Did some work on the R.
I went over all of the wiring and connections, replaced some, greased all, and made new ground point. I also checked the Nology coil....about .15 ohms between the posts, and about 6 ohms between the post and plug socket. SOmething is wonky with it, I think the Nology coils are supposed to be over .4 ohms. I noticed weak to no spark yesterday, and ordered a nice used OEM coil. Hoping that will fix it.
Took off the head, and cleaned up the gasket surfaces surgically clean, and installed the spare wiseco gasket that I sprayed with several coats of copper gasket spray, two days ago, and let it dry. Carefully torqued the head in several steps, to 22 ft lbs. Hoping this one won't drip coolant. Here is a pic of the super thick sleeve. I think the coolant is leaking around where the sleeve meets the cylinder, which is super close to the water holes.
I also lined up the front end. The right front wheel leaned in like an inch at the top, and the toe was out. Still need to straighten up the top heims, I just noticed they are not square to the ball joints.
I couldn't run it much, but I did start it, and warm it up, and hit the throttle a few times. Seems the electrical work did some good, it stays running now, and was easy to get started. It did break up with revving it quickly, and blew a lot of smoke, so either the coil is not working right, or the needle and main are WAY rich. On a good note, I didn't see any coolant dribbling out of the head....yay! While not a true test, it is encouraging. When my coil comes in later this week, I will retorque the head nuts and put in the coil, and see how it goes.
Well CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After putting in the second Wiseco gasket (this one coated with permatex copper gasket spray), and I trued up the sealing surface of the head, it leaked a tiny bit. The head was carefully torqued in steps, to 22 ft lbs. Not as bad of a leak as before, but after a 10 minute rip around the empty lot next door, a few coolant bubbles appeared. CRAP! I really think it is because of the super thick sleeve in the cylinder, that was maybe installed improperly? There is a bit of a gap between the sleeve, and the aluminum cylinder, and it is so close to the water jackets, I can see why some coolant is leaking. One of the cyl nuts had a coolant drop and several drops squished out around the circumference of the head gasket.
Do you think a OEM style gasket, ground to 69mm, is worth a shot, trying here? I am not sure what one of those costs, but if its not terribly pricey for the gamble, I may try that. I guess if that is not gonna be a reasonable try at a solution, I will have to save until late summer, and have my original cyl and head bored, trued, and head matched, and a new piston. I will have to park this thing until then if that is the case. *sigh* I already have way too much money invested in this "play quad" that I don't really have to be spending on it. :mad: See pics of sleeve before I put on the second wiseco gasket, and pic of the coolant leak........
