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63Pan
(making the best of a bad situation)
 
1/14/10 Moving past the travesty with the motor (see below). Despite the abuse this poor motor suffered, there were some tasty OE '63 parts in the package (front fork tins excluded), which I'll try to do justice
 
  • MOTOR: 1963 FLH
    • original cases (repair on tip of fr. left motor mount, and O.S. timing plug)
    • original heads outside oiler heads (1 repaired fin on lower rear fin on rear head). Original seats w/ new cut and lap.
      • stainless steel (chrome plated) rocker covers
    • original cylinders +.020" (1 small repair on 1 top fin)
    • correct Linkert M74B
  • FRAME: nice original 58-64 drop seat swing arm frame. Only modification are 2 tabs for solo seat and the neck lock is out.
  • TRANS: Original '63 stamped harley case w/ new internals.
  • GAS TANKS: Original tanks with correct emblems. New shutoff.
  • FENDER: slightly later OEM top half of rear fender w/ correct 58-68 hinged half, new sparto taillight, shortened and boxed struts.
  • FRONT END: Original front end w/ '55-59 earlier tins. Shaved and polished lowers w/ new seals, etc.
  • SEAT pan from TEACH, wrapped in handtooled leather and laced by me
  • TIRES: New Goodyear style Super Eagles 5.00x16 tires
  • WHEELS+BRAKES+SWINGARM: OG star hub wheels, swingarm, and refurbed stock drum brakes (new rear drum, shoes, Accel cylinder). All powder coated, stainless spokes. New axles and hardware.
  • stainless hi-__ style bars from ScrapMetalArt. I added internal throttle and integral 1" risers
  • another variation of mid controls (so trendy, but they are comfy)
  • New 2:1 exhaust w/ customized end pipe (rechromed).

 

7/7/10 Cases back from the welder, and blasted. Finally can start building this motor. Front end is finally done after chrome removal, shaving, new seals, and tons of sanding and polshing (legs and brake backing plate).

 

 

5/23 Hubs completely rebuilt, wheels balanced, emblems painted. Linkert done.

 

4/24/10 Trans done and in bike. Standing on it's own now, using spare set of lower legs until the real ones get back from dechroming.

4/20/10 Trans almost ready to go together in this nice original '63 case. Studs in and sealed. Seal in Main Drive Gear. Engine cases off getting repaired.

 

 

3/30/10 wheels done plus a few odds and ends.

 

3/28/10 Splitting time with the other pan: Wheels are almost done. And most of the chassis is done. Still have a motor and trans to do later this year.

 

3/14/10 Did the heads today. Basically cleaned everything, lapped the valves, and reassembled since everything was still in spec. Got the flywheels apart. Not as lucky on the bottom end as I was on the top, but it's probably never been rebuilt: I'll be replacing bushings and bearings in the lower end.

 

2/1/10 Paint work done. Still need a Pinstriper for a few misc parts though (contact me if local and interested). My spin on the factory '63 paint scheme.

 

12/20/09

 

 

 

OLD NEWS

SURPRISES, SURPRISES

My "nice" gas tanks came in the mail, and they look like shit. Par example, took days of penetrant and alot of torching to get the top cap of the fuel rod off. similar conditions exist under the pretty lace paint job.

 

It's clear to me that the whole motor was sandblasted to clean it up. Later it was sold as a running motor on Ebay by the other the owner of Gangster Choppers. The silicone sealant everywhere and the electrical tape in the breather were all bonuses.

 

What? Is the sprocket shaft&bearing not supposed to be packed with sand and garbage?

 

1/2/10 Finally had time to do a litte more work. Looking at the linkert and all the hardware pretty much tells the tale: The entire engine was sand blasted while assembled. The spring in the linkert has become part of the carb and literally broke in half when removing the drain.

Is that more sand I see?

Like much of the hardware on the motor, the finish on the outsides of the choke disk looked like it had an odd, blasted, finish, so I rotated the choke disc to see. Sure enough, you can the difference b/t the areas that were exposed to sand blasting and not.

I'm sure this is good.

 

 

 

Standing sand in the intake ports. At this point I'm praying someone blasted the cylinders to paint them and never ran it again.

Apparently not. Nice looking pistons and cylinders, aye?

Got to the cam chest and I knew it was everywhere. Some of these are the size boulders: how the fuck did these even get in the motor, and who wouldn't realize this was a problem.

 

Silicon never really surprises me, but this shit is everywhere too (nice thin smears of it that make nice little bits to go all over the motor. Coming through the oil passages in the tappet blocks, in the breather, everywhere.

 

And this I can only assume is electrical tape, found in the breather.