Replacement engine advice.

[painter]

I think I have managed to track down (thanks to bonesters input) a replacement engine for my GT 750...It has 100psi in each cylinder...price $600...what do you guys think?

[Strika]

I think I have managed to track down (thanks to bonesters input) a replacement engine for my GT 750...It has 100psi in each cylinder...price $600...what do you guys think?

As long as it's OK internally apart from compression I s'pose it's cheap!!!! How many miles has it done do you know???? Could change things?

[Smitty]

Strikas right...k's will influence what you do and have to check

120,000 might be ok but still worth a new camchain and tensioner
while the engine is out
but
given the bikes age....any engine may be up more like 200,000
klicks and compression may be ok now but in a few months...????

100psi is not bad...140 would be better
but you also need to do a leakdown test on each cylinder
which will check the valve sealing as well


hth

[Felix]

I paid about the same a few years ago for a 245Hemi...

Pretty much the same deal - was cheaper to drop the secondhand engine in than to fix the one I had. Don't think we needed to do much to it, either, just plonk it in and away we went.

Generally I have found wreckers to be pretty good with stuff like this, if it is crap they'll say so or strip it down.

You really have two options - put it in as is and hope for the best or spend some money before it goes in and hope for the best

I trust this has proved enlightening

[painter]

Motor done about 80,000ks...I think I'll go with this option and just take a punt. New cam chain and rework/replace the tensioner for sure...Thanx Guys!!!

[bonester]

Mate check these out:
(near you!)
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/GT-750-BLACK_W0Q ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1984-Kawasaki-GT ... dZViewItem

[Neka79]

mate i wouldnt kno what to say, but $600 is cheaper than the $2000 i paid to rebuild a cb900 a few yrs back...