If you hone it at all it's probably a good idea to have it re-plated

 

Great. Well, I guess we'll see how long a stoned honed 600 motor will last. From the quick searching I did on re-plating I might as well buy another motor.
Head was $100 and will be here tom. or Wed. Going to reuse the MLS head gasket too. Ha, this should be interesting.

I don't want to throw more into the bike than it's worth. I have 3 other projects going on... those aren't half-assed by any means. (tube chassis rock crawler, 78 280z car with turbo swap, and jet skis) So, in short, I'm normally not a cheapskate and do stuff right. Just wanted a quick CHEAP set of 2 wheels.

 

 

hehehe. I'm up to 2100 miles on my used head gasket after my build. In my defense, it looked perfect (yea, I know they crush when the head bolts get torqued) and I watch for signs of leakage like a hawk.

 

I have never reused a head gasket before, but then again, I've never had a cool 3 layer MLS gasket. I searched around google before deciding to re-use it. Hey it's another $75-$80. I just stone honed a block, which apparently isn't good. UPS man has a used head on his truck for me today. SO I'm not expecting a race engine here

Many people with PWC's were using a silicon adhesive called 1121 on the head gaskets (which are 3 layer mls with excellent results) some were spraying a lite coat of copper gasket sealer. Of all the places I looked (not saying I looked EVERYWHERE) I didn't find one person that had a failed-reused gasket. Some, on auto heads, had reused gaskets 7 times !

Of course if I were building a NICE motor it'd get a new gasket... but this is just a darn basket case at this point!

I have another question about the front wheel. In the parts diagrams I have it shows a sleeve between the wheel bearings. I don't have a sleeve between mine. I took the wheel off to see WTF was up with the speedometer hub. I'm pretty sure the hub is fubar but I don't know if all the pieces are there. Every diagram I've found shows more pieces than what I have, but there is zero play in the wheel and it spins freely.

 

There is definitely supposed to be a spacer in there. It holds the inner races of the bearing apart and prevents side load on the bearings when you tighten down the axle side bolt. Good luck on the motor!

 

Ok, that makes sense on the front wheel!

Motor update

I put it together yesterday afternoon and spent 2 hrs trying to figure out why it wouldn't run. Seemed like it was firing 180 out b.c. it kept back firing through the carbs and every once and a while out the exhaust. I double checked timing, coils, plugs, wires to the diagrams in the manual. I finally swapped the red/red and white/white connectors going to the coils to red/white white/red. Fired right up! She's ALIVE !

Once I got fuel to all the carbs, it smoothed out and sounds great. I can't wait to get everything else taken care of and fixed up.

Thanks for them moral support, keep it coming!
Adam

 

I also had a ridiculous engine nightmare challenge early in my F2 experience. I had to earn every bit of my running F2 through mad hard work. Good to hear it runs.