| Author | Message | ||
     Rek |
Haven't been on badweb for a while. Does anyone know if HD will do the factory rebuilds for Buells? | ||
| Buellistic |
FACTORY REBUILDS only apply to H-D's BIG MONEY MAKERS which are the BIG DRESSER TYPE ENGINES ... | ||
| Rek |
Yeah I finally got a hold of someone at the factory service center and they gave me the good news. My old girl has 62K miles and is starting to weep around the base of the cylinder heads; thought maybe a rebuild would perk'er up a little. Guess I'll have to go w/ an independant shop.  | ||
| Blackm2 |
Leaky base gasket, or cylinder head gasket shouldn't constitute a rebuild Rek. If you have some mechanical abilities, and tools, you can do it. (Message edited by Blackm2 on December 03, 2010) | ||
| Buellistic |
Have a 110,400.9 miles on my 1997 S3T as of the last ride ... Put a PVC Valve in my TIMING PLUG which IMHO stops weeping bas gaskets if the gaskets were installed correctly ... The top end has never been off, SO DO NOT LET STEALLERSHIPS GET IN YOU WALLET ... The leaking around you heads is the ROCKER ARM COVER GASKET/GASKETS ... "i" cut my oil filter apart after each oil change and there is less metal in it that when it was broken in ... WORD TO THE WISE, get a FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL and PARTS BOOK for your YEAR/MODEL BUELL before they go out of print !!! Learn to be a MECHANIC(not a technician) doing your own work and your BUELL will last longer ... Help "INFO" if you want it, just PM me ... (Message edited by buellistic on December 03, 2010) | ||
| Ap_sand |
And take advantage of Buellistic's good nature. He's been a HUGE resource on how to keep your Buell alive and living well, including where the factory documentation is wrong! | ||
| Disturbedvn |
Buellistic i would be interested in seeing pics of the PVC set if you have any.thanks. | ||
| Fasted |
pvc is plastic....pcv is positive crankcase ventilation | ||
| Fahren |
Buellistic did his mod using Buell Blast parts, to do what the XB rocker covers do. Good creative thinking. | ||
| 13was13 |
The PCV valve stopped the pushrod base leak on my S1 but it threw out too much oil. Would be grateful too if Buellistic would elaborate some more on his timing plug mod. | ||
| Jim2 |
I had the pleasure to meet with Buellistic last weekend. We discussed this mod as something I need to try since my base cylinder head gaskets are weeping. I hope he doesn't mind me speaking for him on this. The PCV valve is fastened vertically high up on the vertical frame tube that sits just behind the airbox. An adapter is threaded in place of the timing plug and a 3/8" hose is fitted from the adapter to the PCV valve but he used a water/air separator in between the timing plug adapter and the PCV valve. This would collect oil and let most of it run back down again. The top of the PCV valve has 3/8" hose running into a catch-can. His was mounted under the license plate and he says it never had anything to empty. He PM'ed me some other details I don't have with me. It was the part number of the threaded adapter and the water/air separator. He used the PCV valve from a 3 cylinder GEO Metro engine of the same displacement of our 1200 V-twin I don't think he had a part number for the PCV valve. | ||
| 13was13 |
Thanks Jim, I hadnīt used a separator, just a catch can. Also didn't place the valve as high up. Not sure if the valve isn't creating a vacuum in the crankcase that could suck in oil from the transmission. Had the impression of gaining some more hp. | ||
| Jim2 |
As a check valve it's letting positive pressure out of the crank case and not allowed to suck air back in. I don't think the transmission is under pressure, so I think that crank case and the primary/transmission compartments should be more at equilibrium than before adding the valve. I believe that Buellistic mentioned someone had dyno'ed this concept and there was not any Horsepower change (+ or -) as a result. | ||
| Buellistic |
Any one interested in the TIMING PLUG PVC VALVE "INFO", just PM me and a copy is yours "ASAP" ... | ||
| Buell_lee |
PM sent to Buellistic, Thanks Mate! | ||
| Kaput |
+1 on Buellistic's generosity and willingness to share experience. Kaput no more |
