wuuups.... fixed it! that was the no coolant/no radiator first start (actually second after it fired up for the first time) up to get things going..
https://youtu.be/sWPOIKTiTRg Done! and done...it actually started! Installed the engine with bare minimum to run. after cranking about 20...
and the poor fella was never heard from again... ...and he lived happily ever after riding his vf500f in a carefree manner around the globe???
Yes, I did see the "belt-o-ceptor" out there. Anyone willing to engineer a belt drive system for his bike is probably overly attentive to...
there's actually a really easy, fairly accurate test. If you have an old pan, skillet or on the electric stove burner, get the burner real hot...
From what I've read, combustion/Exhaust gases get into the cooling system through a breach in the gasket or crack in the head or block and the...
Are we still talking about the vf500f? I'm not the captain, but seeing as you're already seeping coolant from the head, you might have either a...
I don't know of any non-e gas here in San Diego, I'll have to take a look, thanks!
Nice! I really enjoyed your previous posts on your 85 Poli. I'm glad to see one with a long, relatively high mileage life. I'd only seen one...
Hi Squirrelman, I've enjoyed many of your devil's advocate-type but accurate insights here when it comes to the vf500f. I see your stable is full...
I know this has probably been beaten to death somewhere before but... I have an old 84 vf500f that I'm in the process of getting back on the...
Valve springs for the 84/85 seem to be readily available at the moment from CMS-NL. Don't know how many they might have left but luckily they had...
no, luckily, I read through as much as I could before I started so I didn't even try to go with copper thanks to somebody else having horrific...
ready for re-entry.... one more week maybe have the engine all ready... (notice the empty beer bottles on the left) and I just left that extra...
Captain is right on. You can get the o-rings though partzilla if you don't want to spend time trying to figure out the exact sizes. You'll need...
did you get the head gasket yet? If not, you should be getting it today or tomorrow at the latest. The wife sent it off Friday a.m.
Hey Greg, before you pull everything apart, are you absolutely sure it's not coming from the coolant pipe leading out of the rear head? It looks...
cool, the tank half-bra, no wonder I'd never seen one before.
I know there's a little bit of confusion about using the valve timing marks. The line you need to find (looking through the port) is to the left...
Where'd you get that cover for the tank between the seat and tank? I could most definitely use one of those before my seat wears a hole in the tank.
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