Morini angst: Part The Next

Sir needs a telescopic magnet on a stick. Even if said magnet doesn't
fit down the hole it magnetises something that will.

I've had a similar time with the XS650. On disassembly (ages ago!) one
end of the camchain slipped out of my hand as I wired it up to stop it
slipping out......oh you get the idea. MOAS had it back out of the
crankcase in a jiffy.
This weekend in engine reassembly I went to put the camchain tensioner
unit back into the 'case. 4 phillips screws it has. I had the cases
stuffed with rags to prevent said screws heading towards the sump. 3
screws in and I find the little japanese fuckers made the two right side
screws slightly different from the two left side screws?!! In getting
it all out again the rags were removed and in my irate condition I
didn't replace them. I did however take to using Snap-On's finest
magnetic ratchet 'driver. Two screws in, no problem. Third one and my
arm gives an involuntary twitch....yep I now have a phillips screw and
spring washer sitting in the crevice of the camchain and the sprocket on
the crankshaft. I shouted at everyone in the street to stop breathing,
the screw teetered on the edge of oblivion (and full engine stripdown),
the world stopped turning for an instant. Enter MOAS stage right (
Fortunately the camchain had been stretched out rigidly so it did not
fly towards the magnet), MOAS edges millimetre by millimetre into the
'cases, HALLELUJA. MOAS picks up screw and washer and a couple of hours
later the engine is ready to meet the chassis once again.

I now have an XS engine with all 4 valves lapped to perfection, new
inlet valves, piston crowns/chambers spotless with a nice matt finish
and 4 new cam bearings with a new camchain to boot. Fresh gaskets and
o-rings. Should run nicely.

Kinda wish I had gone for new rings and a bore hone too but this has
cost enough.

 

I have two....just in case I need to recover the first one

 

I once retrieved my nice 10/11mm britool ring spanner from a drain grating
using such an item.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Too Busy: Your mind is like a motorway. Sometimes it can be jammed by
too much traffic. Avoid the jams by never using your mind on a
Bank Holiday weekend.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

 

Mine: I'd not used the K100 for a while and had forgotten I'd removed
the feed to the coils. I spent a fucking age trying to start it and
must have filled the bores with petrol.

Realised what I'd done but the fucker wouldn't start ('cos the oil's
needed for the compression I think).

So... thought about it a bit and decided to use a hypodermic syringe to
squirt oil through the spark plug 'holes' upwards to get on the bores.

Unfortunately I squirted too hard... the fucking needle jumped off the
syringe into the bore.

The magnet on a stick finally rescued me... but not until I'd done
plenty of swearing!

Note for the future, just jump start the fucker and churn it over again
and again and again until the oil gets distributed properly.

 

FFS that's one unique story! I imagine a needle could do a nice bit of
damage if it got into the ring/bore area

 

Not quite, but thanks for the reminder.

 

You'll find seriously strong magnets in some 'retired' 3.5" hard disks
or the better classes of 5.25" if you have any lurking). The head
actuator magnets can be very strong indeed.

I've four out of a single HP 5.25" disk that I use for holding parts for
welding, and they're magic for finding ping-f***its under the bench and
cleaning up swarf/filings. I usually use them in a plastic bag, then
turn it inside out to separate the filings from the magnet.

Regards,

Simonm.

 

Any idea when head magnets stopped being used? I've just butchered a 10+
year old Seagate and found nowt. I've got an ancient IBM 5.25" 20MB
somewhere...

 

Aha; that's what this Seagate had. Most put out, I was.