Great news! I put the bike in 6th and rolled it down the hill (yes I was on it, no I didn't give it a shove and let it go:drunk
on my road to see if the engine was seized or if there was any rattling/knocking and to my surprise it turned over just fine with no ill sounds! Since the guy said it was blown and my first test didn't show any problems I looked it over from top to bottom and found that there was a crack in the front of the block near the bottom that had been covered in what looks like some kind of putty.
If this is the only problem with it, I should be able to scrape off the putty and have it welded (not sure what it's made of, searches didn't turn up any results to my surprise; if anyone could shed light on this it'd be appreciated) by either my grandfather or my dad's friend. My grandpa would be able to weld it if it was iron, and my dad's buddy is an aluminum welder for a shop, so either way I'm covered. (Edit: Just looked up JB Weld and DevCon metal epoxy and it looks like that would be a smarter, more cost effective option to try first.)
I picked it up cheap enough that I wouldn't be disappointed if I still had to replace the engine, but this would cut the cost of getting the bike completed literally in half!
on my road to see if the engine was seized or if there was any rattling/knocking and to my surprise it turned over just fine with no ill sounds! Since the guy said it was blown and my first test didn't show any problems I looked it over from top to bottom and found that there was a crack in the front of the block near the bottom that had been covered in what looks like some kind of putty.If this is the only problem with it, I should be able to scrape off the putty and have it welded (not sure what it's made of, searches didn't turn up any results to my surprise; if anyone could shed light on this it'd be appreciated) by either my grandfather or my dad's friend. My grandpa would be able to weld it if it was iron, and my dad's buddy is an aluminum welder for a shop, so either way I'm covered. (Edit: Just looked up JB Weld and DevCon metal epoxy and it looks like that would be a smarter, more cost effective option to try first.)
I picked it up cheap enough that I wouldn't be disappointed if I still had to replace the engine, but this would cut the cost of getting the bike completed literally in half!
