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Subject: Re: New Guzzi Eldo owner

Author: Greg Barratt

Date: Apr 4, 2005, 5:14 PM

Post ID: 1718648023


if you take some pictures of cylinder walls and post them online
somewhere, someone on the list will be able to tell if they're
peeling..for a good idea of what kind of pics - i know gunnar schwede (

http://www.72guzzi.2ya.com/) has good pics of a complete teardown with some buggered up parts / closeups that might help...

the only advice i got for ya, is if you're already torn down, it's not much to go the extra mile and inspect every part. you'll regret it later if something fails..

you can get a set of calipers at harbor freight for $10.00 that are accurate enough for specing most parts.

get a copy of the parts manual, and the workshop manual. even the haynes/clymer manuals are not bad. with no manual you're just guessing....

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"...you can lap them yourself for cheap"

Excuse me be what is lap and how do i do it? The valves look intact but
i have not removed them yet so i dont know if the seats are bad. Lots
of carbon build up which make me think this is why the bike was taken
off the road a long time ago. I dont see any peeling of the cylinders.
They look good me. I would like to have a guzzi expert take a look at
them and the pistons, cam, etc. for they seem good and i dont have a
micrometer and i am new to the guzzis.

Thanks for the advice

Eric

brian c wrote:


 Since the motor is apart, definitely check the cylinder walls- if they
are scored badly/ peeling ,etc, you will need to replace them and I
suggest the Gilardoni sets from MG-Cycle- with pistons and rings too-
more economical than sleeving.

I use a small plastic bristle brush and engine degraser to get the
carbon deposits off- if there are no chunks missing from the valves and
the seats look good you can lap them yourself for cheap-

I would get the carb rebuild kits.

Make sure the cylinder heads have good threads for the exhaust headers.

Put some inline fuel filters on when you replace your fuel lines.

Check the u-joint condition and the rear wheel splines

if you are splitting the engine/tranny you can check the clutch, starter

ring gear etc.







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