the last engine parts now in a friendly black
a few more steps
Did a few more steps the last days. Finally I put the cylinder head back on the engine. Procrastinated quite a bit with that. I was not sure if I took care of the orientation of the piston rings, so
Valve compressor
So far I’ve only written about home or shop made tools. I really like the idea to use tools to create tools. Gives me somehow the feeling of independence and freedom. Anyway, now I’d like to write about a tool
xs750 engine part 3
Cylinder and head in a fresh black. It was not that easy to buy the VHT paint in Europe.
cylinder and head freshly blasted
crime scene
Getting the head prepared for glass particle blasting.
xs750 engine part 2
As I mentioned before I bought two bikes to start with. So I got two XS750 engines to choose from. One of them wasn’t running for more then a decade and the other one was pretty much at the end