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Message started by Stimpy on 06/05/09 at 23:55:27

Title: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter LOL
Post by Stimpy on 06/05/09 at 23:55:27

Hi there, looki looki
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8591/p1070492.jpg

So this guy had been bugging me about selling him my 97' savage for
a while now but I basically told him: "no, get your own", so he did.

This week he wanted me to help him fix up a 1986er with 37k miles
that he bought off from some mechanic somewhere kinda cheap but
apparently with no papers to speak of; I made no further questions.

Anyway all in all the bike is decent, almost no rust, no bad spills, but
wouldn't run at all, it had a dead battery, a VERY dirty bowl, bad wiring,
no air filter, bad tires, and the most filthy oil filter I've ever seen (see for yourself) :D

After a full service and good 4 hours of elbow grease the bike is now well
but gets stuck at about 60mph, still it runs amazingly strong, I
think in a few weeks I'll be ready after a couple of new tires and a
good valve job.

Pic 1: "Yoko" inspecting the intrusious look-alike bike (mine is in the back)
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4355/p10704862.jpg

1st impressions (darn wiring+bunch of missing screws)
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1518/p1070466.jpg

Original 1986 jet black rich thick oil and original filter!
(and yes, I drained it boiling hot after cleaning the carb and a new plug)
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5092/p1070467.jpg

At first it did not look so bad
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2365/p1070470x.jpg

...until closer inspection that is
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4715/p1070471.jpg

This is only about 1/4 of the shavings that were stuck in there!
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5199/p1070507.jpg

Oh yeah, we stuck a couple of grams there, any prospector would be jealous
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3268/p1070515d.jpg

Rear (lol)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8428/p1070498o.jpg

Front (snap, crackle pop)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1651/p1070504b.jpg

And well ...Do You Have a Point Stimpy?! yes. I just realized today
that I really like bringing old bikes back from the dead, the end.
C'ya! (woof!)
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7620/p10704892.jpg

Title: Re: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter
Post by PTRider on 06/06/09 at 06:40:46

Not much scarier looking than those tires!

That oil is UGLY.

Give that engine a couple of short mileage oil changes, then use the Cycle-Rx (http://www.auto-rx.com/cycle-rx/index.html) cleaning routine. It really works. Follow the directions exactly. I've had very good results with this product in car engines and transmissions. It does what it claims to do.

I'd renew every rubber item on that bike. I'd go through the entire bike, front to back, top to bottom, doing every maintenance item. New brake fluid is a must. Any rust inside the tank?

Title: Re: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter
Post by John_D on 06/08/09 at 03:12:13

I agree, those tires scare the he11 outta me! And the oil looks like something that came out of a Jetta diesel I once had! ;D

Title: Re: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter
Post by srinath on 06/08/09 at 06:25:40

In this bike does oil flow from inside the filter to out. If so, then cut it open and see.
The thing cleaned up well didn't it - you are a talented man.
I did the same thing, but it took me 8 months (in my defence - all the chrome had rust and was begging for powdercoating) as well as the starter clutch was busted. The bike only had 2521 miles though ...
Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter
Post by PTRider on 06/08/09 at 09:59:50

2C2D36313E2B375F0 wrote:

In this bike does oil flow from inside the filter to out?

Extremely unlikely. If that was the case, which I've never seen on this type of filter, you'd need some support on the outside of the filter. It would have steel mesh or something else to support the pleated filter paper.

Title: Re: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter
Post by verslagen1 on 06/08/09 at 11:27:25

Oil flow direction curtesy Savage Greg
http://verslagen.savageriders.com/images/Oil flow.jpg

Title: Re: Reviving 1986er that came w/original oilFilter
Post by AngloSaxon on 06/08/09 at 11:55:20

I wish my chrome looked as nice as that.