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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: berniebee on May 17, 2021, 08:18:01 PM
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The pic shows what I'm talking about, It's glossy red and hard. Epoxy? Applied during manufacturing to stop a pinhole leak? It seems to be stuck fast. Not that I've tried to take it off.
(https://i.ibb.co/k8LZCJ0/20210514-120725.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k8LZCJ0)
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Wine?
:boozing:
Pretty odd looking.
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LOL. Considering that I had actual plant seeds in my headstock...maybe.
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Coagulated Indian Head gasket Sealer
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Is this the first time you've removed the rocker cover ? Is it something from any of the previous owners ?
In other words , do you know how long it's been there ? Peter
Formerly from Ottawa
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Coagulated Indian Head gasket Sealer
I was thinking Gasgacinch. :thumb:
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Beetlejuice
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Is Grappa that dark???
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I was thinking Gasgacinch. :thumb:
that stuff is slightly white, almost clear when it goes on...Don't know if it changes color over time..
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I'd go with Giacomo Agostinni's dried blood. It will make the bike worth a lot more at re-sale.
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It looks like this stuff.
https://www.autozone.com/sealants-glues-adhesives-and-tape/sealant/permatex-high-tack-gasket-sealant-4-oz/554063_0_0?spps.s=879&cmpid=LIA:US:EN:AD:NL:1000000:GEN:71700000069889792&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_v3atvnT8AIVYB-tBh3EmwerEAQYBSABEgIEH_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
High Tack is really hard to remove, though, and I wouldn’t use it on both sides of a valve cover gasket. I’ve seen it put on only one side of a gasket (here, the cylinder side) to hold the gasket in place through multiple removals of the cover.
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Is this the first time you've removed the rocker cover ? Is it something from any of the previous owners ?
In other words , do you know how long it's been there ? Peter
Formerly from Ottawa
It's the first time I've removed the rocker cover, but this bike has had at least 2 other owners. No idea how long it's been there. There is no sign of this red stuff anywhere else on either head.
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I'd go with Giacomo Agostinni's dried blood. It will make the bike worth a lot more at re-sale.
I'm going with that! :laugh:
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^ When I saw him he was on an MV Agusta :evil:. Peter
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Perhaps there was a pore and a wicking Loctite product was used to seal it?
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It looks like this stuff.
https://www.autozone.com/sealants-glues-adhesives-and-tape/sealant/permatex-high-tack-gasket-sealant-4-oz/554063_0_0?spps.s=879&cmpid=LIA:US:EN:AD:NL:1000000:GEN:71700000069889792&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_v3atvnT8AIVYB-tBh3EmwerEAQYBSABEgIEH_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
High Tack is really hard to remove, though, and I wouldn’t use it on both sides of a valve cover gasket. I’ve seen it put on only one side of a gasket (here, the cylinder side) to hold the gasket in place through multiple removals of the cover.
Yes, there is a spot on cover surface
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^ When I saw him he was on an MV Agusta :evil:. Peter
Unfortunately, that's what the Italian Men in Black want you to think. The same people who debunk UFO's have also spent decades hiding the fact that Giacomo Agostini loved Moto Guzzi's and really enjoyed tinkering on them.
He probably cut one of his fingers while adjusting the valves..........
The bike should be worth at least $50,000 on Bring a Trailer.
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That's the blood, sweat and tears that the Guzzi team put into every bike. :thumb: