New points, a clean chamber, and a stuck valve
Spent a little time in the garage with Dad tonight before the UFC PPV fight. Was good to have a second set of hands to help loosen the screws holding the ignition points. They were very easy to replace with a much cleaner set that I bought. The new ones theoretically have only a few dozen miles on them. Here are the old, and then the new.
Cleaning the creosote off the interior of the cylinder was easier than I expected. I used brake parts cleaner based upon a recommendation from John Ryland over at Classified Moto. Great recommendation, as it cuts right through most anything. Here's a before and after of the top of the chamber with just a few minutes' work.
I'll finish that cleaning tomorrow. Good news is that I found a complete new gasket set that I forgot having bought, so I can get the head back onto the motor quickly. The bad news is that when I went to test the valves, the intake actuates OK, but the exhaust seemed stuck. I'll work on that a bit tomorrow too, but I was optimistically hoping to not have to deal with stuck valves. With 25 years passing since the last time this motor fired, I shouldn't be surprised with a stuck valve.
