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Putting bike together. Need advice on motor

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    Putting bike together. Need advice on motor

    Well it finally happened. I started to put the 954 together. 2 years ago it caught on fire and I've been collecting parts here and there. Last summer I broke my leg so there was no riding.

    Dropping a bunch of parts off at a powder coating place in Nashua on Monday.

    My motor been sitting on the floor with no spark plugs for the last two years. I am wooried that some foreign objects may have gone into the motor. What is the best way to check this out and make sure it will turn over without damage after sitting for two years?

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    hmm.... well i don't exactly have experience in this, but my guess is you could just flip it upside down & blow some compressed air in there... that seems like the best idea...

    or MAYBE even fog it w/ oil or gas to flush it out?

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    The best way would be to use a bore scope, or pull the head.

    A more realistic approach would be to use a shop vac first in each of the cylinders or compressed air, follow that up with a magnet retrieval tool, and then fill the cylinders with either gas or rubbing alchohol to try to float anything left over out through the plug hole. Syphon this out, and then turn the engine over with a wrench by the flywheel nut very slowly several times. Good luck...

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    fwiw, before cranking the engine at all I would put a bit of mystery oil in the cylinders and let it soak in for a while. The engine hasn't been sitting *that* long, but it can't hurt to get some lubrication on the rings and cylinder walls before cranking it.

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    What they said, kinda. I'd use nozzle attachment on a powerful shop vac-type thing, then crank it by hand. Lubing the cylinders with erl via the sparkplug holes would be a good idea too...

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    I wouldn't use gasoline....washes all the oil off the cylinder walls, unless you follow thru with some Marvel....Still gasoline isn't a very good choice....

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    I'd pull the head, it shouldn't be that much work. That way you can guarantee that nothing's in there. Then you can have it milled for higher compression, get it ported/polished and have larger valves installed! If not go with compressed air.

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    Fuck pulling the head dood. Vac that shit out with a shop vac lube it up with some PB and do what Stoner said crank it ova by hand nukka.

    Call me when you can't figure out where all those bolts go.

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    How'd the powder coating come out.

    Deals is sick brotha you gotta get that shitter back together for the next trip.

    See you in a week.

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