Bringing 1983 / 2005 back to live

[DW69K0]

Uli,
Nice job on the oil lines!
Steve's restoration advice worked great.
Best,
DW

[Sgt.Pinback]

I live 60 miles north of Denver !

Great!

We booked with eagle riders...Denver  -Glen wood Springs........ Montrose ...Cortez ......Alamosa. .....Vail.......Denver.

Oh taxi to station is coming now. Cheers

[Sgt.Pinback]

Sorry for OT... epic trip...here we are ... (BMW is mine. .)

[Sgt.Pinback]

Back home.

Got parcel. Set of early sandcast instruments in great condition. Found those on local ebay.

[Sgt.Pinback]

Finally managed to get the brake line out of the caliper.

Lots of heat (I doubt that the caliper is painted, at least there is no sign of burned paint after the heat gun) but no way with a brake line wrench.
Had to cut the line and tried with a 10 nut. No way either (turned inside the nut).

Even more heat and a water pump plier did it.

Don't tell me this was the holy grail of brake lines!

[kp]

Back home.

Got parcel. Set of early sandcast instruments in great condition. Found those on local ebay.

They look great but they have been restored These instruments are not original unrestored Sorry to be the bearer of bad news if it is bad news

[Sgt.Pinback]

Yes, but I hope they are correct to #1983 sancast newertheless?

[DW69K0]

Uli,
The gauges in the photos are correct for your bike's Vin, they are series II style gauges with small chamfers which fit the middle run Sandcast.
DW

[Sgt.Pinback]

Thanks for info.

These are the gauges the bike came with. Diecast, but unrestored with patina.

[UK Pete]

good score on the gauges uli, definitely the right ones for your vin
pete

[Sgt.Pinback]

Got back the front brake caliper holder from a mate of the German CB750 four club.

He overhault it (and a spare one) by boring up the caliper holder joint, grinding it (correct word?) and molding in (?) teflon coated bushings.

That wont squeak any more!

[Sgt.Pinback]

With help of a friend a took out the engine today. Made that for the first time in my life.

Don't think i will get that engine clean by myself. Maybe I will have that blasted with dry ice. How do you call that ....Vapor blasting?

[Sgt.Pinback]

Opened the oil pan. Found a lot of plastic chips.

[Sgt.Pinback]

E2005 has the early oil pan (without the both rectangular castings), lower engine case has a casting date.

[Sgt.Pinback]

Frame and other parts ready to be painted.