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Hey everyone, so the problem ended up being much much larger than I initially thought. I saw oil leaking from around the cam seal so I thought that was the cause and immediately got to work but as you can see in the pictures below, I believe it's the cylinder head that ruptured. Does anyone know...
Okay I'll look into which kind of O rings I'll need. I'm lucky that the previous owner also had a manual in mint condition so I should be able to find part numbers once I've located the source.
This is 100% a new to me bike, as a matter of fact this is my first bike. The previous owner told me there had been some carb work and electrical work done to it recently but I'm not sure of everything that's been done here yet. Still trying to learn the machine.
My name is Cedric and thank you. After I get everything opened and clean it, I'm going to start her up and watch very carefully, this happened last night so I wasn't able to see very well and did not want to spit hot oil all over my garage. I'll have more updates and pictures once I get in there.
Hi, I would like to start off by saying I'm very grateful that this community is here, as I am very new and inexperienced to all of this but I'm willing and ready to learn.
I took my '83 Special out for a ride and noticed my Engine block was spitting lots of hot oil onto my leg from around the...