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 a knock anywhere for the > > life of me. I'm thinking I'm going to get it back together and > > sealed/ > > oiled up to see how the knock sounds (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: 1983 550 Nighthawk > > >> *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.
