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Clean up

Posted in Not Glide Related on April 27th, 2011 by Wade

I spent some time the other day trying to find oil line to replace all the rotted lines on the bike. First I went to an auto parts store and came away with nothing. Then I got to thinking “don’t modern Harley’s use oil lines”? So I called up the the sac HD dealer to ask them if they had 3/8 oil line. I also asked if they had the isolation mount that snapped during the tank removal. They said possible there were lots of different types but probably did. With that information I grabbed the boy, some hose, and the broken mount and headed for the dealer.

Yeah they had the mount and after some searching over in the service department they had 3/8ths hose. Apparently even though modern bikes used external oil tanks they dont use the same size hose. So it took a little looking to find it.

Now I’m ready to put it back together after cleaning the tank. I’m not sure if I did this right but Dawn ™ soap was recommended by some to remove grime. After all it works for oil spill birds. It didn’t work to well and made a real mess out of what I can only describe as tar inside the tank. Then I got some diesel and am currently soaking the tank to try and dissolve the sludge out of the tank. I worked wonders on the grime that was caked on the outside of the tank.

Tank

Posted in The Long Rode on April 23rd, 2011 by Wade

Hooray. I finally got the oil tank out. What a chore it was too. The biggest obstacle was the lower left isolation mount. It was seized pretty solidly. In the process of trying to get the mount out the bolt sheared. After I stopped swearing under my breath I start to try and figure out a way to get it out. Turns out that the mount was on the clutch cable adjusting bracket. (picture coming). In order to get that bracket out there were two more bolts to remove. Problem being to get to the second bolt I had to remove the coil. So despite my best efforts to not completely dissemble the bike again. It is.

Routing

Posted in The Long Rode on April 16th, 2011 by Wade

Last time I wrote I was planing to tare out the oil lines and replace them and that is what I started to do. But first I needed to find an example of the oil line routing. This photo is one of the best examples I found. While the author has plugged some of the lines I plan to rout the lines as the factory did. At least this is my plan until I’m told enough times that the bike is to crappy to bother keeping as original as possible. After becoming comfortable with the diagrams and photos of the oil line routing I decided to start taring out the lines and remove the oil tank for a though can intensive cleaning. Holy shit was this thing designed by a modern engineer who only thinks disposable? The tank is virtually imposable to get out. I tried taking the solenoid out to try and get it to pass out on the left. First its a good thing I did because the solenoid boot and gasket were completely rotted away. Secondly it didn’t work. This brought me back to google. I found some forum posts on this very subject. and the suggestion was “don’t” or at least wait for a complete tare down. However, is supposedly possible to remove the tank by doing a sort of Chines puzzle box maneuver were you twist, tilt, and slide it out the right side after removing the batter box. That should be the next project.

Now back to the solenoid. Like I said the boot and gasket were rotted. Witch means now I have to remove the primary cover in order to put a new boot on the solenoid plunger. I guess the silver lining of that is that I will be able to rebuild the primary especially since I payed for a rebuild gasket kit.

Leaks

Posted in Not Glide Related on April 12th, 2011 by Wade

I started out with the intention of just cleaning up the oil that spilled out of the Marlin the other day. After I rolled the bikes out of the garage I started cleaning up the oil spill. Go Dawn (TM). While I had Marlin in the driveway I decided to fire it up again just to here it outdoors. For better or worse the oil continued to flow onto the ground. The engine quickly died and gas was also pouring out of the carb. I think the gas was coming from the float bowl over flow hole. Why, I don’t know but it was.

Once I was down on the ground looking for the source of the leak I found an oil line that was completely broken. There was also a hose coming out of the oil pump that was rotted and full of holes. After finding these hose problems I put the bike back in the garage and decided to pull the carb and manifold. I had done some Googleing and believe that the racing of the engine when the choke is let out is do to vacuum leaks. Once I got the manifold off I found cracks and pinch marks in the O-rings.

Next things to fix. I’m thinking a complete oil line tear down and replacement. Then a new set of manifold seals.

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From the Ashes

Posted in The Long Rode on April 10th, 2011 by Wade

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