This is "Next!" with the belly fairings removed to expose the PO's "work".
I have the replacement transmission cover, but haven't gotten around to ordering gasket/dowels/seals. Got it in the fall and hadn't done a thing except unload it from the trailer, disconnected the battery and moved it around in the garage. Speedo inop, one headlamp burnt out and that front cover oil leak. Leaks static. Might be a crack by the oil filter mount, hard to tell with all that goo.
I'm letting the afternoon warm things up out there, then draining the oil. Doubt if I'll even clean that gunk off more than to get to the bolt heads. Craziness. Who would ever think this is a good way to fix an oil leak?
2008 GL1800 "yawn"
KTM390A “Hootinanny”
04 ST1300 DDDD (Double darksided daily driver) Sold 4/2022
93 GL1500I Double darksided and SOLD 3/29/20.
99 Valkyrie IS, Fast Black Double Darksided
"Fishtailed, flipped and flung me, but wearing it well". Sold!
82 GL1100 retired DD, needs work.... Sold 3/3/17
Earl43P wrote:snip...............Who would ever think this is a good way to fix an oil leak?
Unfortunately a lot more people than you think.
1976 Goldwing Super Sport
1985 Honda Elite
1976 KZ900 Dragbike
1992 ZX7 Dragbike (KZ900 style motor w/NOS)
and a rotation of various purchases
Randakk approved Carb Rebuilder
1997 Valkyrie- Light Cutomization, but Too Busy Riding
1980 KZ1300- Bike's Haunted
1976 GL1000 (Yellow)- Behaving Itself Rather Nicely
1974 Velosolex 3800- Better Than Walking
1972 CB750- Learning The Joys of 4 Cable Carbs
1969 CT90- The Most Fun You Can Have on 90ccs.
1965 CA77 Dream- Needs a Full Teardown, but Complete
All advice I give is only valid until an expert corrects me.
Lucien Harpress wrote:What..... am I looking at, exactly? O_o'
A PO put epoxy over a pretty considerable hole in that front sump cover. I didn't take a picture yet because the oil is still draining out of there, but it is at the 6 o'clock position under the oil filter mount. The epoxy or whatever it was chipped away pretty easily with an oyster knife. My fear was that it would take some propane to soften it up to get at the bolts. Not the case!
I didn't drain the coolant yet, thinking I might be able to push the pump forward enough, with the hoses intact, to remove the cover. Doubting that now, but taking a lunch break. Still pretty chilly out there, laying on the concrete. Old bones are aching.
2008 GL1800 "yawn"
KTM390A “Hootinanny”
04 ST1300 DDDD (Double darksided daily driver) Sold 4/2022
93 GL1500I Double darksided and SOLD 3/29/20.
99 Valkyrie IS, Fast Black Double Darksided
"Fishtailed, flipped and flung me, but wearing it well". Sold!
82 GL1100 retired DD, needs work.... Sold 3/3/17
Aren't PO's wonderful? On the '81 I'm working on, the front cover has three bolts snapped off (and the bolt heads silicone caulked back in place), both valve covers lathered up with silicone, and two of the spark plugs/boots literally caulked into the head... and, um, he took it to a 'mechanic'...
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson! New2U Bike? Read Me.
I had one with a siliconed broken intake bolt. It was drizzled down the intake all the way to the valve. A desperate quick fix, that a friend tapped a few times with a punch and took out with his fingers. I got a very nice low mileage 77 for $400. I could use a few more PO's like him.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
wow. ... that looks as bad as the 6 cylinder 65 chevy I had, except nothing it was cracked, it just leaked and oozed a lot
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
Spent some more quality time on the garage floor today. Got the water pump out and the cover removed. You can see the gaping hole. No clue how that could have happened, there was only minor scrapes on the fairing. It should have been crunched if the PO had run into something hard enough to crack that cover and punch a hole like that. Who knows? The price was right!
Regardless, I fished out the chunk that was missing from the cover. I did have to drain the coolant. There wasn't any difficulty removing the two water pump hoses and popping the water pump out. It did take some creativity to get the cover out. I will be bonding the gasket to the engine block, just like it was. Should be quite the trick to get the water pump shaft aligned, the Neutral switch aligned AND the oil tubes and water tube fittings all aligned to get the cover back on. I'll simplify that process by dong the water pump last, since the cover can stay on for a WP R&R. Make sense? I'll be saving that job for a sunny day.
Ordered the cover gasket, Orings, speedo gearbox and cable. Should come in next week.
2008 GL1800 "yawn"
KTM390A “Hootinanny”
04 ST1300 DDDD (Double darksided daily driver) Sold 4/2022
93 GL1500I Double darksided and SOLD 3/29/20.
99 Valkyrie IS, Fast Black Double Darksided
"Fishtailed, flipped and flung me, but wearing it well". Sold!
82 GL1100 retired DD, needs work.... Sold 3/3/17