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I would think that ALL rubber parts in the engine would need replaced. And frankly, I would not stop at anything less than a full teardown and rebuild on everything. But....its your bike.
I think Ill be getting by with replacing these external easy to get to seals cause the engine turns over and fires with compression.
Hard to know what seals were affected, but I'd be tempted to just replace all were exposed to the fire. For the oil line from the case to the rocker box and between the rocker boxes, just good quality heat rated vacuum line as @Joe12RK posted.
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It will be up to your desire to get it running.....but I think you need to pull the motor out and disassemble it. Hard to say what is going wrong inside unless you look. Fire could have done things.....and I certainly don't know what, so if it was mine....its getting torn down and rebuilt.
It will be up to your desire to get it running.....but I think you need to pull the motor out and disassemble it. Hard to say what is going wrong inside unless you look. Fire could have done things.....and I certainly don't know what, so if it was mine....its getting torn down and rebuilt.
Starter nuts were hardly finger tight. In a half *** storage unit set up, home garage had burned, motel stay over three months now, will replace seals that were leaking, its an Ultima 96 inch engine only about 1000 on it. If the motor turns out fine keep moving along when time permits, still at my day job at 65.
Im having a heck of a time pressing in the handlebar riser bushings: I guess the heat must have contracted after cooling reducing the sizing as shown, the top of the riser holes even somewhat smaller I dont get it, but the bushings werent entirely seated inside of the riser holes of the tree, 6/10 of an inch poking out from the bottom. Ive been pressing in from the bottom, using threaded stock and nuts.
I was stuck on a standard app using the phone so the photos look dumb. Got back to the mobile app.
Last edited by 68oramac; Oct 27, 2025 at 06:05 AM.
Im having a heck of a time pressing in the handlebar riser bushings: I guess the heat must have contracted after cooling reducing the sizing as shown, the top of the riser holes even somewhat smaller I dont get it, but the bushings werent entirely seated inside of the riser holes of the tree, 6/10 of an inch poking out from the bottom. Ive been pressing in from the bottom, using threaded stock and nuts.
I was stuck on a standard app using the phone so the photos look dumb. Got back to the mobile app.
The triple tree is designed to position the bushings correct....i.e. they inside diameter at the top is smaller to act as a stop when pushing the bushing in from the bottom. And yes, the bushing correctly extends below the tree by the approximately 6/10 of an inch you mentioned. Mine are on my 72 FLH. As far as the actual dimensions....I doubt the heat would cause it to be smaller in diameter. They bushings are a press fit into the tree. I would make sure there are no burrs, or other restrictions to pushing them in from the bottom. It also could be the new "Chinese made" bushings are too large in diameter. If the fit is too tight...you will have to find a way to machine the ID to fit...or reduce OD of the bushings.
Thanks for keeping us posted on the progress.
But what about the 69 Camaro, did it survive?
My Sun had not the means of keeping this and no purpose in it went to Copart, the motor transmission, LS and a five speed 600 tremec couldve been yanked out, but he collected all on it.
My Sun had not the means of keeping this and no purpose in it went to Copart, the motor transmission, LS and a five speed 600 tremec couldve been yanked out, but he collected all on it.
The plasma cutter is on the lower left in the photo. Somehow, spark made its way back inside the rocker box caught the fuel on fire. He had walked into the house minute after. Absolutely no leakage that he or I knew of. I had that car on a rotisserie 16 years ago, much joy and progress over the years.
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