Either that or the paper over the cylinders trick - only if the heads off
though.
-Joey
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Hanghank <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A "poor man's" compression test: is that like a thumb in the spark plug
> hole??
>
>
> *From:* Joe S. <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:48 AM
> *To:* Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: 1983 550 Nighthawk
>
> 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
> >
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