Finally a bit of good weather, and a chance to test if the new head gasket fixed the leak. It worked as intended, and no more leaking, period. I also managed to source an original Keihin carburetor, so I could replace the China model. You might say that I’m a fanatic, but I do believe […]
Once again I was in for a little surprise. As you can see in the post about helicoil madness, I thought that I had finally managed to tighten the intake manifold. Well, I actually had, it just didn’t last that long. It took me only one day to realize that the good bolt hole wasn’t […]
These old engine heads are sadly quite often in a rough condition. A bit of petroleum paired with a copper brush, followed with a WD-40 coating, made it look pretty decent. It couldn’t however hide the fact, that the restriction had been poorly removed. Furthermore the threads in both bolt holes had been stripped. One […]