I have a GS1000 with a tired looking engine. The engine itself is in perfect running order. Rather than dismantling a perfectly good engine and running the risk of creating oil leaks etc on reconstruction (not to mention the cost of new gaskets) is there a good method in respraying an engine as a whole unit?
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Use the search box, type in Engine Painting, select titles only. Literally dozens of threads on the subject.Links
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Chuck Hahn has the answer. Start with removing the engine from the bike1978 GS 1000 (since new)
1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
1978 GS 1000 (parts)
1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
2007 DRz 400S
1999 ATK 490ES
1994 DR 350SESComment
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You can also use aluminum foil to mask off all the areas around the engine to paint it still in the frame. Very little masking tape and paper required with that method. Just pinch the foil around frame tubes, carbs, and anything else around the engine. Easy.
1979 GS1000S,
1982 Honda CX500 Turbo, 1982 Honda MB5 w/CR80 motor, 1977 Honda "nekid" Goldwing, 1976 Honda CB550F cafe', 1972 Honda XL250 cafe'Comment
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First time hearing that aluminum foil tip.
Thanks, Larry. I will be giving that a try.2@ \'78 GS1000Comment
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First I've heard of the alum. foil, but really seems logical. thanks1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100Comment
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i would yank the engine. Reason being its gonna need degreased to the 2000 percent clean with purple power or comparable cleaner. Get a parts washer brush, tooth brushes, and hemostats. Scrub it best you can and use rags and hemos in the fins. Of course block off intakes and exhausts. Once your staisfied its spotless power wash it or use a hose to rinse. if using a hose rinse the dog snot out of it to ensure degreaser residue is removed.
Next blow it as dry as you can with the compressor tgen let air dry overnight. Now its degreased, residues gone, and itsas dry as its gonna get. Paint away and let dry 24 hours.
In between the fins on top of the head i roll up 100 grit paper and floss between them to get corrosion off. blow debris away with air. Paint the head with the spark plugs in to protect threads and keep paint out of cylinders. Just wire wheel the plugs once paints driedLast edited by chuck hahn; 03-11-2023, 06:17 PM.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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AND THIS FROM OUR ESTEEMED MEMBER ERIC BANG!! RIP ERIC.
An added footnote... I use my floor jack and a piece of 2X6 under the oil pan to jack the engine up even with the frame. I also take the valve cover off as this gives an extra inch or so clearance when jacking the engine up. Last engine i installed took 20 minutes from start to having the bike back on the lift and strapped down.
Last edited by chuck hahn; 03-11-2023, 06:44 PM.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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