After the restoration: 10800-mile service [page 3]
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Before I remove the front cover I like to disconnect the battery ground
cable. I've a quick disconnect to make this easy. I've a habbit of
dropping little metal screws when playing with the points. Disconnecting
the ground strap makes it safe when such screws land in the generator.
Both plugs look OK. The left plug was still about 0.60mm, but the gap
on the right hand plug was larger. I adjusted it back to 0.60 mm. I
suspect that I just didn't pay close enough attention when I installed
the plug. Both plugs look about the same.
I checked all 8 cylinder base nuts. Two of them very slightly moved.
I retorqued the heads by loosening and then retorquing each head screw
one at a time in a cross pattern. The exhaust half of the right hand
head is going to need work sooner, instead of later. The head screws
are getting harder to turn becase the holes in the head are slowly
collapsing.
All valves checked before the heads were re-torqued. All were on the loose side. I adjusted them after re-torquing the heads. Rocker arm end play was fine. The valve cover and plugs were put back, the plugs with some anti-seize.
The points gap was adjusted and the static timing set. This involved
the usual back and forth. I was going to start up the bike and set
the dynamic timing and move on to the carbs, but it was raining. Rain
is OK and new tires are OK, but why ride on new tires in the rain when
you don't have too. I'll check dynamic timing and the carbs, later.
The schedule says it's time to check the
little filter in the petcock. Yep, more paint chips. I used air
to blow the filter out then put it back in the petcock.
So what's left. I had the air filter off a short while ago. It's still
fine. I need to oil levers, linkages, and hinges. I'll do that last.
Wheel bearings were also recently re-packed. No problems there. I
verified the steering was OK when the bike was on the stand. Mainly
I've got timing and carb work left. Maybe tomorrow.