Author Topic: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay  (Read 4435 times)

Maaka

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Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« on: April 20, 2015, 07:18:18 PM »
bought an old Eldorado ( pics coming one day ) and I guess by the junkyard bike look of the thing that the chrome has peeled into the interior, and tainted the works...now I see new non chrome heads and pistons 83.5mm on ebay. can a man buy these and just slapped them on, and Bob's your Uncle.

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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2015, 07:22:24 PM »
It's the jugs that are chrome plated.

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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2015, 07:33:40 PM »
If the seller is "guzzi-renew" then, yes, they install just like the originals, no modifications to anything.
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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2015, 03:44:11 AM »
Rodger that...yes its the jugs that are chrome, not the jug handles..hehe..
nice to see your links Antietam..wouldnt have a spare 73 tank lying around would ya. MATE...

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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2015, 05:04:48 AM »
Your bike came without a tank?

Rusty is ok
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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2015, 06:00:45 AM »
The early big twins don't have oil filters and the sludge trap in the crank can get very plugged. If you are replacing the cylinders, pistons and heads I would removed the engine and strip out the crank to access the sludge trap. Not as difficult as it sounds, lots of help here on this site.

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Maaka

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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2015, 08:09:33 AM »
yup, rusty is ok, it matches the rest of the bike, and its ME, which you might see over on the ' wanted  tank ' page..but a gleeming new looking job is the goal right?

yup Canuck the more I get into this WildGuzzi thing, I can see I may have to do a complete rebuild. What the hell, got nothing else to do in my bunker, accept watch the grass grow...but I have this feeling, similar to like learning to swim, where one is thrown off the deep end...hahaha

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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2015, 10:01:54 AM »
I challenge you to run your hands over the Eldorado tank without thinking of a woman's body

I have mine down to the bare metal ;D
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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2015, 10:05:27 AM »
I challenge you to run your hands over the Eldorado tank without thinking of a woman's body

I have mine down to the bare metal ;D
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Re: Eldorado heads and piston off ebay
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2015, 03:08:41 PM »
Thats a stiff challenge Kiwi Roy, especially when you see my ' Cuddlebum '..
If my tank was shaped like her oh so slim Laotian waist, and curvaeous lower extremedies, I would sleep with my bike..

 


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