Oh bugger.

Hog's derision has shamed me into hoiking the cam cover off the
BlingMobile and waving feeler gauges at what was revealed[1].

#4 and #6 inlet valves are completely (as in < 0.0015") closed up
(should be 0.002 - 0.006").

So now I have to make a special tool to get the existing shims out, then
go shim and gasket shopping tomorrow.

Then I have to worry about *why* they've closed up.

I knew I should have paid some twat to do this for me.

[1] BTW Champ, the Californian emissions crap did have to come off to
get the cover out.
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It's a piece of piss to do the shims on that.

Shim tool.
http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=500599

Or you could grind something up.

 

Wicked said:

Hah... Can you sleep well thinking about all the valve seat regression?
Worth taking the head off while it's in so many bits - what's the
compression like?

Californian? Means it's been running lean as a lean thing and there's
probably a good bit of valve overheating and burning to think about...

 

Give them a little extra clearance from standard and check them in
another 1000 miles after they've settled back down... or not.. as the
case may be.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simes

****. ****.
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckf
uckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfu
ckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. ****.

I had the camchain tunnel blocked. Nearly well enough to stop the
fucking cunting fucking bastard fucking cunting shim falling into it.

The non-magnetic fucking cunting fucking bastard fucking cunting shim.

I feel physically sick.

It would appear I am about to learn how to remove an engine from a
Z1300.

Now please do excuse me, I'm going to cry.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

<Backs away very slowly from the very angry animal whilst maintaining
eye contact>

<phew>

--
Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SP

Angry? Angry? I am so pissed off at myself that for a few seconds after
it happened turning the bike upside down and shaking it would have been
a feasible solution.

Unfortunately, that passed.

I will now investigate the possibilities of dropping the sump with the
engine in the bike.

I bet it won't. I just bet.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Wicked said:

Using rags to block off things 101 - OU course for beginners.

Bad one. Non-magnetic? Are you sure you're sure?

Torch, mirror on a stick and a bit of luck...

Otherwise an oil drain and inspect waste oil hoping it's come out
bringing the shim with it...

You big girl - it's things like this that are sent to test the stiff
upper lip...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simes

Don't make me come over there and kill you. Just don't, OK? There was
one small, unnoticed gap. The **** homed in on it like an Exocet.

Yep. Checked and double checked with another one of the wily little
fuckers.

Nope. Can't see it at all. And it's big enough not to miss (see below).

Unlikely. These are hairy-chested man-sized shims, 29mm in diameter.

<bottom lip starts wobbling again>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

I had to drop the sump off my Bandit to look for a little bit of metal,
had to remove the exhaust too. In the end, I found the offending bit of
metal behind an inlet valve spring.

 

One useless statistic I remember is that a Z1300 engine weighs about
340lbs, or the same as a Suzuki X7.

 

Is there a way of getting one of those really sticky sort of Sellotape
squares on the end of a stick[1], poking it down, and hoping you can
catch the thing on the sticky bit?

[1] Obviously you want to make sure the sticky thing is well attached to
its stick unless you want to start a collection of foreign objects
inside the engine.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

<clutches groin>

*Whimper*...

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

Maybe worth a try. I think there's enough oil kicking around to make
that a non-starter. But worth a try.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Wicked said:

Small - but larger than 29mm... Has sir been to
http://tinyurl.com/ccwww lately?

They do that to taunt you...

Looking on the bright side, you can spend the long summer evenings
enjoying the inside of your engine. Perfect time for that expensive
rebuild...

Snap out of it man.

Best bet is to knock a hole in the sump with a hammer, fish out the
shim then fix the hole with some form of magic.

 

What about one of those grabber things that open up when you press the
top? Dunno what they're called, I've had one in my toolbox for years.
Ever since a 'helpful soul' managed to drop a screw inside my engine.

--
Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

That's 8kg heavier than my FZR.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

He said it wouldn't.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Amazing visual conjured up there.

It might.

 

Don't rule that out; surely the lower frame rails would take the weight.

Anyway, I'm surprised it doesn't have hydraulic adjusters like proper
American motorcycles to avoid all this fannying about.