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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #240 on: December 11, 2017, 02:36:08 PM »
You can also use monosodium disulphode or molyslip- at least that's what I think it's called. I bought a few tubes from a local factory clearance years ago as I was doing a bmw engine rebuild ( actually ended up doing 2 as I spent a fortune doing 1, then found a full kit of parts, all crank 're grinding etc done and twin plugging conversion done too which was on my to do list at a bargin price, the other engine is still sat in my loft, having never run. One day it may become a trike.
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« Reply #241 on: December 11, 2017, 04:10:42 PM »
The rest of the cases have now been painted and cured.

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The damage to the combustion chambers on cylinders 2,3 and 4 has been tidied up. Considering what a state they were in I think they have come up very well.

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I am in line (although at the end of a very long line !!) to have the head skimmed and the valve seats 'kiss' cut.

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Trig has also dropped the front forks out for me today, so I can take them apart, do whatever needs doing, fit new seals, refill with oil and refit to the bike. Hopefully this will stop the feeling I get sometimes that the forks, when fully compressed, are actually getting stuck in the down position. (Link to my fork overhaul thread http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,14717.0.html).He is also going to skim the front brake disk as part of the never ending quest to stop the front brake squeaking as everything else he has done has made no difference at all. It's fine some days and not others, a bloody pain in the arse.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #242 on: December 11, 2017, 10:26:40 PM »
End of a long que Julie, there must be something you can do to get to the front ;) ;) ;D ;D
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« Reply #243 on: December 11, 2017, 10:32:54 PM »
End of a long que Julie, there must be something you can do to get to the front ;) ;) ;D ;D
Everything I have tried so far Paul has failed. But, I will persevere in the hope he will get the hump with me keep whinging on about it and do it just to shut me up 😂😂😂😂. Then, I will need to join another queue for the rebore.........it's never ending 😥😥😥😥😥
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #244 on: December 12, 2017, 08:12:45 AM »
Knowing Graham just keep getting in his way and talking too him ;)
You could always as for them for Christmas.
Save him spending the 99p on you  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #245 on: December 12, 2017, 08:14:59 AM »
There is a saying Julie.....'Blessed is he whose cause is just.......but thrice blessed he, who gets in first'.

If you get the address of the Machinist and offer to take your parts - and Triggers 'bits' over there yourself.......thus saving Trig valuable travelling time, I'm sure that will help solve the delay.

Suitable fluttering of the eyelashes and a plaintive female voice also helps.

Good luck.....and a very Happy Christmas to you both.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #246 on: December 12, 2017, 08:31:23 AM »
There is a saying Julie.....'Blessed is he whose cause is just.......but thrice blessed he, who gets in first'.

If you get the address of the Machinist and offer to take your parts - and Triggers 'bits' over there yourself.......thus saving Trig valuable travelling time, I'm sure that will help solve the delay.

Suitable fluttering of the eyelashes and a plaintive female voice also helps.

Good luck.....and a very Happy Christmas to you both.
This is the problem Alan, Trigger is the machinist !!!. He is doing all my machine work for me. I am ever hopeful that he will take pity on me very soon.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Alan.
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« Reply #247 on: December 12, 2017, 08:38:23 AM »
Knowing Graham just keep getting in his way and talking too him ;)
You could always as for them for Christmas.
Save him spending the 99p on you  ;D ;D ;D
Paul. Graham does not do Christmas in any shape or form. Being a Monday this year, it will be a normal working day. He will definitely not buy me a present and no Christmas card either. I still put up a tree and cook a Christmas dinner though, just to wind him up.
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #248 on: December 12, 2017, 09:11:35 AM »
I'm with Graham on this one nothing more depressing than tinsel and plastic trees.
I would normally spend Christmas day with family but this year they have all abandoned me.
Not to sure if that's a good thing or not.  :-\
 
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« Reply #249 on: December 12, 2017, 10:24:51 AM »
I'm with Graham on this one nothing more depressing than tinsel and plastic trees.
I would normally spend Christmas day with family but this year they have all abandoned me.
Not to sure if that's a good thing or not.  :-\
  Same here, I hate xmas with a vengeance! I'm not a believer of any religion, and to me it would be totally hypocritical to celebrate a religious festival. Every year Mrs Hairy and our daughter go to spend 2 weeks at her mum's in Cambridge, leaving me to do my own thing. Usual thing for me is to order masses of Indian food to be delivered on the 24th, stuff my face with it, keep the rest in the fridge to re heat over the next couple of days, and by the 27th, a meat Phall that has been sitting in it's sauce and spices for a couple of days tastes even better than when delivered! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #250 on: December 12, 2017, 01:41:10 PM »
I'm with Graham on this one nothing more depressing than tinsel and plastic trees.
I would normally spend Christmas day with family but this year they have all abandoned me.
Not to sure if that's a good thing or not.  :-\
You mean you don't do Christmas but you can't understand why they have abandoned you ;D ;D ;)
We need a new scrooge emogi ;D ;D
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Re: CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE
« Reply #251 on: December 12, 2017, 06:47:01 PM »
Another Bah, Humbug! member here!
My birthday is in June and I only celebrate on the day, so why do we have to have all this crap starting in September supposedly to celebrate a birth?
Glad when it’s all over for anther 8 months.

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« Reply #252 on: December 12, 2017, 06:59:55 PM »
What have I started now  ;D
For God sake Julie pull your finger out and get this thread back on track  ;D ;D
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« Reply #253 on: December 12, 2017, 07:33:58 PM »
Another Bah, Humbug! member here!
My birthday is in June and I only celebrate on the day, so why do we have to have all this crap starting in September supposedly to celebrate a birth?
Glad when it’s all over for anther 8 months.

Ian
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Others may think it's for Xmas. But I
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« Reply #254 on: December 12, 2017, 07:38:31 PM »
What have I started now  ;D
For God sake Julie pull your finger out and get this thread back on track  ;D ;D
I will tomorrow I'm sure but it's your fault, you always make my threads stray, or should that be fray  ;D ;D ;D
« Last Edit: December 12, 2017, 07:40:28 PM by Nurse Julie »
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