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The post office returned my long lost flywheel, it never made it to Ed Milch's shop and it took over 4 months to find its way back.Now I can transfer the timing marks to the RAN clutch. Guzziology says to install the distributor at the static timing mark, second mark above D.My V7 Sports had a static timing mark very close to the D. Here are pictures of the flywheel, the red line is the D. IS the 2nd yellow line the correct static mark?I just want to be sure
Beautiful!
I brought this out of storage to keep me busy for a while
What are your plans for this one? Have you decided how much of the bike is S?I really enjoy your posts and appreciate all of the excellent work you do. It is so easy to sometimes say "good enough" when knee deep in a project.Mark
Thanks for the kind words fellas,For the 750S I plan on restoring it to full original spec. I have found all of the parts I need to make it correct. I have rebuilt a pair of the correct Borrani wheels, sourced a rebuilt final drive from an Eldorado, found a correct pair of swan necks, head light, signal lights etc... It will get the full Gregory Bender wiring harness replacement a CEV fuse box and all the other little parts needed. The engine was supposedly rebuilt with a new crank, bearings and Giladorni kits (we shall see?), forks look good, calipers are new, the list goes on. I have a fresh pair of 750S tool boxes and a gas tank already painted in the green scheme. The project will get going as time allows.CheersJim
Its finally done, I rolled the S3 off the lift this morning and put it on the trailer, its in storage in another garage waiting to show it next weekend in the International Motorcycle show in town.I filled the tank with Evaporust for a week and got the inside spotless. No gas yet, I will fire it up after the show.Nicely done .............. I look forward to viewing some of your machines in person one day.Ciao.I brought this out of storage to keep me busy for a while
I spoke with Fast Industries (the Canadian branch of Millennium) in Manitoba, after a short discussion I mailed off the original cylinders and two NOS pistons, they will plate the bores and size them to the pistons. I also sent them the heads, new guides, valves and springs plus the retainers, spring shims and caps, they will grind the valve seats and shim the valve springs, and I asked them to deck the heads while they are in there.
Jim...When Millennium sized the bore to the pistons what clearance did they target?I just boxed up my V7 Sport pistons and cylinders to send off today to send off for replating with NiSiC.I think a reasonable value is 0.0015 - 0.002 in based on the following below. The LM4 is the only NiSiC bore for Guzzi that I checked out but I also found some air cooled cars (Porsches) that use this range with NiSiC.I went into some factory manuals (thanks to Greg Benders fantastic web site) to do some research into piston to bore clearances and wanted to share what I found.V7 Sport chrome boreCylinder 82.500-82.006 Min 36 um ~ 1.5 Piston 82.458-82.464 Max 48 um ~ 2.0 850 T chrome bore (also LeMans II)Cylinder 83.000-83.006 Min 26 um ~ 1.0 Piston 82.968-82.974 Max 38 um ~ 1.5 850 LeMans CI sleeveCylinder 83.000-83.009 Min 55 um ~ 2.0 Piston 82.936-82.945 Max 73 um ~ 3.0 G5 CI sleeveCylinder 88.000-88.009 Min 71 um ~ 3.0 Piston 87.920-87.929 Max 89 um ~ 3.5 LeMan IV - NiSiC Cali 1000 the sameCylinder 88.000-88.006 Min 26 um ~ 1.0 Piston 87.968-87.974 Max 38 um ~ 1.5 I need to nail down a value this week.
Once again a nice job Jim .......Congratz
I have worked out a deal to sell the S3 back to its original owner who will give it the love and care it needs but more importantly ride it regularly!I finished the rebuild over a year ago but today for the 1st time attempted to fire it up. I set the point gap, set static timing, fresh oil, gas, charged a battery. Pulled up the choke levers, turned on the gas and with fingers crossed hit the start button, a couple revolutions of the starter motor and VAROOM! it fired right up and sounds great. I ran it or a couple minutes, let it cool down and checked all the oil and fuel lines, no leaks. Started it again and let it run for 10 minutes with a big shop fan keeping the motor cool. Drained the oil, replaced the oil filter and tomorrow I will re-torque the heads and set the valve clearance and set the timing with a strobe. It feels so damn satisfying when a rebuild fires up and runs smooth!
Hi, Jim.Luca told me last weekend that you guys had reached an agreement, and he was so excited about the bike coming home. I'm really glad it worked out this way!Well done!Shaun
One of those things that was meant to be. I had to resolve an electrical gremlin last week, duff starter button, I had a brand new one in my stash, once fitted all electrical problems resolved, otherwise its like it came out of a coma after major reconstructive surgery. I hope Luca rides the wheels off it, I am looking forward to his comparison of the before and after now that it has Ikon shocks, FAC damper, progressive springs, new tires and brakes and the B10 cam.