R&R of the new engine in the GS

[trinitysj]

Hey guys. I got the engine replaced in the GS and it is running so strong.








little trick that I learned during this process too.
The shaft boot at the back of the engine is a CV Boot from Autozone, the largest generic one.
I cut off the last three ribs and it works great for the new boot replacement.
It was only $29

[trinitysj]

what do you guys think.. Other than a cleaning I think it looks much better...

[Steve]

Nice looking bike.

That an '82 engine?

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[trinitysj]

Yeah, I am just curious. How can you tell the 82 from the 80

[7981GS]

Please add the boot replacement to the "Tips" section on this forum.

Eric

[Steve]

How can you tell the 82 from the 80

The '80 and '81 engines had a bump at the back of the clutch cover where the kick starter was on the '79s.

The bump was removed in '82, and an '83 engine would have been black.
This is an '81, but has an '82 airbox on it. You can easily see the bump on the back of the clutch cover.



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[bottobot]

That looks really killer dude! Nice one

[azr]

If you've got some close up photo's of that boot trick you did I'd sure appreciate it. Great little trick indeed. Bike looks great. What are those body parts from, bet that took some fiddlin' to get them on there.

[trinitysj]

The '80 and '81 engines had a bump at the back of the clutch cover where the kick starter was on the '79s.

The bump was removed in '82, and an '83 engine would have been black.
This is an '81, but has an '82 airbox on it. You can easily see the bump on the back of the clutch cover.



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I totally see that.. thanks for the info on the year differences.

I will do a post and write up with pics on the boot replacement.
It was easy and cheap to do. All in all, it took about 5 min.

[trinitysj]

here is the post of the project that I did with the bike. All the details are in the thread.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=194713

[7981GS]

I probably have an '80-'81 airbox around here if you would rather have the correct one that doesn't run into your side covers on it.

Eric

[trinitysj]

I have the airbox for the 82 engine. It has some damages boots so I am getting them replaced before I put them on...

[Steve]

I probably have an '80-'81 airbox around here if you would rather have the correct one that doesn't run into your side covers on it.

Eric

Thanks, but that was "Freebie", the one "catch and release" bike I have had.

It was gone a couple of years ago, just before I got "Junior".

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[7981GS]

I don't think that you are understanding what I am saying.
Your airbox should look like this one...



I can't find a better picture of it with the side cover on it as most of my GS's tend to get pods.

Eric

[trinitysj]

That is the airbox that I have. correct in that it is the one from the 82, right?
and with my bike.. they mostly get air pods too.... with correct jetting in the carbs as well, since it is 4 to 1 exhaust and airpods.