Rapping noise and Stalling

Prob so after you checked to see that you were getting oil to the lifter galleys did ya place the lifters back in and then check to see if it filled the push rods or did you leave them out and just watched to see if the other one did .cause if two lifters were out of the galley and to were in it can not build enough pressure to go all the way to the top on the other two .cause the oil passage does not have enough pressure now cause the oil galley hole is to big with the lifters out of the other side it just dumps it back in the cam chest area insted of going up it just sumps

When we first spun it over it was buttoned up, both cylinders...nothing to the rockers...took the lifters out of the front cylinder(oil was dripping out of the 2 push rods,but they weren't completely filled) and spun it, oil flowed through the outside lifter feed hole pretty good,sure looked like it was shooting across the the outside galley and into the feed for the inside lifter...couldn't get a good look down the inside galley,but we're positive that passage is clear...the oil dripping out of the push rods was clean as a whistle,nothing but pure oil dripping out.... rear cylinder is still buttoned up
We're getting pretty quick at tearing the engine down,and can also get the cam plate out and back in without removing the exhaust,just back it off and rotate it a little...(gotta find a silver lining where you can, eh :roflmao

We really want to see oil in the rocker area before it gets covered up and the tank back on,just a thought I had is what if we drained the 20w-50 and used 5w-30,I'm thinking maybe it could push the lower viscosity oil all the way up and into the rockers

you would have more volume of oil but not as much pressure , might work

i think next time send the bike to florida . ill do the job the same day and ship it back the next day. less trouble and more fun

LOL. Yeah...maybe I'll turn into a Snowbird and deliver it myself ...

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Sounds good beer is on me comon down blue hair canuck

ya know i did not think of that! but then again . i never seen one put on backwords . .could it be that too much beer was at fault here .

It's buttoned up except for the top covers...gaskets are installed correctly...I suppose we could put the tank on and fire it up to see oil up top,then off with the tank and put the top covers on... or, put the top covers on and have it completely buttoned up and fire it up and listen for an oil starved clatter or oil fed quiet...I would like to see the oil circulate with my own eyes though

We have oil coming from the tank into the pump then through the cam plate up to the passage to the filter back from the filter to the cam plate then into the passage for the lifter feeds and piston jets,fills the lifters and starts up the push rods.... the rods are clear,they've been sprayed and blown at least 1/2 dozen times,same with the rocker arms...
I'm thinking that what Paul said is correct that the starter motor isn't spinning the engine fast enough to pump the oil all the way up the rods to the rockers...it is kinda heavy oil and it's cool in the garage(You Florida boys would be wearing jackets and gloves here:roflmao
The cam plate sounded like a pan flute when we were blowing air through it,same with the oil lines and passage ways the bottom rocker box did look like it had a little more oil in it than what we pumped through the rocker arms and over the valve stems and springs but we weren't 100% positive it wasn't visibly flowing

:roflmao: When the beer starts flowing, the tools get put away, although we can't rule beer out as the culprit for the rag going in maybe yes,maybe no...but it definitely did slow the job down

Yeah, piece of cake to run a carbed engine off a bottle,bit of a PITA to do it with FI:cussing:

How'd you do it?? we talked tonight about making up an IV bottle for fuelies(over a few beers:drunk.

So basically the same way you'd do it for a carbed bike,instead you ran the hose to the fuel rail instead of the carb inlet and gravity fed the injectors,and you didn't need a pump??

I see ...got her running ..he put the tank on....there's more oil flowing through the exhaust rods and rockers than intakes ...is that normal?? Both exhausts flowing the same amount ...intakes are the same too...but less flow...only been running a couple of minutes a few times...




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