Pop goes the hell yeah

UnSTuck'ER, FucKEr!

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The left cylinder wall is pretty rusted above where the piston was sitting (which is why if you store your engine for 20 years you store it at Top Dead Centre to avoid this problem).


Good thing I've got that second set'o jugs from Stu when I bought the '74. The piston, remarkably, cleaned up quite nice and might actually be usable. Well no shit. It's aluminum. I doesn't rust, dip-shit. Just gota free the rings.


Gotta research original piston sizes for '77 to see if this things been bore before. But from what I found in the Clymers it's already 1 over at .25 Dunno what Stus jugs are? heheh


The really good news is that the tight seal the rust made guaranteed that the moisture didn't travel into the bottom end which, including the bottom of the piston, was covered in nice 20 year old oil. Which, of course, means the bottom end is likely in perfect shape. whoo-F N-hoo

Here we go again

Keno and me got out to Aberdeen today to visit a guy who had an XS650 engine for sale. Turns out this guy used to own one of the biggest Salvage Yards in BC. When he moved back to Saskatchewan a few years ago he filled 4 or 5 Semi trailers with his GAk and came Runnin' back to Saskatoon. He's got a quansit full of all the side covers, fenders, carbs, engine cases, and "complete" engines you could imagine. Then he's got two semi trailers full of gauges, speedos, tanks, and other crap. Damn. (sorry for the crappy cell phone pics)






Turned out he had about 10 XS650 engines most missing this or that, but near complete. I found one that looked pretty clean and complete and made the guy a deal. I'm now the proud owner of a '77 XS650 lump and another set of carbs. Now, although it looked pretty good on the outside it was weather seized having spent a few years in a field. Keno and I got it back to my place and we decided it'd be the perfect inaugural project for the new Tiny Garage out building.


First we tried kickin the shit outta it to get it unseized. put some oil down all the holes etc first. No Luck!

Next we put it in my old 650 frame to get more leverage and kicked the shit outta it again. No Luck!

So then we got serious and just tore the top end apart. Heh heh heh. Couldn't be helped. Our curiousity got the best of us. Mostly good news. Lots of clean spaces with oil still on them and only two mousey stashes. But... we did find the seizure...



Oh my. Well, one cylinder was pretty crusty so I've got some WD-40 working it's way down from the top'a the piston. (don't have any other penetrating oil or Diesel on hand) We'll see...stay tuned for the continuing saga...