+1 on that time est. Nerves and confidence will be your time enemy.
But it's not particularly difficult. the few special skills needed
are available via google and the list. Hell I'm betting youtube has
vids of any critical step. Maybe not on a nighthawk but on something
close enough.
And on that fine advice I'm off to go learn about 2 stroke sled motors.
Trying to think of special tools...
a power drill 19.99 and up up up... lol
and cylinder hone. 10-20 (could be as high as 50)
ring compressor, $10 (someone else speak up do bikes need this?)
feeler gauges. $5
torque wrench 19.99 and up way up.
Depending on your location a list member may have some you can borrow.
Nice extras. Vernia <sp?>calipers, inside mic or bore gauges. Ring
grove cleaner (tho truly I own one, but I tend to use other things
instead of digging it out). digital scale with fine increments for balancing.
At 03:42 PM 3/1/2012, you wrote:
Stripping a nighthawk engine and rebuilding it will be much less
time consuming than, say, a small block V8.
I have a relatively high degree of skill with tools, I would call a
rebuild a weekend project if you had all the parts at hand. For
someone just learning, three weekends, budgeting for all the
checking and rechecking a novice will need.
Kurt
Pat Patterson
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
VA7PDP
2001 PT Cruiser
83 450 Honda Nighthawk
78 F350 460/C6 on propane
71 Bronco 302/C4/D20 D44/9" {o===o}
"Just add Lightness-"
Colin Chapman. (1928 - 1982)
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