Subject: Re: Ambo/Eldo head compatibility
Author: Skip & Jane
Date: Mar 21, 2004, 7:59 AM
Post ID: 1716356842
From what I have read the later ambo's (late 70-71) share the same heads as
the eldo's. The early ambo's had the heads similar to the V700 with smaller
valves.
Skip & Jane Kologiski
Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff
http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html
Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Adkins" <ianad-@linkamerica.net>
To: "Loopframe" <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: Ambo/Eldo head compatibility
| Hey All, Was wondering if I could bolt on my Eldo heads from my Police project |
| I repair the head from the Ambo? Intake valve was indeed bent. Needed to hammer the thing out. From the |
| of it the valve could have fused to the guide (since there was some brass tightly fixed to the valve stem) and that is what kept it open...allowing the piston to hit the valve and bend it. Not sure if this is the case because the valve was closed when I pulled the head. I'm still not sure which was first to go. The push rod bending causing the valve to bend (see previous email explaining my theory) or vice versa. A |
| of a mystery. Possible there was a lack of flow of oil to the top end too but there was lots of oil up top when I initially pulled the rocker |
Not sure whether to look for something else. At any rate I am happy in |
| ways because I think the damage could have been considerably worse. Ciao...Ian |