's former glory.If you are restoring it, show us your stuff!
Got a little bit done today, I decided to just use the cam I have for now and do without a tach or use a electronic tach so I made a block off plate.
20180731_164253.jpg (159.7 KiB) Viewed 239 times
Also I need to ask what torque setting for the six bolts that hold the rocker arms on.
20180731_160600.jpg (155.39 KiB) Viewed 239 times
20180731_160529.jpg (203.31 KiB) Viewed 239 times
Also the timing belt gears have one raised section pointing to the rear and the other raised section pointing to the front??? It has got to be right as I have rotated the crank through several rotations and no problems yet. I also installed a new battery so as soon as I get the new intake manifold made I can think about starting it up. And yes I did put oil in.
217-252 inch pounds for the cam holders. (18-21ft lbs) Adjust valves after tightening to spec.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
Thanks, I went with 220 inch pounds. Will be adjusting the valves tomorrow. Then on to making another manifold. I already have the mounting plate made and the pipes cut so it should go fast.
I found a electronic honda tach on one of my scrapper bikes but that means no temp gauge. I will get one from a 78.
I just checked and the other tach I had was a cable driven tach... I have one more but it's from a 83 or 84 interstate and is completely different. Something good will happen if I am patient.
Lots of other makes will also work, but some (Kawasaki) used a different ratio and will make the tach read higher than it actually is.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
leggman wrote: Also the timing belt gears have one raised section pointing to the rear and the other raised section pointing to the front???
It has got to be right as I have rotated the crank through several rotations and no problems yet.
I also installed a new battery so as soon as I get the new intake manifold made I can think about starting it up. And yes I did put oil in.
These 2 pulleys are actually the same, according to the parts listing. Part #14 on the drawing below.
If you look into it, they are the same pulleys used on early Civic, Accord and Prelude too.
Honda never made a special part if they had one already for another vehicle.
the pullies flip and that is what makes them right for each side 9and why they look different from the front
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
I while ago I replied to a thread on a Facebook group I was a member of where a guy had bought a pair of pulleys from a breaker.
The breaker supplied 2 pulleys which were identical and the poster was complaining about the fact that the breaker had told him they were a pair.
He was ridiculing them for being so stupid and a lot of other posters were agreeing with him, including the page owner.
I pointed out that the pulleys were indeed the same and sent a link to the above page on CMSNL.
The guy then turned on me and accused me of trying to Jerry Rig his engine.
Needless to say, I moved on from there.
Be aware that some pulleys have two timing marks, one for Goldwings and the other for a different application. This pic is from a 1200 pulley, but they are sometimes found on 1100 and 1000 pulleys. Using the wrong one could cause interference.
CE25B03A-DCE8-4547-9227-8A3ACCD164CA.jpeg (157.45 KiB) Viewed 208 times
BTW, all pulleys from gl1000, 1100, 1200’s can interchange. The 1200 pulleys are a bit lighter in weight.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
Exactly the same thing happened to me (cam fell on concrete floor) on the "Dumpster build", used a digital tach and fuel pump from a GL1200. On a more recent 1200 build I used an after-market pump that I like a lot, at about half the price for a Honda 1200 pump. If you are interested I can track it down for you. I think I identified it on the "All it needs is a battery and maybe a carb clean" build thread. In both cases the fuel pump info will be near the end of the build thread. You should include a relay in the circuit that only calls for fuel when the engine is turning over.
Bikes at present:
83 XL 600r with a 2004 XR650L engine
And a slightly worse for the wear BMW GS adventure bike awaiting repair
83 GL in process
This is actually the second bike this year I have used 1200 pumps on. I did a 79 just about a month or so ago. I got the pumps on ebay for cheap https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Fuel-Pump- ... 2749.l2649
and so far they work really well.
Time of course will tell but so far so good.
I set the valves today and rotated the engine by hand a couple of revs and nothing hits yet.
Now I am waiting for the paint to dry on the valve covers and the belt covers.