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Just waiting on another pair of hands to lift the engine out of the frame .....
Swinging arm locknuts were only hand tight , rear shock mounting bolts were loose , front cover and starter motor cover bolts were all loose
Forgot to put up the picture of the oil pressure relief valve - as reported the piston is free moving and the spring appears OK
Teardown of the engine is next but not until next weekend as the clutch pushrod bearing replacement for the Moto Guzzi is my next job
Swinging arm locknuts were only hand tight , rear shock mounting bolts were loose , front cover and starter motor cover bolts were all loose
Forgot to put up the picture of the oil pressure relief valve - as reported the piston is free moving and the spring appears OK
Teardown of the engine is next but not until next weekend as the clutch pushrod bearing replacement for the Moto Guzzi is my next job
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The timing chain guide slipper is not fitted correctly (LH)
It should rest lightly on the chain,when the chain is under tension,
not pushing it in as that one is
Not even 2 weeks and it’s stripped 
It’s not just what you do, but the tempo that is impressive.
Great work and interesting to follow
It’s not just what you do, but the tempo that is impressive.
Great work and interesting to follow
Thanks Mike , your help and advice as always very gratefully accepted
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Not even 2 weeks and it’s stripped
It’s not just what you do, but the tempo that is impressive.
Great work and interesting to follow
Engine out ready for stripping
Fitted a second hand centre stand to the Guzzi Breva 1100 and started stripping parts off ready to do the clutch pushrod bearing (apologies to the Airhead fraternity for posting pictures of an Italian in the German zone
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Parts for powder coating , just need to remove drive shaft from swinging arm and that’s everything ready to go …..
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Corrected , I wonder what else I’ll find that the previous owners have done incorrectly ?
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Are you going the whole hog and stripping engine and gearbox?
Not decided yet Ian , I'm waiting on the costs back on the powder coat and wet paint and then make my mind up what I'm going to do with it
I’m amazed at the speed you work!
By the way, unfortunately I don't have a spare caliper dust boot. I certainly did have as well as pistons, but I must have binned them after all. Which is uncharacteristic of me 
By the way, unfortunately I don't have a spare caliper dust boot. I certainly did have as well as pistons, but I must have binned them after all. Which is uncharacteristic of me
Thanks for getting back to me , I’ll have to order a full refurb kit
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Heads and barrels stripped off , pistons removed and cam followers removed
Cam followers are in good condition and the barrels are also in good condition
This confirms along with what looks like fairly new SS pushrod tubes that the engine has had refurb work previously
The pushrods are also numbered up with paint marker further confirming previous work has been done
Next job is to give the outer engine casing a good clean and the de-coke the heads and barrels and remove and inspect the valves
Cam followers are in good condition and the barrels are also in good condition
This confirms along with what looks like fairly new SS pushrod tubes that the engine has had refurb work previously
The pushrods are also numbered up with paint marker further confirming previous work has been done
Next job is to give the outer engine casing a good clean and the de-coke the heads and barrels and remove and inspect the valves
Level plug on the final drive had been stripped by previous owner so fixed that . Opened it up to inspect it and check there was no swarf in the drive . Re-assemble with new gasket and output shaft seal
At a guess, lots. Sounds like he threw it together just to see the back of it, wanker.Corrected , I wonder what else I’ll find that the previous owners have done incorrectly ?
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I think its seen an increasing amount of "make mend and do" jobs as it's went through it's latter years instead of fixing it properly
I've now inspected most of it so hopefully no more hidden gremlins and I can get on and start getting it back together
Cylinder heads and pistons de-coked and cleaned , barrels cleaned and checked . Valves lapped in
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Cleaned the engine block then fitted the pistons , barrels , heads and set the valve clearances
Next job is to remove the clutch , flywheel and oil pump , check everything over and re-assembe with a new rear main seal and new o-rings
Next job is to remove the clutch , flywheel and oil pump , check everything over and re-assembe with a new rear main seal and new o-rings
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