Recent content by Will_m

I'll try that this evening. Wash the engine down and let it dry and then throw some baby powder on it and let it run for 20 seconds or so to let the oil start flowing. In the meantime I am open to any more suggestions on where to look.

So I've got a major oil leak between cylinders 1 and 2 on my bike that coincidentally started after my family's mechanic tried to fix the leak in the valve cover that I couldn't solve. He removed the cam caps to find out they were stripped out and heli-coiled them for me again. On the ride home...

Long story short the bolts that hold the spark advancer cover on are completely seized to the crank case cover. I've got a bit of a hanging idle and I suspect the spark advancer is hanging up and I would like to be able to access it anyway. I have tried several high end bolt extractors to no...