Yet another scrambler lives and breaths again

[rustywrench]

As if I needed another project, I acquired a 66 cl77 with a stuck engine and a bit of rust and corrosion as expected. This bike is unique to me because it sat in a hawk shop front window in down town Everett WA. for many years while it's owner refused all offers saying he was going to restore it and the others he had "one of these days". Just how it fell into my hands is another story for another day.

Unsticking was easy part but I just couldn't get the rings broke loose no matter what I tried. So a tear down was inevitable. Good thing too,cuz the brass bushing in the tranny was worn excessively.
So with that and new rings and a whole lot of fiddle faddle around, She lives again.

So on with the carb sinc crap and an oil leak to deal with (oh drat!!!!) I'll soon have her road worthy and move her on down the line to someone with more desire to detail for a restoration.

Call me a softy but I do get kind of excited when I can breath life back to the dead ones. Something worth sharing. Soon I'll be on to the pile of engines still on my shop floor. Oh boy,,,,,,,,,,,,, Later
RW

[rustywrench]

One of the great things about this forum is it gives some of us a chance to share our joys in victory and share an occasional oops as well. At least perhaps someone somewhere may benefit from our experiences.

In this case, in my previous post I mentioned an oil leak. Turns out it was oil coming out the breather from the head cover. Oh joy!!!!!!!!!

After a bit of reading here I did a compression test and checked OK. Then I spent some time studying a parts head and cover to figure out how the oil could even get to the vent in the first place. So with much internal argument I pulled the cover off and found I had no oil splash shield under it. How I put this thing together without it I don't know but you sure can bet the farm It won't ever happen again. One silver lining in this cloud,,,, I have plenty o oil up there. Later, RW