Resurrection of a wreck

[John Watson]

Pretty much pristine, Steve.

[G-Man]

John

Give me a couple of days to sort out what I have.

G

Excellent, I'm looking for a chain guard, a carb and trumpet thingy, RH side cover, centre stand with hook and spring, a brake pedal and I'll also take the headlight nacelle. If you pm me what you want for them, including postage, I'll pay you however you want.

[John Watson]

Absolutely no rush, G, this is a long term project. Appreciate the help.

[Hoosier Tom]

G,

Honda started the 7 digit VIN sequence in 1965. What am I missing that would possibly make this a 1964?

HT

John

I realise now that you incoporated a typo in the frame number you quoted (you added an "8"at the beginning) but those numbers are in order. I would guess 1964-1965 as you are only 5000 numbers into the 1964 numbering scheme..............................G

Here's the frame number, G.

PA146166 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

[G-Man]

Tom

Just going off the chart in the front of the parts manual. See earlier in this thread.

G

G,

Honda started the 7 digit VIN sequence in 1965. What am I missing that would possibly make this a 1964?

HT

John

I realise now that you incoporated a typo in the frame number you quoted (you added an "8"at the beginning) but those numbers are in order. I would guess 1964-1965 as you are only 5000 numbers into the 1964 numbering scheme..............................G

Here's the frame number, G.

PA146166 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

[John Watson]

Today, I started stripping the engine, the cam chain roller ran very roughly so that's to be added to my list of spares required. The cam chain had to be cut in order to remove the head because, of course the split link was at the bottom of the engine, once off, the root of the problem was revealed:

PA166180 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

The piston was freed off without too much drama, it wasn't seized too badly and a short soak in paraffin followed by a couple of taps with a wooden drift soon got it moving. When the barrel was removed, there didn't appear to be any damage to the bores, I'll hone them soon to verify their condition:

PA166184 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr


A closer look at the pistons revealed a chunk missing from from the LH side, I had noticed while dismantling the motor that there were a few marks on a couple of the mating faces where levers, possibly screwdrivers had been jammed in to part components, and these, together with the state of the piston have convinced me that the whole thing needs to be completely stripped down:

PA166185 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

Before I finished for the afternoon, I started to remove the clutch cover, most of the pan head screws were butchered and tightened far too tightly, tight enough that I shattered a driver bit whilst attempting to remove one with my 35 year old impact screwdriver. I completed the afternoons work by drilling the heads off all but two of the screws.

[AlanW]

Hi John,
Welcome to our world of seized nuts, bolts, pistons and various other parts butchered or otherwise.
Al.