The start of the Engine Tear down.

Since last post lots has happened. I dismantled the Carburetors and found that they are mostly junk. I found most the parts I would need to rebuild them online. Unfortunately it would cost about the same to rebuild them as to buy new ones. I am thinking that I might try to score some half way decent carbs on eBay and rebuild them.

I also built a motor stand for dismantling and rebuilding of the motor. Its not too exciting but I have attached a picture.

On May 14th Paul and I went down to Goose Island with the motor and met up with the Dr. While there we started tearing down the motor. So far we have removed the primary side cover, the clutch assembly and the alternator. We tried to remove the gear behind the alternator but the last owner used loctite to hold it on. I am told that you can use heat to break down Loctite but I have not tried it yet.
We also removed the timing cover and all the timing gears. That went pretty easy and everything looks really good. Thank god that the Dr had all the gear pullers.

This week I purchased a complete gasket set off of eBay. I am pretty sure that the set has all the gaskets I would need for a complete rebuild. Check that off the list.

Next up transmission and getting the gear off.

Till next time.

I would be happy with this for an end result

I found this 68 Bonneville on craigslist.org. This is the look I am going for.

Is there a Doctor in the house?

On Wednesday the 28th of April I took the motor and a box of parts down to Goose Island. Paul and I met with the Doctor, a motor cycle guru and fan of English motorcycles. Paul told me that if anyone could get this piston unstuck the Dr would be able to do it.

After showing the motor to The Drl, he said we had to heat up the cylinder but try to keep the piston cool. We measured the height of the piston to the top of the cylinder. He then handed me a blow torch and said to hold the flame on the outside of the cylinder. After the cylinder was heated to a point that we could not hold our fingers on it anymore, The Doctor came in with a brass bar and a small hammer and started tapping the pistons ever so lightly.

After a few taps we measured to see if the pistons moved, and they did not. Dr decided that we should remove the oil that was in the cylinder because he had some stuff that would penetrate and dissolve the rust. This is the stuff plumbers use to get pipes apart that have been together forever. We sprayed a little on the pistons and started to tap away. No sooner than when we started the pistons broke loose and we were on our way to freeing up the cylinder.

Now that the pistons are out of the cylinder its time to find someone to bore out the cylinder for some new oversize pistons. The Dr also suggested I take the rest of the motor apart and clean and inspect everything. Make it white glove clean is what I am told I should do.

I found a DVD online that take you step by step tearing down and rebuilding a Triumph 650. Here's the Link. http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/motorcycle-dvds/triumph-650-rebuild-dvd-with-wes-white-triumph-motorcycle-dvd.aspx I think the DVD will come in handy. Time to build an engine stand.