$150 stinker Project.. 78 GS1000E

[Kiwi Canuck]

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A good way to keep motivated when starting a rebuild is to start a thread in the projects/rebuilds, then you are committing to complete the rebuild otherwise you are letting down all the people who are following your thread when you don't stay on top of your work.

Wait a sec, you've already done that, so what's your excuse?

I see a beautiful Skunk/Cooley just sitting there waiting to get back on the road, get at it, you'll be glad you did once it's done.

Maybe I can send you a round tuit, I have a few spares I'm not using.

Cheers,

David

 

[GSX1000E]

Someone needs to talk me into starting work on this bike..

Get to work! :-\\\

 

[sschering]

Thanks guys.. Maybe if I give it a cool name.

Skunk/Cooley Skooley?

Having to pull the motor, strip it down and re-gasket it has put me off a bit.
I have all the gaskets so I should just get busy..

 

[Kiwi Canuck]

Thanks guys.. Maybe if I give it a cool name.

Skunk/Cooley Skooley?

Having to pull the motor, strip it down and re-gasket it has put me off a bit.
I have all the gaskets so I should just get busy..

That's a great name

I did the same as you and pulled the jugs off before I had cleaned the motor, at the time I didn't know I would need to split the cases to replace the crank, but that's another story.
So you will need to either bag the top of the motor before cleaning or remove the pistons and drop the jugs and head back on and clean it with what ever your favourite cleaning/degreasing product.
Or stuff the crank cases with rags, I didn't do that as I wanted to use a pressure washer to help remove some of the grime and wash away all of the Simple Green so I didn't get any corrosion afterwards.

My favourite degreaser is simple green at full strength and a really good nylon brush, some use kerosene or brake cleaner to get the really grimey parts clean first.
Once it's clean the job is a lot less intimidating and it's actually pretty easy to do.

I painted with VHT SP127 engine paint, and at $9.00 a can it was very reasonable as I only used one can.

Before



After cleaning, and this area had 1/2 inch of solid grease and grime, I put a few big sheets of cardboard down and a few old newspapers and a went at it.



After I was finished painting.





So there you go, easy peassy.

 

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Nice!
How's it going?