I've ordered a set of rings from Boulevard Suzuki in the US (great price, reasonable postage, good service so far), so time to get the cylinders and head cleaned up so I can send them off to the blasting guy in Jimboomba.
Before:
After a dip in marine clean and a good strong hosing off:
All I need to do now is give them a once over to see if there's any leftover hardened crud on them, then get the remaining gasket bits off and the cam end rubbers. One of those came off nice and easy, the other three are still stuck on with some gasket stuff.
The other minor thing I did today was get the missing grommet that I found on top of the headlight ear so the front end's pretty much right minus the headlight and torqueing up the bolts:
It's a bit hard to see there, just under the top triple clamp. It means the ears don't flop together now and hold themselves apart, and should hopefully also mean no moisture making its way down the inside of the ear.
So I'm currently still waiting for the cam chain to arrive so I can get the bottom end together, then once I get the cylinders and head back from Jimboomba, I need to get myself a little ball hone and hone the cylinders, then when the rings arrive I should be set to start on the valves.
On a bit of a side note, the one big thing stopping me getting at least the transmission in at the moment is that I only have a little bit of time late at night to work on it. However, given the tight confines in the garage, I can't actually get to the motor because the frame's in the way, and I can't put that anywhere else with the cars in the garage.
So, as previously mentioned, the pavers are down for the garden shed and it arrived on Tuesday, so hopefully tomorrow avo the shed will go up, crap will go out there, and the frame can stay away from the motor.
The bit of timber's just to stop the shed front falling down as it's been a bit windy this week.
Here's hopin'!!
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