Mels 500e Engine Rebuild

Minter · Post by **Minter** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:27 pm

Evening all...

Mel has given me his 500e engine to rebuild out of an old MZ.. On the outside it looks like its been around the block a bit, paint is peeling off all the casings - must have got pretty hot in the past i expect.

On the inside though its as clean as a whistle, it must have been regularly serviced..

New rings, clutch and sprag spring and it'll be as good as new i reckon.. How many miles/km had it done Mel?

arceye · Post by **arceye** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:16 pm

Have you given up the day job then ?
You got a lot of projects on the go.

ellrider · Post by **ellrider** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:07 am

Minter wrote: New rings, clutch and sprag spring and it'll be as good as new i reckon.. How many miles/km had it done Mel?

61,000 kms, I've got the bike here, it's back on the road now with a six speed Aprilia engine in it, looking sweet.

Photos as soon as I've finished the mods.

Mark

TDIPower · Post by **TDIPower** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:41 am

Any news on my lump?

Cheers Pete

ellrider · Post by **ellrider** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:22 pm

TDIPower wrote:Any news on my lump?

Cheers Pete

He's not a feckin doctor.

Minter · Post by **Minter** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:42 pm

ellrider wrote:
TDIPower wrote:Any news on my lump?

Cheers Pete
He's not a feckin doctor.

whipped the head of yours Pete, to check piston size, the the documentry shall begin! When im back off my hols! Rings are ordered, powder coating of casings will take a few weeks tho.. Speak soon.. Good luck with your ailment!

TDIPower · Post by **TDIPower** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:03 pm

Cheers, look forward to seeing what it was like inside after my thrashing....

Pete

Minter · Post by **Minter** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:10 pm

This evening it was Mels Cylinder head to get some TLC!

First job remove all dowels and hoses...

Exhaust studs all in good order..

Only part of the engine to show any signs of wear, exhaust valve seats well glazed inlets like new! Valve stem oil seals a bit brittle amd lots of flakey paint, i think it did a lot of slow stuck in traffic sort of commuting getting very hot in the past - soon be better than new though!!

Just like a haynes manual! Well almost!.....

StackerMel · Post by **StackerMel** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:17 pm

Gary your a star, it was in an MZ before so yep very slow. I am amased its in such good order, do you think its been in bits before?

Mel

ellrider · Post by **ellrider** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:34 pm

StackerMel wrote:it was in an MZ before so yep very slow.
Mel

I think it'll be going slower and hotter in the future.

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