Baked on oil stain removal

[chuck hahn]

Heres some pics of the jugs..and yes Ed I would like to just get them scrubbed up and preped for painting as you see the state of tear down in the pics. I was planning on masking off the lower cases and tranny with duct tape and thick palstic sheeting..defunk and paint. I did do the head with the EASY OFF Jeepster...before i read your caution. Just as you said, the grease and grime washed off like butter running off a hot knife...BUT..the metal was a VERY dark grey. I took a green scrubbie and a kitchen knife and scrubbed the hell out of each fin with comet cleanser to remove the grey stuff. Looks nice and clean now and ready for paint. The covers will be taken off and polished as well before we stuff her back in the frame. I am doing all the things i can get done without any expense and then i will be on hold till I can somehow afford the 2 new intake valves ( see OTHER PROJECTS area for pics..."pretty nice barn find ).

[chuck hahn]

AND i need suggestions on how to seal the cam journal towers back to the head. There was some knda sealer there from the factory to keep oil from seeping past the mating surfaces and running down into this well area. The well area vents to the outside air in between 2 sets of fins on the head, so oil has to be kept from seeping under the mounts......see the assembly and youll get the idea.

[Big T]

AND i need suggestions on how to seal the cam journal towers back to the head. There was some knda sealer there from the factory to keep oil from seeping past the mating surfaces and running down into this well area. The well area vents to the outside air in between 2 sets of fins on the head, so oil has to be kept from seeping under the mounts......see the assembly and youll get the idea.

Chuck - you can try Purple Power spray cleaner on the barrels, but it's pretty strong also

Permatex makes a product for sealing those cam towers. I'm not sure which one it is, but they make a sealer for everything

[chuck hahn]

Big T...I am thinking now that this oil leak was actually a 2 fold problem..yes there was blowby marks when i took off the head, but i think also the original sealer was failing...seeing that the bike hadnt been ridden in nearly 24 years and the fact that it is 40 years old!!! What do you think?

[GSScoobie]

Wouldn't Mike's XS have the intake valves and perhaps over-sized ones at a fair price?

[Big T]

Big T...I am thinking now that this oil leak was actually a 2 fold problem..yes there was blowby marks when i took off the head, but i think also the original sealer was failing...seeing that the bike hadnt been ridden in nearly 24 years and the fact that it is 40 years old!!! What do you think?

Ring blowby?