What a great Bank Holiday weekend......... not

[Seeker 77]

Well it has been a Bank Holiday over in Germany so, with all the parts arrived, i thought i would settle down with the TL and get the engine rebuilt. All went just fine on Saturday, engine rebuilt. Sunday i dropped it back in. That evening fired it up, big coolant leak @*!$%&@. Found the leak, repaired it, spot an oil leak under the filter. Tighten filter, job done. Another leak by the clutch cover, re-seat gasket, job done. Leak from the front cylinder head, oh f@%*. Whilst rebuilding it i hung one of those clip things that has a bendy piece of wire attached to bundle wires, over one of the bolts, and forgot to take it out when putting it back together. butt.

Undid a load of bolts and exhaust bits and throttle bodies, got a dremel in there and cut through it. Pulled it out but in the process broke the seal on the gasket and a load of coolant leaked out, no dramas, topped it up. Refit everything and got some silicone on the join, just to make sure. Fire it up (still haven't tested the gearbox yet mind) and the thing held, no leaks - so looking good (we are on Monday morning now). Check the fluid levels again before putting the fairings back on - milk in the oil f*@%$£.

When i broke the seal of the cylinder head, it obviously allowed coolant to enter the oil system. Took the clutch cover off and the stuff is everywhere, stuck to every surface i could see. Thought to hell with it and went for a test run, slightly strange noise in first but other than that all runs ok.

So, do i just flush the oil? Leave it? Bike goes on sale next week. What to do?

[cupasoop]

Does the tl have a sight glass for the oil level? If the oil's turned a funny colour then any buyers would spot it easily. I'd change the oil.

[Seeker 77]

Does the tl have a sight glass for the oil level? If the oil's turned a funny colour then any buyers would spot it easily. I'd change the oil.

It does mate, yes. Am thinking that is what i need to do

[evo360]

Hey I wantedthat bike!! Do the oil change, you've done all the hard work would be a shame to cut corners now

[Jbrebel]

I'd prolly drop the oil etc if I were you Mellis. I know that you must feel you want to se the back of the bloody thing atm though...

[Seeker 77]

Particularly as on the test ride today it was jumping out of first gear. I give up

[Pete.L]

Oh crap!
You couldn't just leave it parked up behind a tank and accidenlty run it over could you?
Nice little insurance job,nudge ,nudge,wink, wink :wink2

Pete.l

[Beamish]

Mellis that sounds like a real nightmare. Drop the oil as everyone pays close attention to that and hope the buyer hasnt got the balloons to cane it in first and it stays in gear. Good luck my friend.

[Jbrebel]

It sounds like you've had one of the worst cases of bad luck with a bike I've heard in a while Mellis. Hope you get the f#cker sorted

[sirch345]

It sounds like you've had one of the worst cases of bad luck with a bike I've heard in a while Mellis. Hope you get the f#cker sorted

That's more or less what I thought.

Your bad luck has to change soon Mark

Get it sorted then sell it, you'll feel much happier than trying to take some poor sucker in

Chris.

[Seeker 77]

It sounds like you've had one of the worst cases of bad luck with a bike I've heard in a while Mellis. Hope you get the f#cker sorted

That's more or less what I thought.

Your bad luck has to change soon Mark

Get it sorted then sell it, you'll feel much happier than trying to take some poor sucker in

Chris.

You're absolutely right Chris. I keep thinking of how i can get rid of it but i would feel like utter shite if a nice bloke came to pick it up and i sent him away with a bike that i knew was going to fail on him within a few miles. Although short of yet another engine strip and staring at the pieces again, i don't think that there is much i can do. Oil change has got to happen though.

[tony.mon]

Oh crap!
You couldn't just leave it parked up behind a tank and accidenlty run it over could you?
Nice little insurance job,nudge ,nudge,wink, wink :wink2

Pete.l

There's another post on here about problems with the tank range, isn't there?

[sirch345]

Tony keep taking the tablets

Mark, do an oil change then take it from there.

I'm sure in a month or so you'll look back on this and think what was all the fuss about

Chris.

[tony.mon]

You know a while back when you said it's the dogs?

Well, you're still saying it.



Well done for not bodging up and shifting on, though.

Have you still got the old engine?
Can you make a good one out of the pair of gearboxes?

[Beamish]

Oh crap!
You couldn't just leave it parked up behind a tank and accidenlty run it over could you?
Nice little insurance job,nudge ,nudge,wink, wink :wink2

Pete.l

There's another post on here about problems with the tank range, isn't there?