michaelpthompson
XS650 Addict
OK, so I finally found the engine serial number and it matches the one on the frame, so this is indeed the original engine.
Also started on changing the oil. This bike has apparently been parked for a few years, and the black, sludgy oil was evidence of that. Had to buy a 27mm socket for the drain plugs. Hard to imagine they're so much larger than a drain plug on a car. The copper washers looked to be in decent shape, so I just put the plugs back in the way they were.
Then I took off the filter plate and filter on the side. Doesn't look too bad. What do you think?
Don't know why the pics keep getting rotated. Put the filter in some solvent for the night. Tomorrow, I'll look at getting the sump plate off and check that filter too.
Put a bit of gas in the tank and discovered that the left petcock leaks like a sieve, so I'll also have to take that off and examine it. Tried to take a photo, but it came out all blurry so it doesn't show much.
Making progress...
Also started on changing the oil. This bike has apparently been parked for a few years, and the black, sludgy oil was evidence of that. Had to buy a 27mm socket for the drain plugs. Hard to imagine they're so much larger than a drain plug on a car. The copper washers looked to be in decent shape, so I just put the plugs back in the way they were.
Then I took off the filter plate and filter on the side. Doesn't look too bad. What do you think?
Don't know why the pics keep getting rotated. Put the filter in some solvent for the night. Tomorrow, I'll look at getting the sump plate off and check that filter too.
Put a bit of gas in the tank and discovered that the left petcock leaks like a sieve, so I'll also have to take that off and examine it. Tried to take a photo, but it came out all blurry so it doesn't show much.
Making progress...