I forgot to mention, I did a "poor man's" compression test on each cylinder and compression seemed great all across the board.
On May 19, 9:34 am, "Joe S." <[email protected]> wrote: > While I was scraping off the old gasket seal for the oil pan, I > noticed that there are a bunch of little metal shavings sitting in the > bottom of the pan... I immediately got a flashlight and stuck my head > under the engine to see if I could see evidence of shavings inside, > but found none. The inside looks absolutely spotless and clean of > metal shavings. Nevertheless, this makes me nervous to put it back > together to test it running, I may just dive into the engine and go > for a complete inspection/rebuild - I have a feeling the shavings are > the aftermath of the death of a bearing > > On May 17, 10:48 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > make sure there is no gas mixed in with the oil in the crank case. > > Drain and put new oil in before starting it, Graham > > > On May 17, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Joe S. wrote: > > > > The valve cover is off because the previous owner was trying to find > > > the knocking sound he was hearing. I turned the engine over a couple > > > times when I got it home but I couldn't hear aknockanywhere for the > > > life of me. I'm thinking I'm going to get it back together and > > > sealed/ > > > oiled up to see how theknocksounds (if there is one) while its > > > running. With just over 3,000 miles, I have a hard time believing > > > anything inside the engine is critically wrong - though it has been > > > sitting since 1991... > > > > On May 17, 8:08 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Looks like it is in real nice shape, why did you take the valve > > >> cover off? > > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Paul <[email protected]> > > > >> Sender: [email protected] > > >> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:09:56 > > >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> Reply-To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1983550Nighthawk > > > >> *Gorgeous!!! > > >> * > > >> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Joe S. <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > > >>> Hey all - sorry for my late response. I drove up to check the bike > > >>> out this past Sunday, and MAN was this guy a vintage collector. We > > >>> hooked up a new battery to crank it over so he could show me the > > >>>knock, but we heard nothing out of the ordinary. I took it off > > >>> of his > > >>> hands for the $350 regardless and brought it home. Thanks for > > >>> all of > > >>> your responses, it really made the difference in this transaction. > > >>> Here is a quick pic I snapped once I got it home. The mess > > >>> behind the > > >>> bike is getting cleaned before the bike is! > > >>>http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd452/zerocoolhacked/ > > >>> IMAG0129.jpg > > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > >>> Google Groups > > >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > >> -- > > >> * > > > >> Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> > > >> * > > >> * > > >> * > > >> *www.hondanighthawks.net* > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers > > >> [email protected]. > > >> For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > >> group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > > group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
