My Nc30 'BCF' build thread
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:33 am
Been asked more than once to move my thread over to 400GB.
so here it is in one long epic post.
This is my VFR400R nc30, had it since i was 21 as a birthday present which was 'restored' by my bro and dad. So it holds a lot of sentimental value to me.
Sad to say it broke down on me and years went past as theres always something/other bikes more important to do. She slowly got relegated from a nice warm garage to covered up outside in the rain. She is now in a very poor state to say the least, any other bike i would have just broken it and sold the good bits.
This is my build thread as i intend to bring her back to her former glory with some nice upgrades to boot. Please bear with me as this may take a while, money, recession yadda yadda.
Apologies for the lame camera pics, they wont all be this bad (hopefully).
Here she is just before she came off the road.
This weekend have started stripping her down, many of the parts aren't even usable.
This was the last time she was on the road
And i managed to source this little gem to help me with getting the paint right 8o)
Now need to source the castle sockets so i can get the engine and swing arm etc out and start cleaning
only a small update, took some of the 'honda only' bolts and brackets into work to see how they would benefit from some time in the sand blaster.
Works quite well but has taken the coating off, so have sprayed them with oil and bagged them up till i decide what to do with them. Choices are....
Paint
Zinc coating (standard for the brackets?)
Nickel plating
or Chrome plating (standard for fairing bolts?)
Anyway heres some before and after pics, forgot to photo the many bolts, washers and spacers i did aswell though D'oh
Another little up date, the RVF rear shock linkage and dogbone arrived (which will jack the rear end up slightly, hopefully giving a bit more rear wheel traction ), and as expected needed a clean up.
This is what it looked like after a can of brake cleaner
Taking note of how deep the bearings were pushed in, had to make a special tool to press them out.
After, ready for paint or plate
Also won a set of RVF400 forks off the bay, so hopefully get them stripped and 'ohlinised' fairly soon
Week 3 update, bit more stripping down, namely the rear drive train and suspension, still haven't received the castle socket to remove the engine and swingarm. Also stripped the fairings down. Few more bits to bead blast at work now 8o)
This is all the removed parts and some of the other stored VFR400 parts I have collected for the project
More bead blasting, hopefully be done with that machine soon
Didn't manage to get to Honda today but the RVF forks have arrived, and they are in pretty good nick, very minimal marks to the sliders and the preload adjusters at the haven't any marks on them.
So i wasted no time in getting them to bits so i can have them re-anodised, titanium nitrided and fit new seals, bushes etc. Will also look into how much getting the internals upgraded would cost.
They come apart quite easily:
Prise dust seal away and undo oil seal spring clip
Undo the allen key bolt at the bottom of the shock
Undo the top mount of the shock and pull internals out
Good solid pull and the stanchion comes out of the slider with all bushes and seal.
Spoke to Andy white at Kais and hopefully have an Ohlins rear shock turn up at my front door at some point.
Don't think I will get much more done this weekend, dam valentines day
Tim
Some more progress.
Have bead blasted the fork bottoms and sliders. The fork stanchions are off to get rechromed and titanium nitrided. Hopefully drop the sliders off to get re-anodised next weekend.
Might have also found some RC30 fitment PVM wheels .
The castle tool has also turned up from Honda as well as the fork seals etc from David Silver.
Have found a needed genuine rear body panel and rad fan, will pack these away till i need them later on in the build.
Tomorrow will hopefully be a day of stripping the last of the bike down and getting some more pictures.
EDIT for progress
Rear dive hub is now totally stripped ready for replating and new disk (have also since removed wheel location pins and disk).
Engine, frame, swingarm and loom are now all seperated ready for cleaning.
And I knew that old 250 frame would come in useful one day. VFR forks fit RGV yokes
Tim
Wheels, shock, master cylinder and yokes have all arrived
Have to send all the fixings off to be recoated, wait on the different fork components and clean the frame and swingarm up before i can start rebuilding anything.
Another teaser pic for you all.
Tim
Got the fork sliders back from the anodisers but the stanchions aren't ready yet. So cant rebuild the forks, dam.
Have got all the fixings etc ready and bagged up to go to be re-coated in zinc. Total of 133 parts.
Alot of them will be replaced with titanium counterparts but any of the re-coated honda fixings I dont use will go on the 'Hondzuki' race bike.
Tim
Me sir? Pocket burning money, no sir. Hard earned and nearly single because of it, yes sir.
Decided that I don't need finger tips so I thought I'd get to work cleaning. The swingarm isn't quite perfect yet but the hub came up brilliantly. You can see by the state of the uncleaned frame what I had to start with.
Tim
Got all the fittings and mounts etc back from the platers. All 133 of them .
All got some new stainless bolts for the chain runner.
Got the stanchions back, painted the bottoms in Ohlins silver and put the seals onto them ready for when I build them back up.
And finally I put the new head stock bearings onto the yokes.
Now I'm waiting for a rear disc before I can rebuild the rear drive hub assembly.
Still working on getting the frame clean, tis taking a while .
Tim
Got the new engine back to mine.
She seems in fairly good nick. All the mounts and exhaust mounts are in good order. Have spent a while stripping the needed parts off the old lump and cleaning the new one.
Here are some more bits for the bead blaster and painting/plating. Not the carbs obviously, will strip and rebuild them later.
Have since stripped off the cover bolts off the old lump and cleaned the new engine more so its ready for the tuner (phil-hopefully). Back to cleaning that chassis then .
Tim
Now that you mention it the frame is coming up nicely now. Spent most of last night inhaling petrol fumes, still the best cleaner in my eyes.
Heres a close up shot of what was possibly the most grimey part of the frame.
Still needs going over to get the last parts of dirt off and the petrol residue but I've broken the back of it now .
Tim
Finished cleaning the chassis and banged in the new head stock bearing cups. Have wrapped it up for now to save from any un-necessary bumps and knocks.
I then turned my attention to then loom, a thing to remember about the nc30 is that the loom has to be laid through the chassis before the engine goes back in, PITA. It needs a dam good check over and clean, some parts will be replaced but most of it will just be tidied and re-taped.
Also worked on the yokes a bit more.
The engine is also now at Phil Lovett in Biggin Hill for the refresh.
Tim
Thought I was done with the bead blaster. . . . . but no, decided I am going to treat all the engine fixings to a new coat of zinc aswell.
Also blasted the front grill back so i can repaint it. Was quite grimey, but easily cleaned.
All the fixings are nice and clean now. Total of 80 parts to be zinc coated, the water pipes and the rear exhaust manifold will be rechromed.
The plan for the weekend, hopefully clean the loom up and make a start on tidying it up, paint the grill and starter motor silver and laquer some of the other parts.
Also complied a massive list of new parts I want from Honda, going to be a steep bill for seals and gaskets etc but I want original Honda quality.
8 x Exhaust studs 929000.602.00e
4 x head to exhaust gaskets 18291.216.000
8 x exhaust nuts 90304.hb3.771
2 x manifold to pipes gaskets 18291.mr8.000
1 x thermostat o-ring 91311.ke8.000
1 x thermostat seal 91331.pc9.003
1 x thermostat temp sensor 37750.pc1.004
1 x starter motor o-ring 91309.425.003
2 x water pipe o-ring 91301.mb0.000
2 x water pipe seal 91301.147.023
1 x water pipe o-ring 91312.ke7.003
1 x clutchcover gasket 11394.ml0.000
1 x generator cover gasket 11636.ml0.000
1 x sump gasket 11315.ml0.010
Other needed parts
1 x front tank rubber 17511.kv3.000
2 x side tank rubber 17611.ml7.000
1 x rear tank rubber 17613.gf6.000
1 x rear wheel nut cover 42603.mr8.000
1 x steering stem nut cover 53232.mr7.000
Total price = £178.20 delivered
If anyone is in the same situation (you never know) these are the two sites I used to source the part numbers and price.
David Silver Spares.
VFR400 parts catalogue.
Tim
Brilliant, a lovely sunny day to do some painting.
Got the starter motor done.
Before
After
Got the water pipes etc done.
Also got the front grill, rear brake carrier, torque arm (and spacers) and rear shock linkage done, but I'm being hassled to go down the pub beer garden so I'll add some more pics later. Hard life ain't it .
Tim
Rear brake torque arm
Rear brake carrier
RVF rear shock linkages all greased and built
Starting to actually build little things here and there now rather than constant cleaning .
Also ordered some ally clip ons (and some other little parts) from Rick Oliver, and a new rear disc which will allow me to rebuild the drive hub etc.
Tim
Package arrived from Rick today, so I spent a little time in the garage this evening bolting, torquing and lock wiring the rear disc up. Some of the nc30 guru's may have noticed that the bolt heads have been machined to sit flush, this is because the new wheels do not accomodate them.
Also trail fitted the 'shark fin' chain guard, would have also had all the rear drive hub built but my grease seems to have gone walkies. My sticky fingered dad no doubt .
More soon hopefully.
Tim
Went and got some grease today. Greased the hub and put it into place along with the caliper mount, circlip and torque arm. Also drilled the new longer bolt for the 'shark fin'/torque arm so i could split-pin the end (like Mr Honda does ). Also put a new split-pin on to the other bolt for the torque arm.
Then greased all the bearings and shaft before fitting and tightening into place.
Tim
A little update, before and after pics of the sump. Cleaned, blasted and then lacquered.
Also picked up a package from the zinc coaters. Another 93 parts ready for use, mostly for the engine (if i ever get it back ). I also had to have the exhaust manifold done in zinc as the chromer was very doubtful that a good finish could be achieved and be prone to rust. Sorry for the lame pics, was in a bit of a rush today.
Tim
Here are a few pics of the small advances made recently
New bushes for the forks
Parts replaced in the engine (dont let it fool you theres about £400 worth of bits just in this picture!)
The re-chromed water pipes.
Also bought a new front paddock stand that holds the bike under the bottom yoke and of course none of the supplied pins fitted. So I made this one at work from SS.
Tim
Having got the engine back the next stage was to prep it redy for paint. So first of all I removed the water pump and split that down for refurb later (the one's with the keen eye will notice that I have already blasted and lacquered the water pump cover from the old one) and then changed the scratched clutch cover for a better one.
Then it was a case of throughly degreasing the whole thing, masking and rubbing down/keying all the surfaces for paint. Here are some pics just after I finished the masking.
Due to me losing the daylight and way too much moisture in the air painting it will have to wait for another day. Ah well least the hard bit is out of the way now.
Tim
Happy days, another hot weekend with perfect weather for painting. Although I've had a rather busy weekend with other bikes I still managed to find the time to put paint to the engine, also removed all the masking and changed some of the old bolts for the re-zinc'd ones.
In new paint (satin black)
Old bolts replaced along with the timing cover and dip-stick.
Now need to get on the phone for the mass order of new seals and o-rings etc from Honda.
Wahey the fork seal driver was waiting for me on my return home from work. So forth cracked on rebuilding the front RVF forks.
Banged the new seals in.
Put the cartridges back in and filled them up with the correct amount of oil using a 50ml syringe. Then carefully put them into the SES yokes. Because I have painted the fork lowers I ran a tap down the threads before inserting the bolts. Also put the spindle and titanium bolt into place and put the Ohlins stickers on.
Only a little update I'm afraid, still waiting on the the engine parts. Steering damper has arrived from Sweden though, mmm ohlinsy goodness.
140mm stroke damper and mount.
Been a while since I've had an update, mainly due to time and money, but the order from Honda has finally arrived meaning I can carry on with the engine build and hopefully get the engine in the frame soon.
It doesnt look like much, but theres £142 worth of stuff there.
Might have a free day sunday to work on it but its my birthday so half the family might turn up meaning I wont get in the garage.
Finally managed to get into the garage to work on the bike, had to shift some stuff around but I got the nc30 engine into the centre of the floor and laid out all the parts etc I would be using. Every old seal and gasket has been replaced with new. Sorry about some of the lame camera phone pics btw.
I then set about rebuilding everything,
here's the starter motor
Thermostat, temp sensor, pipes etc
Water pipes
Water pump, one bolt has eluded me for the moment
Rear exhaust manifold, mmmm shiny new nuts
This is the next job on the list, its not in too bad shape, just needs a good clean and 're-wrap'
Another productive day today, fixed my bro's and my car and cleaned and re-wrapped the loom. Because its about a million times easier to put the loom through the frame before the engine goes in, thats what I did. I bagged and cable tied the loom to stop it from moving and getting damaged/scratching somthing when the engine goes in. Also prepared what bolts would be needed.
Next thing on the job sheet, strip these for soda blasting
Stripped the new (2nd hand) carbs ready for the soda blaster, I took the slides and needles out so they would get damaged. Need to drop them off and get on the phone to Rick Oliver to order new jets and gaskets etc now. Also ordered new connecting rubbers from Honda as I had to ruin the old ones getting the carbs off the old engine.
Got the carbs back from the sida blaster today, fairly happy with the result. Some little bits I wish he had spent some more time on.
Took bloody ages to get them clean, that stuff gets everywhere! But they are in a dry built state ready for the new gaskets/spec check/modifications. Also got some new SS bolts for the caps.
Original old carbs and new ones
Just need to get on the blower to Rick Oliver and order those parts now.
I won those indicator rubbers btw, cheers BillingTZR .
Have got the carbs fully rebuilt with all the little mods, have made sure that all the orifices and emulsion tubes are 100% clear too.
I have raised the needles 0.5mm, drilled out the slide vacuum orifices to 2.25mm, changed the main jets to 120 for the rear cylinders and 118 for the front cylinders and adjusted the pilot jets to 2.25 turns.
Using the SS bolts I bought earlier.
so here it is in one long epic post.
This is my VFR400R nc30, had it since i was 21 as a birthday present which was 'restored' by my bro and dad. So it holds a lot of sentimental value to me.
Sad to say it broke down on me and years went past as theres always something/other bikes more important to do. She slowly got relegated from a nice warm garage to covered up outside in the rain. She is now in a very poor state to say the least, any other bike i would have just broken it and sold the good bits.
This is my build thread as i intend to bring her back to her former glory with some nice upgrades to boot. Please bear with me as this may take a while, money, recession yadda yadda.
Apologies for the lame camera pics, they wont all be this bad (hopefully).
Here she is just before she came off the road.
This weekend have started stripping her down, many of the parts aren't even usable.
This was the last time she was on the road
And i managed to source this little gem to help me with getting the paint right 8o)
Now need to source the castle sockets so i can get the engine and swing arm etc out and start cleaning
only a small update, took some of the 'honda only' bolts and brackets into work to see how they would benefit from some time in the sand blaster.
Works quite well but has taken the coating off, so have sprayed them with oil and bagged them up till i decide what to do with them. Choices are....
Paint
Zinc coating (standard for the brackets?)
Nickel plating
or Chrome plating (standard for fairing bolts?)
Anyway heres some before and after pics, forgot to photo the many bolts, washers and spacers i did aswell though D'oh
Another little up date, the RVF rear shock linkage and dogbone arrived (which will jack the rear end up slightly, hopefully giving a bit more rear wheel traction ), and as expected needed a clean up.
This is what it looked like after a can of brake cleaner
Taking note of how deep the bearings were pushed in, had to make a special tool to press them out.
After, ready for paint or plate
Also won a set of RVF400 forks off the bay, so hopefully get them stripped and 'ohlinised' fairly soon
Week 3 update, bit more stripping down, namely the rear drive train and suspension, still haven't received the castle socket to remove the engine and swingarm. Also stripped the fairings down. Few more bits to bead blast at work now 8o)
This is all the removed parts and some of the other stored VFR400 parts I have collected for the project
More bead blasting, hopefully be done with that machine soon
Didn't manage to get to Honda today but the RVF forks have arrived, and they are in pretty good nick, very minimal marks to the sliders and the preload adjusters at the haven't any marks on them.
So i wasted no time in getting them to bits so i can have them re-anodised, titanium nitrided and fit new seals, bushes etc. Will also look into how much getting the internals upgraded would cost.
They come apart quite easily:
Prise dust seal away and undo oil seal spring clip
Undo the allen key bolt at the bottom of the shock
Undo the top mount of the shock and pull internals out
Good solid pull and the stanchion comes out of the slider with all bushes and seal.
Spoke to Andy white at Kais and hopefully have an Ohlins rear shock turn up at my front door at some point.
Don't think I will get much more done this weekend, dam valentines day
Tim
Some more progress.
Have bead blasted the fork bottoms and sliders. The fork stanchions are off to get rechromed and titanium nitrided. Hopefully drop the sliders off to get re-anodised next weekend.
Might have also found some RC30 fitment PVM wheels .
The castle tool has also turned up from Honda as well as the fork seals etc from David Silver.
Have found a needed genuine rear body panel and rad fan, will pack these away till i need them later on in the build.
Tomorrow will hopefully be a day of stripping the last of the bike down and getting some more pictures.
EDIT for progress
Rear dive hub is now totally stripped ready for replating and new disk (have also since removed wheel location pins and disk).
Engine, frame, swingarm and loom are now all seperated ready for cleaning.
And I knew that old 250 frame would come in useful one day. VFR forks fit RGV yokes
Tim
Wheels, shock, master cylinder and yokes have all arrived
Have to send all the fixings off to be recoated, wait on the different fork components and clean the frame and swingarm up before i can start rebuilding anything.
Another teaser pic for you all.
Tim
Got the fork sliders back from the anodisers but the stanchions aren't ready yet. So cant rebuild the forks, dam.
Have got all the fixings etc ready and bagged up to go to be re-coated in zinc. Total of 133 parts.
Alot of them will be replaced with titanium counterparts but any of the re-coated honda fixings I dont use will go on the 'Hondzuki' race bike.
Tim
Me sir? Pocket burning money, no sir. Hard earned and nearly single because of it, yes sir.
Decided that I don't need finger tips so I thought I'd get to work cleaning. The swingarm isn't quite perfect yet but the hub came up brilliantly. You can see by the state of the uncleaned frame what I had to start with.
Tim
Got all the fittings and mounts etc back from the platers. All 133 of them .
All got some new stainless bolts for the chain runner.
Got the stanchions back, painted the bottoms in Ohlins silver and put the seals onto them ready for when I build them back up.
And finally I put the new head stock bearings onto the yokes.
Now I'm waiting for a rear disc before I can rebuild the rear drive hub assembly.
Still working on getting the frame clean, tis taking a while .
Tim
Got the new engine back to mine.
She seems in fairly good nick. All the mounts and exhaust mounts are in good order. Have spent a while stripping the needed parts off the old lump and cleaning the new one.
Here are some more bits for the bead blaster and painting/plating. Not the carbs obviously, will strip and rebuild them later.
Have since stripped off the cover bolts off the old lump and cleaned the new engine more so its ready for the tuner (phil-hopefully). Back to cleaning that chassis then .
Tim
Thanks . Cant recommend them enough, brilliant 'first' bikes and very forgiving too.Sam_Y_93 wrote:Loving it mate, hows the frame coming along? Im looking to get one of these as my first "big" bike. Will be keeping an eye out to see how it comes along.
Now that you mention it the frame is coming up nicely now. Spent most of last night inhaling petrol fumes, still the best cleaner in my eyes.
Heres a close up shot of what was possibly the most grimey part of the frame.
Still needs going over to get the last parts of dirt off and the petrol residue but I've broken the back of it now .
Tim
Finished cleaning the chassis and banged in the new head stock bearing cups. Have wrapped it up for now to save from any un-necessary bumps and knocks.
I then turned my attention to then loom, a thing to remember about the nc30 is that the loom has to be laid through the chassis before the engine goes back in, PITA. It needs a dam good check over and clean, some parts will be replaced but most of it will just be tidied and re-taped.
Also worked on the yokes a bit more.
The engine is also now at Phil Lovett in Biggin Hill for the refresh.
Tim
Thought I was done with the bead blaster. . . . . but no, decided I am going to treat all the engine fixings to a new coat of zinc aswell.
Also blasted the front grill back so i can repaint it. Was quite grimey, but easily cleaned.
All the fixings are nice and clean now. Total of 80 parts to be zinc coated, the water pipes and the rear exhaust manifold will be rechromed.
The plan for the weekend, hopefully clean the loom up and make a start on tidying it up, paint the grill and starter motor silver and laquer some of the other parts.
Also complied a massive list of new parts I want from Honda, going to be a steep bill for seals and gaskets etc but I want original Honda quality.
8 x Exhaust studs 929000.602.00e
4 x head to exhaust gaskets 18291.216.000
8 x exhaust nuts 90304.hb3.771
2 x manifold to pipes gaskets 18291.mr8.000
1 x thermostat o-ring 91311.ke8.000
1 x thermostat seal 91331.pc9.003
1 x thermostat temp sensor 37750.pc1.004
1 x starter motor o-ring 91309.425.003
2 x water pipe o-ring 91301.mb0.000
2 x water pipe seal 91301.147.023
1 x water pipe o-ring 91312.ke7.003
1 x clutchcover gasket 11394.ml0.000
1 x generator cover gasket 11636.ml0.000
1 x sump gasket 11315.ml0.010
Other needed parts
1 x front tank rubber 17511.kv3.000
2 x side tank rubber 17611.ml7.000
1 x rear tank rubber 17613.gf6.000
1 x rear wheel nut cover 42603.mr8.000
1 x steering stem nut cover 53232.mr7.000
Total price = £178.20 delivered
If anyone is in the same situation (you never know) these are the two sites I used to source the part numbers and price.
David Silver Spares.
VFR400 parts catalogue.
Tim
Brilliant, a lovely sunny day to do some painting.
Got the starter motor done.
Before
After
Got the water pipes etc done.
Also got the front grill, rear brake carrier, torque arm (and spacers) and rear shock linkage done, but I'm being hassled to go down the pub beer garden so I'll add some more pics later. Hard life ain't it .
Tim
Rear brake torque arm
Rear brake carrier
RVF rear shock linkages all greased and built
Starting to actually build little things here and there now rather than constant cleaning .
Also ordered some ally clip ons (and some other little parts) from Rick Oliver, and a new rear disc which will allow me to rebuild the drive hub etc.
Tim
Package arrived from Rick today, so I spent a little time in the garage this evening bolting, torquing and lock wiring the rear disc up. Some of the nc30 guru's may have noticed that the bolt heads have been machined to sit flush, this is because the new wheels do not accomodate them.
Also trail fitted the 'shark fin' chain guard, would have also had all the rear drive hub built but my grease seems to have gone walkies. My sticky fingered dad no doubt .
More soon hopefully.
Tim
Went and got some grease today. Greased the hub and put it into place along with the caliper mount, circlip and torque arm. Also drilled the new longer bolt for the 'shark fin'/torque arm so i could split-pin the end (like Mr Honda does ). Also put a new split-pin on to the other bolt for the torque arm.
Then greased all the bearings and shaft before fitting and tightening into place.
Tim
A little update, before and after pics of the sump. Cleaned, blasted and then lacquered.
Also picked up a package from the zinc coaters. Another 93 parts ready for use, mostly for the engine (if i ever get it back ). I also had to have the exhaust manifold done in zinc as the chromer was very doubtful that a good finish could be achieved and be prone to rust. Sorry for the lame pics, was in a bit of a rush today.
Tim
Here are a few pics of the small advances made recently
New bushes for the forks
Parts replaced in the engine (dont let it fool you theres about £400 worth of bits just in this picture!)
The re-chromed water pipes.
Also bought a new front paddock stand that holds the bike under the bottom yoke and of course none of the supplied pins fitted. So I made this one at work from SS.
Tim
Having got the engine back the next stage was to prep it redy for paint. So first of all I removed the water pump and split that down for refurb later (the one's with the keen eye will notice that I have already blasted and lacquered the water pump cover from the old one) and then changed the scratched clutch cover for a better one.
Then it was a case of throughly degreasing the whole thing, masking and rubbing down/keying all the surfaces for paint. Here are some pics just after I finished the masking.
Due to me losing the daylight and way too much moisture in the air painting it will have to wait for another day. Ah well least the hard bit is out of the way now.
Tim
Happy days, another hot weekend with perfect weather for painting. Although I've had a rather busy weekend with other bikes I still managed to find the time to put paint to the engine, also removed all the masking and changed some of the old bolts for the re-zinc'd ones.
In new paint (satin black)
Old bolts replaced along with the timing cover and dip-stick.
Now need to get on the phone for the mass order of new seals and o-rings etc from Honda.
Wahey the fork seal driver was waiting for me on my return home from work. So forth cracked on rebuilding the front RVF forks.
Banged the new seals in.
Put the cartridges back in and filled them up with the correct amount of oil using a 50ml syringe. Then carefully put them into the SES yokes. Because I have painted the fork lowers I ran a tap down the threads before inserting the bolts. Also put the spindle and titanium bolt into place and put the Ohlins stickers on.
Only a little update I'm afraid, still waiting on the the engine parts. Steering damper has arrived from Sweden though, mmm ohlinsy goodness.
140mm stroke damper and mount.
Been a while since I've had an update, mainly due to time and money, but the order from Honda has finally arrived meaning I can carry on with the engine build and hopefully get the engine in the frame soon.
It doesnt look like much, but theres £142 worth of stuff there.
Might have a free day sunday to work on it but its my birthday so half the family might turn up meaning I wont get in the garage.
Finally managed to get into the garage to work on the bike, had to shift some stuff around but I got the nc30 engine into the centre of the floor and laid out all the parts etc I would be using. Every old seal and gasket has been replaced with new. Sorry about some of the lame camera phone pics btw.
I then set about rebuilding everything,
here's the starter motor
Thermostat, temp sensor, pipes etc
Water pipes
Water pump, one bolt has eluded me for the moment
Rear exhaust manifold, mmmm shiny new nuts
This is the next job on the list, its not in too bad shape, just needs a good clean and 're-wrap'
Another productive day today, fixed my bro's and my car and cleaned and re-wrapped the loom. Because its about a million times easier to put the loom through the frame before the engine goes in, thats what I did. I bagged and cable tied the loom to stop it from moving and getting damaged/scratching somthing when the engine goes in. Also prepared what bolts would be needed.
Next thing on the job sheet, strip these for soda blasting
Stripped the new (2nd hand) carbs ready for the soda blaster, I took the slides and needles out so they would get damaged. Need to drop them off and get on the phone to Rick Oliver to order new jets and gaskets etc now. Also ordered new connecting rubbers from Honda as I had to ruin the old ones getting the carbs off the old engine.
Got the carbs back from the sida blaster today, fairly happy with the result. Some little bits I wish he had spent some more time on.
Took bloody ages to get them clean, that stuff gets everywhere! But they are in a dry built state ready for the new gaskets/spec check/modifications. Also got some new SS bolts for the caps.
Original old carbs and new ones
Just need to get on the blower to Rick Oliver and order those parts now.
I won those indicator rubbers btw, cheers BillingTZR .
Have got the carbs fully rebuilt with all the little mods, have made sure that all the orifices and emulsion tubes are 100% clear too.
I have raised the needles 0.5mm, drilled out the slide vacuum orifices to 2.25mm, changed the main jets to 120 for the rear cylinders and 118 for the front cylinders and adjusted the pilot jets to 2.25 turns.
Using the SS bolts I bought earlier.