Author Topic: engine re-paint, silver (Read 20968 times)

red98 · « **Reply #50 on:** 29 May 2015, 06:54:28 am »

morning bludclot....nice to know iam not the only one

.....just given the bracket a rub down and another coat of primer,off to work now so now chance of any more damage

fireblake · « **Reply #51 on:** 31 May 2015, 11:22:51 am »

Me and Bludclot. Brother from another Mother

red98 · « **Reply #52 on:** 31 May 2015, 04:17:03 pm »

Removed masking, fitted genie cover, sprocket cover, thermostat housing , cam cover,top two coolant hoses and plug leads, oh...kicked the timing cover across the garage floor just so I could re-paint it again

not going to re-fit the AIS as ive been given some blanking plugs , hand crafted from the original pipes by RED CERI....cheers buddy

red98 · « **Reply #53 on:** 02 June 2015, 09:20:50 pm »

Bit more fazering tonight, found a good fitting plug for the air box, where the AIS was fitted, also made a plug for no4 inlet rubber for the same reason....fitted oil cooler and pipe work and also the front engine mounting bar.....oh, and fitted a new oil filter

old son · « **Reply #54 on:** 03 June 2015, 08:16:13 am »

Paint those rusty nuts!!!!

Red Ceri · « **Reply #55 on:** 03 June 2015, 08:31:44 am »

Looking good Paul.....................................now you know what you need to do for an engine re-paint, I'll drop mine off at yours and you can turn it around in a few days

Could be a business opportunity re-painting engines.

You could become the Falcon269 of engine re-paints

red98 · « **Reply #56 on:** 03 June 2015, 06:33:10 pm »

.....not sure about that ceri

.........be interesting to see how long it lasts, I'll post a piccie after a few miles.

so whats left to do.............clutch cover
Timing cover
Exhaust
Rad
Tank
Seat
Oil
Forks
Calipers
mudguard

think thats it, renewed the insurance on monday so keen to get out.oh, one more item to add to the list.....tax

unfazed · « **Reply #57 on:** 03 June 2015, 09:18:18 pm »

Quote from: red98 on 03 June 2015, 06:33:10 pm

.....not sure about that ceri .........be interesting to see how long it lasts, I'll post a piccie after a few miles.

so whats left to do.............clutch cover
Timing cover
Exhaust
Rad
Tank
Seat
Oil
Forks
Calipers
mudguard

think thats it, renewed the insurance on monday so keen to get out.oh, one more item to add to the list.....tax

Are you going to paint them all silver?

red98 · « **Reply #58 on:** 03 June 2015, 09:31:37 pm »

......think that might be a little to much for me.....I am a bit worried with the amount of silver I've added to the bike over the last couple of weeks, I recon its got to amount to an extra 25 bhp, remember my bikes bodywork is also silver, all in all I think the beast will be pushing out close to 250 bhp by the time iam finished....

just fitted the clutch and timing cover, also painted the exhaust mounting flanges.........yep, more silver

red98 · « **Reply #59 on:** 04 June 2015, 08:48:57 pm »

Bit more done tonight, cleaned up the exhaust collector box, serviced the exup and fitted the downpipes.....slowly getting there

NorthWestern · « **Reply #60 on:** 04 June 2015, 09:02:26 pm »

Has anyone polished the collector?

red98 · « **Reply #61 on:** 04 June 2015, 09:18:55 pm »

Glad you picked up on that NORTHWESTERN....I cleaned it up and was going to paint it silver, always though it looked wrong unpainted and untidy....might go back to it another day

NorthWestern · « **Reply #62 on:** 05 June 2015, 08:28:33 am »

When I put my Akra silencer + link pipe on it needed some loops welding on the collector side for the springs (the link pipe was a race Ti one for an R1), I knocked off the surface dirt etc with a sanding disk and it was bright and shiney, I always wondered if anyone had taken the time to polish it all up.

fireblake · « **Reply #63 on:** 06 June 2015, 04:53:09 am »

It always amazed me that Yamaha didn't add a little screw on chromed cover either side to hide the bare metal? I suppose that would just be another thing with Cheese bolts the 2nd or 3rd owner would have to sort out before sorting the seized EXUP bolts.

red98 · « **Reply #64 on:** 07 June 2015, 01:09:49 pm »

Out with my son yesterday on our push bikes.a great day spent at bracknel forest

....got back early evening and straight out to the garage, fitted the rad, front forks, mudguard and brake calipers, up at 6 this morning and fitted all the little bits and pieces and filled the coolant system, pushed the starter and started instantly.

.........let it run up to temperature and checked for leaks both oil and water, all good.....5 mins on the PC and its taxed, iam off

I also replaced the fork seals and oil and could feel the difference instantly, well worth doing if not been done for a while.stopped after about 5 miles and gave the bike a quick check over, oil, water etc, all good so I head out towards oxford and drop into 'H's cafe at dorchester for brekkie, about 100 miles this morning in brillant sunshine and thd bike ran well, stopped at wallingford for ice cream and piccies....happy with the results, but it has made other bits and pieces look a bit shabby

unfazed · « **Reply #65 on:** 07 June 2015, 01:26:38 pm »

Excellent job Red, look like a new engine

red98 · « **Reply #66 on:** 07 June 2015, 07:23:17 pm »

Thank you UNFAZED

........such a nice day I went out again this afternoon, just up to the ace cafe for tea, about 25 miles, got off the bike and I had a little trickle of coolant running off the bottom of the front sprocket cover, could'nt see where it was coming from and no tools to get the cover off, stopped after a couple of minutes so I bought a bottle of water and took it easy on the way home stopping and checking the level every few miles, got home ok, took the sprocket cover off and moved the hoses about a bit and got sprayed with coolant from the hose that runs from the union to the left of the front sprocket to the back of the cylinder barrels, I must have trapped it when fitting the cover

.......

devilsyam · « **Reply #67 on:** 07 June 2015, 07:43:26 pm »

small picky point even though the job is brill no way would i have put them exhaust nuts back on id gotten some stainless uns just my thought

red98 · « **Reply #68 on:** 07 June 2015, 09:52:27 pm »

Well spotted devilsyam.i bought some stainless domed nuts, went to fit them but were too shallow, hitting the inside of the dome before being tight on the exhaust flange, should have checked size before buying

....might remove the exhaust to paint the collector box, if I do I'll get the correct nuts and fit them then...

Andy FZS · « **Reply #69 on:** 07 June 2015, 10:02:02 pm »

If the nut is too shallow could you put a washer or two behind them?

red98 · « **Reply #70 on:** 07 June 2015, 10:06:05 pm »

Coukd of done andy, but it would of taken more than one

Andy FZS · « **Reply #71 on:** 07 June 2015, 10:09:03 pm »

Engine does look smart though. Mine has one or two little marks but not enough to make me repaint it but you've shown what can be done.

kitcrazy · « **Reply #72 on:** 07 June 2015, 10:10:29 pm »

looks great red good job

red98 · « **Reply #73 on:** 07 June 2015, 10:13:10 pm »

Seams to be a common problem on the silver engines...took me longer than expected but had to be done...if yours is not too bad how about touching it up with a small brush ?

Andy FZS · « **Reply #74 on:** 07 June 2015, 10:16:54 pm »

Touch up would probably do, your colour match looks good do you think spraying a bit into the lid and then a small brush is viable.