markjs
Active Member
So my California Motorbikes "PK80 Wildcat", finally broke down to the point it won't run. It definitely lost most of it's compression. I took the head off to see if there's any piston or ring damage an there isn't, as in none at all that I can see, other than running slightly rich. There's no bad score marks on the bore and the rings seem to have held up too?
Where would it have lost compression? I have weeping around the base gasket area, but I attribute that to crappy exhaust gasket, and it ran fine like that until today?
Is it down on the crank seals perhaps? If so it's something I will NOT be fixing until I have a replacement engine, as I really rely on this silly thing and I'm not confident in my ability to quickly and easily get that far into it and get it fixed quickly.
I'm VERY low budget, so, I wonder does Bicycle Engines.com, actually sell anything different? Do they offer a payment plan like CMB? Do they sell "engine only"? Cuz I don't need a whole kit to get back running, and it's a waste to buy one when I can barely afford an engine only at CMB.
I guess I was thinking I wanted more power anyway, but it sure sucks having my only mode of transpo, besides the local free busses (free is nice, but service ends at 6:30PM, and doesn't start till 7am again.)
Where would it have lost compression? I have weeping around the base gasket area, but I attribute that to crappy exhaust gasket, and it ran fine like that until today?
Is it down on the crank seals perhaps? If so it's something I will NOT be fixing until I have a replacement engine, as I really rely on this silly thing and I'm not confident in my ability to quickly and easily get that far into it and get it fixed quickly.
I'm VERY low budget, so, I wonder does Bicycle Engines.com, actually sell anything different? Do they offer a payment plan like CMB? Do they sell "engine only"? Cuz I don't need a whole kit to get back running, and it's a waste to buy one when I can barely afford an engine only at CMB.
I guess I was thinking I wanted more power anyway, but it sure sucks having my only mode of transpo, besides the local free busses (free is nice, but service ends at 6:30PM, and doesn't start till 7am again.)