I've been putting this off, as I had a feeling I knew from
day one what was teh problem when I bought the l'il red
beastie......
Today, after delaying long enough by working on the ducati,
installing a radio in Elgie, cleaning up the garage,
epoxying together a broken laptop body for my
friend...etc...I finally pulled out the comp testor and
pulled the plugs.
the good thing is apparently I really do have teh fuel spot
on thanks to the help from Gerard and Cap'n Bob! They are
all nice beige coloured! ;-)
now for the bad news....
cyl. #1 90 #
cyl. #2 89 #
cyl. #3 130 #
cyl. #4 195 # ??????????????????
guessing bad rings in #1 and #2, but #4 blows me away...
after adding some m m oil
cyl. #1 135 #
cyl. #2 105 #
cyl. #3 150 #
cyl. #4 210 # ??????????????????
guessed right on the rings, but apparently valves as
well...
#4 still a mistery!!!!!!
so..................um....er....looks like I gots some
problems!
I know y'all will cringe at this, but wondering about
trying to just do a paupers re-build and just do the rings!
;-0
......and a quickie home valve lap job.....
I HATE not having any $$$ but being still unemployed thanks
to our wonderfull silly-con valley economy, I'm having to
cut some corners...any suggestions? I know this was the
usual before the eighties/nineties when cash is
low...nowadays people just either toss it out or
immediately do a complete nut-n-bolt re-build of the whole
car when it blows a head gasket, so....waddyathink??
Paul ;-(down to only four vehicles and none are working
right...maybe because three are british and one is
italian?) ;-)
........maybe I need to just ride the lame duc as it at
least sorta runs...just doesn't stop too good....or
turn...or...
'63 midget (One sick puppy!)...
'66 Land-Rover 88" Pick-up "Elgie" pissing out rad fluid
from replacement heater!
'95 Land Rover Disco "The Light Brigade" blown
radiator and too modified for daily transportation..
'92 Ducati 750ss RBBRDUC (lame-duc for now...)
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