Sandi put me Underwater

[Special Ed]

I'm so sorry to hear of your travail. You have a lot on your plate. Tales like yours make me less inclined to feel sorry for myself and my relatively insignificant woes. I stayed 2 weeks on Manhattan island 9 months ago to welcome my first grandchild into the world, so I got a very good picture of that part of the world. My heart goes out to all of those affected by Sandy, but to return from a tour of duty and be hit... Thank you for your service! Wish I could help.
Special Ed

[Eastcoaster]

Finally getting some time

I am starting with the 81 it is in the worst shape

Removed and drained the tank It was full I just filled it up not much sea water It looks good

I got the carbs off a big mess going to start the rebuild

Blew out the oil from the cyls had the same gunk as the carbs filled with oil again

Drained gearboxes and filled again with oil

Air box off and drying

Going to pull the starter

Any thoughts on removing the head? I was going to take off the valve cover and see how that looks?

The battery is fried
Dont know where to begin just plugging away[IMG][/IMG]

[Eastcoaster]

Carbs in the bath

Carbs are apart and in a pinesol bath. The slides were rough to get out I needed a crow bar . The diaphrams look good the floats are ok I have not removed any jets ot the emulsion tubes yet Thought I would let them soak a few days. Nothing like an impact driver

[Cuda 69]

sorry for your loss,our company is trucking the debris out of the city.so I understand the significene of your loss.Keep your head up high and just keep plugging away.Everything is replaceable or rebuildable except for you and your family.Glad your safe and thank you for your service from my family to yours.

[DGXSER]

Hey East, thanks for putting in your time on our behalf overseas! As former groundpounder, I feel for your situation. Being gone during the storm, and then coming back just in time to deal with the aftermath!

As to the bikes, I would say to tackle it like any other rebuild. Start at one end, and work your way to the other. For you, since you unsure of the engine, you may want to start there. I would start by getting a compression check. Then maybe pull the head off depending what that tells you. I would put some MMO or tranny fluid or similar in each cylinder and let it soak for a few days before running the compression check.

From there, all you can do is go one piece, one system at a time and check, clean and or adjust each part as you go.