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Pretty nice barn find!!!!!

Very nice work Chuck, was that inlay paint freehand? or do you have a method to get it so perfect?
Excellent project.
 
tatu...I used blue tape and went around the circle and around the perimeter of the Yamaha areas to mask as much as I could. Then I just spray painted with VHT high temp gloss black..let sit for about 10 minutes and remove the tap. Wrapped a tshirt rag real tight over the finger tip and dip it in laquer thinner and wiped the residual stuff on top off..being careful not to get thinner down into the recessed spots. Then in between the lettering I use Qtips.
 
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Frame has been cleaned and repainted..see the tips and tricks section for pics. Also made some extra cash and have been able to afford the new intake valves, the valve adjuster, and the engine paint. she should be a runner again in a few more weeks.
 
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So, you bought new valves?
Nice?It's really amazing these ancient parts can be found unused.

Anybody here restore steam engines?

Are NOS parts easier to find for Japanese steam engines? :-k
 
Bill...someone had posted a link to MikesXS and many of the XS series parts are the same as the TX parts were..not all, but many. Long as its a 341 part number its all good.
 
Ordering replacement parts, the BAD OLD days?

Ordering replacement parts, the BAD OLD days?

I can remember the many times I waited in line at a GM dealership parts window… :mad: :evil: :p:rolleyes::D:pray:

Glad we don't have to do that anymore!!!!

Thanks for online suppliers!!!
 
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Cylinders, starter cover, and oil pan are painted and in the oven baking to hard cure the paint. Little bit of progress at a time.
 
SLEEVES FELL OUT!!! I guess i accidentally found that if your baking the jugs and you lift the jugs off the rack, the sleeves will fall right out of the jugs. I slid them back in and sat the jugs on a flat surface to cool and hopefully when they cool the aluminum will again constrict and tighten up around them.
 
Oil pan and jugs pics

Oil pan and jugs pics

Got some pics for ya. VHT high temp paint..Part #SP127 ( Universal Aluminum )



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Nice work Chuck, love VHT since PJ1 is so hard to find in these parts. Mikexs is a favourite for RD stuff too. You cannot beat their price on the needle bearing swing arm conversion kits. Looking at the casting quality of your oil pan reminds me of a couple of my 1/2 cases. -- I had better ones but ended up using them because the numbers matched the frame. I posted another TX rebuild on that rambling thread you started.
 
Yeah...I saw the casting marks and thought WTF is this. Had to look twice because i thought it was cracked. What other thread is that? Restart a thread here in the others. Just open another window and copy and paste it to the others section. Would LOVE to check out what ya got going on!!!!!!!
 
Dale..I noticed that too. I have the head back in the oven as we speak and the sleeves in the freezer to contract as much as they can. I hadnt thought about crud falling into the seats for the sleeve shoulders. Its all cleaned out now though!!!
 
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Dale...set the sleeves back in and was 100% sure they and the seats were clean and no debris. The tops of the sleeves DO still stick up maybe .005 or so above the leading edges..so that must be the way they are supposed to be.
 
Yeah its looking pretty good...and thats saying a lot from me too. I am not a Cafe kinda guy, but that looks thought thru and done with taste..not too little but yet not too, much either..nice middle ground build.
 
Dale..I was at the storage unit today to get the starter and the valve cover and I looked at the old head gasket. there are witness marks in it from the sleeves as well.


As for todays wrenching...I got the starter painted today and the new stainless steel intake valves arrived. So now Sunday afternoon will be refresh the seats and get the top end reassembled. She is comming along pretty nicely.
Still need to polish the cover, but thats just cosmetics at this point of the game.


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Cold and raining. I still have the lower end to paint ut the weather and humidity arent condusive to do it. I still have the lower end to paint, cut the valve seats, install the new valves and get the top end reassebled. Then I can slip the jugs back on and the head and get it all tirqued down. Set the cams and get the engine back in the frame. She is close to being refreshed but not quite there.

I gotta take the shocks apart and soak them in some Prep And Etch to get the rust dissolved and they will be what they are after that point. The springs are the worst part and I havent looked into anythiung as replacements yet.
 
Sunny and 70 today, so I suspect the storage unit will heat up well past 70. Got up and went over and painted the lower end. Should be well cured by the time I get the jugs and everything is reset.




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