Putting an engine back together

Like the title says I want to put this engine back together on my 81 seca 750 so i can get it powder coated, pending it still works of course. i'll be blunt I'm not a great grease monkey but I'm willing to learn, my only other experience is on my 99 katana and that was mostly just doing routine maintenance and tearing the carbs apart and cleaning them. this is where i'm at right now.
i bought the bike as a project that was already torn down. ordered a haynes manual today to help since I didn't like the OEM book much. I have all the parts to this bike and even bought a gasket set that seems to have every gasket there is. any ideas on how to start? or should I drink a nice tall glass of go F**K myself? hahahaha.

http://i.imgur.com/lLKtBn6.jpg

 

How far is the motor dismantled ? If it is totally stripped you will need to check everything is in spec, before you start the rebuild, that's main bearings, bores, pistons, et al.

 

as far as I can tell the heads are off and that's about it. the imgur link is a picture of the engine. I'll snap a few more tomorrow for better reference.

 

That's not so bad, check the bores & overhaul the head.
Any idea how many miles ?

 

The gauge reads 265XX here are few more pictures
http://i.imgur.com/j2tKSeS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KOYDFbS.jpg

 

I see the timing chain's down the canyon.

 

I would suggest polishing the tops of those pistons. Since you got the whole gasket set I would take the jugs off and replace that gasket too. Im rebuilding my engine right now too and its pretty easy. You can use a sharp razor blade to get that leftover gasket off and then follow up with some 600 grit sand paper to get the rest off and polish the surface. Have fun I hope to finish mine soon and will have pics on my build thread.

 

I wouldn't use any sort of abrasive on the mating surfaces, stick with the safety blade.

 

I found that paint stripper is helpful for the last little bits of gasket that you cant quite scrape off. (Rustins strypit)

then again I also went over all the surfaces with a dremel flapwheel..
prolly unnecessary, but it seemed less destructive than what was happening with the blade.

As Wizard pointed out, you've lost your camchain down the canyon which means either fishing it out with wire or upending the engine or dismantling more.

you say the bike was already torn down, which ring alarm bells for me. Do we know that there is nothing ugly floating around the crankcase?
(maybe we need to be sure)

I'm nearly finished with my engine rebuild, it is daunting as f%^& but really, the hard stuff is just corroded fixings (3 days trying to split the crankcase) and discovering that you need to buy another tool halfway through..

I do have a gigantic collection of bagged and labelled parts tho..
Gigantic.

good luk

 

Here in the States, NAPA spray-on gasket remover really works well; not so much the politically correct environmentally friendly odorless dab-on stuff.

As for scraping, a dull blade is ideal. Which is why I've had one of these in my tool box for over 40 years---

A gasket scraper. Won't gouge anything up.

 

I would seriously question the condition of the base gasket, and the cylinders could deffinately use a hone. I would take it the rest of the way just to confirm that no other surprises await.

You will need to split the cases to replace some of the oil seals anyway. You might as well replace the springs, caps, and rollers in the starter clutch while you are in there. Cheap insurance.

Ghost

 

I agree with caps & rollers, Ghost, but also check for hairline cracks in the body of the S/C.

 

you say powder coating!
do you mean the complete engine?
powder coating involves baking in an oven, not sure the rubber seals will stand that, unless there's a low temp method i've not heard of, :?
stu