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Heart Transplant
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Hortons Norton
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Gold leaf Dave.
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The problem is the rest of the engine looks so nice.
I though Jim said he was going to paint the barrel but I was mistaken. No problem, I’ve already got some paint ready. Just need to mask off.
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It's pretty damp outside right now. I may hold off until it dries out more. Unfortunately in Oregon that means July. So I'll paint it soon.
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Heat lamps
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Hmmm, don't have.
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Have any halogen work lamps? I've used those.
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Yes, I have one. Good suggestion!
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I had a local shop here do the head. http://www.baisley.com/ This guy use to do work for Kenny Dreer so he knows his way around a Norton head. Sandblasted, new guides and valves (Black Diamond) and seats recut. They also took a smidge off the surface. Of course as I slide down the slippery slope I need to order new hardware to match the refreshened surfaces...
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Kibblewhite springs? Looks like retainers.
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Yes. I believe so. I need to look at the invoice again.
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I procrastinated putting this order together. I know how much shipping is from McMaster so I didn't want to just order $3 worth of plugs and pay $8 for shipping. So I added on hose clamps for the fuel and oil lines. When I got the order I realized I should have bought enough plugs for two engines... Doh!
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The invoice doesn't call out the brand of springs (I think it just says Pro Set). But valves, springs, retainers, etc. are all new.
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That is the oddest request ever.
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I need to find a picture of the head to see what it looked like before getting worked on.
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Vapour blasted parts still need a lot of cleaning afterwards from personal experience so was curious.
The last thing I got blasted was both Norton and Moto Guzzi parts... when they came back they looked spotless, doing as I said up the page left the rag a silver grey suggesting there is still glass ? residue left on the surface and took a lot of cleaning, internal sections are somewhat of a worry.
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Head was sandblasted, not sure what media they used.
Cases were vapor blasted. I'll try to see what happens when I wipe them down.
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I know that I would have replaced the seat before I cut deeply into the aluminum around the seat.
Replacing seats is easy. Replacing aluminum is not.
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