Greetings from East Tennessee!

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Greetings from East Tennessee!

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Actually this is my second neked (southern pronunciation) 'wing. I had a '77 back in '04, then an SEi. Bought a new 1800 in '06 and have close to 80k miles on the Black Pearl. This spring, I bought a sad looking '78 that I discovered had a '75 engine. More disassembly revealed water damage indicating partial submersion for an extended period, at least for the engine. Luckily, no water evidence inside, and only in one cylinder. That has been sorted, and the engine now sits on a dolly waiting for frame work and other items. The wife likes me to have projects, and this should keep me busy for a couple years! Since restoration is out of the picture, I'm working towards cafe-style. Due to her apparent past under water, I have named her "the Hunley" after the first successful operational military submarine, lost with all hands on a successful attack during the war of Northern Aggression off Charleston, SC and discovered/raised about a decade ago.
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Re: Greetings from East Tennessee!

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Welcome to NGW! You are going to fit right in here. Go Hunley!
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Welcome to our little "Wingdom" sounds like your off to a great start.

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Welcome and good luck to the Hunley, may she not suffer the same fate.
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Welcome from Michigan.
I too have an engine (I call it my cadaver engine), that has one very rusty bore.
Once I finish dropping my good engine into the frame and get her running, I eventually plan on breaking the cadaver down. Just do not know what to expect when it comes to cracking the CCase open. Number 3 is quite rusted badly and 2 & four bores look pretty good. Engine had leaks from the freeze plugs on the rh side.

Best of luck on the Hunley. anim-cheers1

These fellas are very helpful round here.
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NewWinger wrote:Snip: I eventually plan on breaking the cadaver down. Just do not know what to expect when it comes to cracking the CCase open.
Have you ever disassembled a watch? Springs, gears and other parts pop out all over the place. :lol:

Okay, I'm just kidding!
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Howdy from Western Canada Mr. pidjones. Get some pictures loaded, when you can, and consider starting a new thread in the 'Members Restorations and Projects' section. Goodluck!

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welcome from the west side of Mich. lie was said. pictures, pictures, pictures
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Welcome neighbor from Georgia
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About as neked as you can get right now.
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Cases have a lot of the parts. Today it held off rain long enough for me to finally grind the center stand mount off and smooth the frame some. There is a lot of wiring to go over and replace connectors with new ones soldered and crimped. So much to do, but I'm having a blast doing it!
"Love 'em all.... let God sort 'em out!"
Ex 2006 GL1800 - the Black Pearl SOLD! to make room for:
2021 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited Dark Chalk Metallic
1975 Red GL1000 project - ex Pistol Pete project
1972 Triumph T150V Trident rescue - finished and FOR SALE!
1976 Yamaha RD400c
1978 GL1000 with '75 engine - the Hunley
Ex 1978 GL1000
Ex 1979 GL1000
Ex '79 CB750F rat bike
Ex '86 SEi
Ex '77 GL1000
Ex '76 RD400
Ex '72 Penton 125 set up for flat track
Ex '73 RD250
Ex '68 TR6C - chopped
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Re: Greetings from East Tennessee!

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At least the front of the engine looks good and clean. I am sure a few of us have taken on 'boxes of parts' and made a bike from them.

Have fun.

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Welcome Jones! As a fan of the classic western "Lonesome Dove" I hope you understand when I say " I reckon I'm as American as anyone from Tennessee".
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welcome to the forum and ngw from okla city.
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Another Jones Boy anim-cheers1

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A little taste of what some of it looked like when I started:
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I've cleaned the two starboard cylinders and now have good compression. The carbs have been cleaned and reassembled with new elastomers. It has come a long way in the past three months, but still has a long, long, long way to go.
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"Love 'em all.... let God sort 'em out!"
Ex 2006 GL1800 - the Black Pearl SOLD! to make room for:
2021 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited Dark Chalk Metallic
1975 Red GL1000 project - ex Pistol Pete project
1972 Triumph T150V Trident rescue - finished and FOR SALE!
1976 Yamaha RD400c
1978 GL1000 with '75 engine - the Hunley
Ex 1978 GL1000
Ex 1979 GL1000
Ex '79 CB750F rat bike
Ex '86 SEi
Ex '77 GL1000
Ex '76 RD400
Ex '72 Penton 125 set up for flat track
Ex '73 RD250
Ex '68 TR6C - chopped
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