Have my mate looking at the engine that came with my Speedster.....
Have to say it looked a little ratty when I first looked.
He took it apart yesterday and......looks like someone carefully rebuilt the engine, then never ran it......does not even have any oil in, heads/valves/springs/rings all brand new. Cylinders nicely honed and cross hatched and a new clutch and throwout.
Pushrod tubes rusty externally, I'll replace them.
On the pan, I've cleaned everything up, repainted and seamsealed all of the joints, 2 tiny bits of rust that I cut out and replaced... Pulling the beam off to paint it properly, then I'll fit my new disk brake kit.
Got a list of bits to buy, including alternator kit and probably a new 34 pict 3 carb, (or rebuild ?). Keeping it nice and simple, gonna sell the twin carb setup that it came with....
Have a set of 914 gauges on their way from Texas and will sell the original Vintage set...
All in all, good result :)
Cheers
Gerry
(in Scotland)
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