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- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:25 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Pre-2007 (?) Sidecar Turn Signals Problem - Fixed!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 643
Re: Sidecar Turn Signals Problem
I don't mind electricals. Hate electronics, but electrical's OK. The important thing to remember, and to keep on telling yourself throughout, is that electrical can be sneaky, but it's still got to obey rules (which is why I hate electronics, which is just magic boxes). A couple of questions Are the...
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:01 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
As a last-ditch, I've changed the 50 weight oil back to 30, and it's made no difference. This is where I'd really appreciate talking to someone who really know dnepr engines, like dneprlover or someone. No disrespect to you, Jeff, I've appreciated your advice, but now I really need to ask specific d...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Hang on, hang on--people, come back here...
"...they failed to drill the oil passage in the bearing for the right side top end oiling."
Is this true for Dnepr's too? Was I supposed to drill holes through the front bearing on the crankshaft?
This is important, because I certainly didn't do this.
"...they failed to drill the oil passage in the bearing for the right side top end oiling."
Is this true for Dnepr's too? Was I supposed to drill holes through the front bearing on the crankshaft?
This is important, because I certainly didn't do this.
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Will letting it idle in place achieve the same thing? It's just that the bike's unregistered and the cop shop's just down the street. It's a $1400 fine if I get caught--$700 for an unregistered vehicle on the road, and $700 for driving a vehicle without insurance (and since you can't insure an unreg...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:36 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Well, my oil light's going off like it should, so there must be something. It did occur to me some time later I should have hooked up my oil pressure gauge. But yeah, there' these little cylinder-shaped cam slider things that push the pushrods. They've got cutouts that must catch the mist, which the...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:53 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Had another thought--maybe I'm just being too impatient? How long does it take a noticeable amount of oil to travel from the sump to the cylinder heads, considering it's got to become mist and go through those little sliders?
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
OK, it's been a farking $#!+ of a year, but I cleaned out the engine with kero, made sure the channels were clear, and finally put it all back together again. It started. Yay. But there's no oil getting into either cylinder head. Before I snapped the crank, back when everything was running well, I w...
- Fri May 15, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
OK, everyone's agreed that using the grease was a "bad choice", and may be the cause of my problem. I need to pull the engine back apart, as soon as I can make garage space again and clean it all out. Bugger. What's a good grease-remover for a "poverty-rider" to use inside the engine? I've been usin...
- Fri May 15, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Just so people are clear, my bike is a dnepr MT9, NOT a ural. I mention this because that tappet and tappet guide above does not look at all familiar. I didn't address how the oil gets into the crankshaft, which I assume is via magic, but the two journals each have a hole in them. I assume this is t...
- Fri May 15, 2020 9:13 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Thanks for the link.
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That diagram's clear as mud.

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That diagram's clear as mud.


- Fri May 15, 2020 9:07 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil feed diagram
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1064
Re: Oil feed diagram
A google-translate: Ural motorcycle lubrication system I really want to hope that by reading this material, you will not only learn all the mysterious ways of oil movement through invisible channels, but also find your own (maybe a little different from the “instruction manual”) opinion about which ...
- Thu May 14, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
Do you mean the hole down the bottom? Doesn't that just allow oil out?
- Thu May 14, 2020 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Re: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
I'd just make sure all orifices are clear.....if oid comes in via the valve pushers it has to go out some way and that's worth checking it's clear and a bit of sealer or gasket hasn't blocked it. Thought of that after posting, and pulled the cylinder out enough to pull out the sliders. The silders ...
- Tue May 12, 2020 8:22 am
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Oil not getting to right cylinder head
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1840
Oil not getting to right cylinder head
OK, I've finally rebuilt my bike after snapping the crankshaft, and I'm feeling quite pleased with myself because it's starting with one kick and idling quite happily (if a bit fast. Adjusting the carbs is on the agenda). I'm particularly pleased with myself because I took the opportunity to complet...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Hammerin' and Wrenchin' (all model years)
- Topic: Snapped crank shaft
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1888
Re: Snapped crank shaft
The guy who sold me the crankshaft was surprised by the undersizing, and the best theory he can come up with was that the Loyal Soviet Comrade Worker! had hit the vodka a bit hard that day. I find this theory eminently believable. Comrade probably had quotas to fill. His solution is to send me (free...