CB360 is almost done

Almost got humpty dumpty back together again. Got the rings, and promptly installed my wrist pins. Set each ring 120 from each other and not 90 from the wrist pin. Put the head on and torqued to spec. Checked my camshaft clearance with my feelers and not enough room for a 1.0mm washer. Next i set the cam timing and put the guide tensioner in and set it to the tension....which is pretty easy really considering you don't do much of anything :lol:

Next then was the valve/rocker arm cover. Nice thin layer of hondabond and then dropped it on. This is when i realized that i'm missing 3 bolts. Figures....... one biggen, and two little 6mm's. I'll pick them up today though, not that great of a deal. Put the Positive Crankcase Vent on with its new gasket and hosed it up. Again, missing bolts for my points, didn't see that happening :lol: . I love how this bike is just missing stuff. But considering when i got it most of the parts were in a trash bag and bolts laying a shelf i should be pretty happy i'm only missing 5 at this point.

Anyway, found two bolts in my honda drawer (cars) and oddly enough the bolts for a honda accord window motor are the perfect size for the points. Threaded them in nicely and snugged them down. Now where do the point ends wire up to. I see on the coils a yellow and a blue connector, but the thing is too damn short. Do they wire up near the carbs or do they really have to bend all the way to the coils.

O, and i also got the ride side exhaust on after re-tapping the threads. The L side i still need to drill and tap its hole so i can thread a bolt in. I thought about doing a heli-coil but my dad brought up the idea of just tapping for a bolt i already have. Seems easy enough. Next thing i know 6 hours had passed and i damn near rebuilt the entire bike in one sitting. So i'm taking a break today, i have a few progress pics i'll post later.

I'm so excited, i've rebuilt engines in school but never had the chance to actually start one after i was done.

O and just for piece of mind, i've used engine assembly lube on everything and already rotated the crankshaft a good dozen times nice and slow to make sure valve clearance. My instructor always taught me to use a good amount of engine lube when rebuilding. "If you start it up and it doesn't smoke for a minute, you didn't lube it enough " I took that theory and kept it. I made sure to bath anything with a machined surface or something that could possibly scar another surface on the intial start. Gears, journals, bearings, Cyl walls......you name it i got dirty. This is going to be so sweet tomorrow if i get everything back together and another battery. I'm like a kid in a candy store

I also just remebered i was going to check my vavle tappet clearance. Not sure when it was done last but i've done a bazillion measurements. Might as well do it.

MMMM, i think i screwed up the timing. I just for the heck of it threw a compression gauge on and stepped on the kicker. It was so good at first that ihad to stand on it, and then the bike rolled forward and the saki saved it. Busted my side cover but the other is cracked pretty bad so. .............Somehow the saki didn't take any damage. O well, so i kicked it down into nuetral, kick again, bike moves wtf. Tap shifter again, tap up. Ok now its neutral. Somehow the bastard got into like 3rd gear or something weird. Anyway, kicked it a few times and got Zero. I put my hand over the open exhause and no air, no suction on the intake boot. I'm thinking when i set my cam, that i made the lobes point down. Meaning on the exhaust its closed probably and compression its open. I'll look at it later but i'm almost positive thats what i did. I don't remember checking the orientation. Just the cam line and the stator line on LT.

I guess thats what i get for not taking a break. lol

66Sprint said:

On one of the twins, the condensor wires "jump" from the point wires to the coils with the condenser in the middle (might be the 360) ....on most (and electrically it's the same,) the coil and point wires join at a "twinned" connector, the wire from which then goes to the condenser....

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Thats just the bastard i'm looking at. Wow, what a pain.

Anyway update, so i checked it again before pulling the valve cover off. Still nothing. I pulled the cover off and the guide clip at the top to make it easier to rotate the chain. I double checked before i unbolted it and it was actually facing the right way.......so wtf. I put all the goodies back on and pull the valve tappet holes off thinking maybe the valves aren't getting pressed down enough. My dad came out at this point to see the progress and he tried kicking it over, after about 10-11 kicks compression shot up to 90psi. :?: :?: :?: So i relived the pressure and changed cyl and i kicked it. 100psi. So confused i let it sit for a few mins thinking the rings or something might leak. I cam back after a short ride around the block on the saki (after new exhaust rubbers ) and checked it. Still hangin at 100psi. I relive pressure and kick the hell out of it again, and got zero again. The valves don't appear to be sticking but i'm going to look at some other things. Still kinda clueless whats up though.

Also my carb o-rings finally swelled up enough, actually too much so they are chillin in the deep freeze right now. Going to try short 5 min intervals till they are the right size.

Got to a little over 140 and my leg ran out of steam. Its staying there :lol:

Also figured out how the rear brake pedal mounts and springs back again. ....filled er' up with oil. Got the old spark plugs and cleaned them and checked the gap. Got one exhaust pipe on, have to get a bolt for the clamp, but other than that its ready.

L still needs a bolt or stud for the header pipe, a bolt for its muffler clamp and then two nuts to hold the muffler on. Going to try to get a battery tomorrow as well. I have an extra dead car battery and a dead motorcycle battery so i'm going to see if i can do two core charges. Also realized i'm a dumbass and moved the points harness from the R side of the frame to the L side, the points plug in very easy now..... :roll:

I hear tomorrow is crappy so i probably won't try to start it, being the down pour. I also need to rig up a cd full of inspirational music such as Jerry Reeds "Eastbound and Down" or Judas Priest's "Turbo Lover" or maybe even some Alice Cooper "Frankenstein"

Something comical and whatever makes a perfect setting to bring the dead to life again

O, and here's the pics i promised.
New rings


Cylinder jugs dropped on and rings safely installed.


Got the head installed and chain tensioner installed and adjusted


Valve cover back on and sealed up


Everything is on again, minus carbs


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leethal said:

Thats last pic looks like ya pissing fuel on the floor? Nasty.
Sooo...did that left side cover have a 360 logo that you'd wanna sell me??? I can use credit card today...

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I have them both. One the stadoff's are broke so you would to glue them on and i have the other and its fine. They both have some paint fading but if you want pics i could get them for you later this week. They are at my old apartment........i think. I hope i didn't throw them away. I know you want a set and i def won't rip you off for 150 bucks. If i can find them in a few days i will let you know. I'll try to find them soon for ya.

Also, its oil. Its leaking out the bottom of the stator. If i tilt the bike the other way it doesn't do it. I had a frantic fight yesterday realising i just finger tightend the side covers for whatever reason. I put oil in and it started to drip out lol. Everything is good now though. Oddly enough the only fuel pissing on the floor was from the kawasaki since i went riding and went to show my dad something so i turned on teh fuel for a moment. Next thing you know its like 2 hours later i go outside and mom says "something smells bad out here"...........o yea, that 10 second run....shoulda just left the fuel off.

update. Alright, so the o-rings are not shrinking now. I think they sat FAR FAR too long and i guess i'll have to come up with my own idea at this point. I had considered a few minutes ago cutting them to the size i need and using the hondabond to glue them together again.

Kinda iffy on that one, i thought about the rope idea but after it swells to seal, fuel will just come out of the rope and leak all over the place. I also conisidered usin my permatex silver and just filling in the gap, letting it dry and then putting the bowl on. I know gas disolves it and causes the fuel in the bowl to get nasty so thats not really a great idea either.

I think i'm going to work on a paper gasket tomorrow. That and the exhaust stud are the only two things holding me back from a test fire.

I also worked on the stud today. I got no where, i first tried to get the old busted piece out with an ease out. After drilling into the bolt, i got the easy out and tapped it with a hammer. After numerous attempts i just ended up almost screwing up the threads on the easy out. So i decided to drill the little bastard out and just retap the hole. I'm not sure what kind of bolt is it, but that bastard was dulling my bits. I got most of it out but i started to get pissed because my exhaust clamp (the thick ring side one) is somehow warped or something. When i slide it on, it gets jammed and stuck. So after beating the life out of it, its better now but i gave up on the stud. I actually tried to weld the stud in place but i also thought that was just stupid after the first couple of seconds. Tomorrow i'm just going to get a helicoil set. I'd rather just do it right than accidentally screw up my used head.

Update:

So i managed to drill and tap a 3/8-16 helicoil thread into the head. Naturally because the bolt was still down in the head i wasn't able to get a perfectly straight shot. So the studs are no longer centered. So i cut the end off of the muffler clamp so as it bolted down it would still work. All was great up till the point where i put my flare nut. Some ****** at the hardware store must have put it in the wrong place because one i got about 5 threads in, i didn't notice that the nut had frozen in place and was twisting the stud around the helicoil. Damnit, now i'm out of money. Guess i'll just stare at it for a while now.

Also in my blind rage of being pissed i couldn't get a job or afford to make the honda run to sell it i smacked the gas tank with my hand denting it in. I went to CVS, Walgreens, Burger King in plainfield, and White Castle. All had cut hours, no hiring. I"m so frusterated. I dont' even have money to put gas in any of my tanks. The saki is still almost full, so at least i can job hunt on it, the mazda is like a 1/4 tank but i still need an exhaust tip so i don't melt the bumper, and the truck......i dunno a lot but no signals or headlights, and the gf's car has a tire that is going to explode so i don't dare move it.

Things are so bad for me right now, i think i'm starting to break down and freak out over stuff thats not that big of a deal. Like the gas tank, i dont' even know why i decided to hit it. O well though, its not horrible, as soon as i can get 10 bucks i'll put some gas in it, get the exhaust on the L side and crank it.

Update:

Got some new pics for ya. I dont' have the side covers on since i was wrestling with the retarded clearance the carbs have. I'm also going to begin re-fiberglassing the side covers. I may try to integrate a small air scoop or vent it differently. Never like how they looked or how the intake is opposite from the angled vent that is covered by the legs.

Here's the new battle damage as well after me freaking out about my money situation.
I also hugged the little honda afterwards promising to not do anything like that again. I also realized that tank is DAMN THIN. My kawa tank is indestructable.

Here's the bastard holding me back. Has a new helicoil thread in it. I only had a 3/8"-16 helicoils so i just used it. *sigh* yea part of it is american now. This will undoubtably cause a catastrophic engine failure or the decline of honda sales due to use of standard bolts or something wierd.


And here's where i snapped for a moment.



Sometimes i don't know my own strength i guess. I swear i just slapped it with my palm, i don't remember balling up a fist. But like i said, i can feel how thin it is, and how rock hard my kawasaki's tank is.

Here's one more shot.