Soviet Steeds

Yes Van, I see that ""hole"", but does it go through the piston? I'd expect a whole bunch of troubles if it did penetrate. Pistons are cheap, so replace it. But, he's had an unusual amount of prior troubles from what I remember and now is a good time to check each piece of the puzzle, while they're ...

That cylinder bore looks perfect from what i can see here? So next, divide the problem in half, and test just the head for cracks and leaks. Bolt the head down to a flat surface using some ingenuity and parts locally available. Put pressure into the spark plug hole and verify that the head Does or D...

SidecarDan wrote:And here I thought my left muffler sat higher than the right because I slam it into the ground so often while flying the car.

Thanks Dan...now I've got to go check my left muffler, 'cause my crashbar drags the pavement before the muffler does.

ill go over the harness looking for places 2 volts could leak out. Ground is solid and secure on the top left engine bolt stud. Is there another place that could be more "groundier" Do you have a "master disconnect" switch like I have on my '02, located under the seat plate behind left side cover? ...

oops, I must've taken too long of a siesta when thinking of those relays. Don't feel bad about that overlooked wire though, good work! I once did the same thing on my older California rig, at the first battery replacement. The overlooked wire connected to a solenoid that helped open an emission cont...

Sorry that I'm late to this chat, but WWID about finding TDC...? Take out the plugs to make engine easy to spin, get the pusher wheel off the ground, put tranny into 4 th gear. Use a hand held drinking straw inserted into left plug hole, rotate engine with kick start lever, and when you feel straw m...

If your relay(s) are under the seat and anywhere the battery, check the relay(s) for correct insertion into their socket(s) as they could have been jostled while getting the battery out/in. Do make sure that wires heading into the socket base are fully pushed inwards all the way. The spade lugs thes...

Be happy that you kept the re-torque to 29 lbs. BMW and even Chevrolet kept their aluminum block head bolt figures at or below this figure on their 1960's engines. Did Ural think their aluminum was better quality than the Germans or Americans? 36 ft/lbs works out to be roughly 25% higher than the Ge...

Another item...somewhere around 2005 Ural went to 19 inch wheels. Prior to this they used 18 inch wheels. I'm thinking you'll need a new wheel for your older hack (plus a new spare) to match up with the larger wheels on your new ride. Oh well, life is what it is and not always what we want.

Very nice tip Van, thank you.

I just found/fixed intermittent ignition troubles. Thought it was the 14 yr old ignition switch, but wasn't. It was the ground connection path between frame and battery negative post. There is a master disconnect switch on my yr/model, in that path, hidden underneath the seat base plate and behind t...

Clean the snot off of the steel pressure plates, replace the friction disc plates. Lightly smear grease on the tranny shaft splines. Get new clutch screws. Then your main trouble will be aligning all the inner circle teeth that engage the splines on the tranny shaft. You don't mention having made a ...

A Ural that doesn't smoke? Hilarious...

I agree with isldtime. I would get the timing light out and check it. I have a spare ignition module if you want to try swapping it out to see if that is the problem. If so send me a PM with your address and I will "loan" it to you so you can see if that might be the porblem. Thanks for the offer, ...

Easing down a country road, 30 mph, engine(?) starts making loud knocking sound. Stopped, started checking the usual suspects. Tranny-- ok, spins freely in all gears with clutch pulled in, by spinning the rear wheel. Engine-- spins smoothly using kick starter with plugs pulled Compression-- above 12...