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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #45 - 10/16/21 at 13:07:05 bottom view
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #46 - 10/16/21 at 13:09:15 Earlier I mentioned I was sitting on the fence on whether or not I would take the engine apart or try and get it running as is (with a few new seals and gaskets). This morning I found my definitive answer... someone went after the cylinder with some JB Weld. Well, crap. Looks like this will be a tear down after all.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #47 - 10/16/21 at 13:09:39 another view
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #48 - 10/16/21 at 13:35:55 Looks like someone over torqued the nut on the bottom of the cylinder head stud and cracked that area.
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #49 - 10/16/21 at 15:40:14

After removing all of the JB Weld from the area it is more clear what the issue is. Honestly, to me it looks like surface cracks in the aluminum casting surface. But someone wouldn't put JB Weld down unless there was a leak. I am still looking at pictures and sketches (shop manual, peoples pics they have posted, etc.) to see where oil could come from. Seems to me this area is covered on the inside by the steel cylinder sleeve. On this parts diagram, item #26 is a "gasket" that goes under the cylinder head nut under the head/cam cover. If this gasket was leaking the oil would go down the stud and potentially leak over that area. Could this be an incorrect attempt to fix that gasket leaking thinking it was those "cracks" in the surface of the cylinder casting? Or just the head cap seal and not the gasket #26 under the cylinder head nut?

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #50 - 10/16/21 at 15:41:40 JB gone
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28994 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #51 - 10/16/21 at 16:20:06 I believe are just die marks, they are all over all of the castings. The head bolts some times leak oil when the head gasket gets loose. Could be the reason for the JB.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2642 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #52 - 10/16/21 at 18:38:55 A leak down compression test is the correct action before decisions are made.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #53 - 10/16/21 at 19:39:37 I agree. I should have a test kit on Monday. But then that same day is my wife's birthday. I wonder what the look on her face will be when she gets a leak down tester for her birthday?
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2642 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #54 - 10/16/21 at 19:44:58 Let her use it first...you’ll both be happy.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #55 - 10/16/21 at 19:49:29
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #56 - 10/16/21 at 20:31:46 Now that the lower clamp fits the top of the stem I can move on to cosmetics.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28994 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #57 - 10/16/21 at 21:09:12 Gary_in_NJ wrote on 10/16/21 at 19:44:58: Let her use it first...you’ll both be happy. If she uses it 1st, he'll need to consult a proctologist before his turn.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #58 - 10/16/21 at 21:24:56 verslagen1 wrote on 10/16/21 at 21:09:12: Gary_in_NJ wrote on 10/16/21 at 19:44:58: Let her use it first...you’ll both be happy. If she uses it 1st, he'll need to consult a proctologist before his turn.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #59 - 10/19/21 at 15:32:19 The leak down compression tester arrived. I had to use a breaker bar to loosen the spark plug. Once it let go, it threaded out fine. But I had to lean on it way to hard for a spark plug! Now I am just waiting for the compressor to fill up. (drum roll....)
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