Picked the truck up in Houston last year, drove fine, no issues, did the front axle seals and wheel bearings, then started noticing disappearing coolant.
Pulled the head, had it fluxed, new gaskets, bells and whistles, decked, and put it all back together, etc... Still having issues.
You can...
I kinda like the blue, actually. It's different, and would look great in reality, toned down with shadows, brake dust, and the what-not.
Otherwise, bronze looks great.
That's my next plan. Change the oil, bypass the oil cooler and see what happens...
A warped block is just too rare. No external leaks...
That's probably gonna be my next-next route...
Well. Fart.
Got everything back together, and ran for about a week... Noticed I'm still losing coolant, and look at that...the oil is white, and the level is up again.
So, I'm putting this project on hold. I'm gonna attack my '87 XL600R so I can have some wheels for the time being.
Not sure...
Got closer to finishing my warped head / head gasket ordeal...
Started here...
Then here...
And finished here...
All documented here...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/757496-found-water-oil.html
Well... I was very busy working on this the last couple days...
While I had everything apart, I sent the injectors out to be cleaned...
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After:
Before, the plastic tips were black, cracked and falling off. I've used Hurst Injector Service for my motorcycles, and have had...
Thanks man!
Had an unpleasant discovery today. On the left was the wilted, bent remnants of a straight hose some yahoo attempted to fit as the bypass hose, and to the right is the correct replacement.
Well, with the help of Aggiesdm and newbtrayback, I got the head back in place and torqued down. There were no numbers to go along with the sequence, so I just went 15 ft-lbs, 30 ft-lbs, 60 ft-lbs, and then the final 90 ft-lbs.
This makes so much sense... The steering stem on my KTM 690 had two surfaces so you could switch between two different trail offsets.
Eager to hear some reviews...
Still slow going... And no pics this time, as I was in go-mode trying to beat the sun last night. Removed the push rod cover gasket, and found no signs of water ingress from the freeze plugs, or if they were out of place at all.
Everything went pretty smooth, but getting that old cork gasket...
By the way, since I'll be pulling the distributor for the side cover access, what is the best way to pull the distributor on a 3FE? Set engine to TDC, then R&R the distro in the same position?