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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    Thank you for the links. I have some sad news to report. I do not know him or spoke with him. I emailed Ian at oldjapanesebikes.com to see if I could get a PDF of the FSM as he has it on his site. His wife emailed me back this morning informing me that he passed away on Friday. I know from...
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    I take it back. Turns out I am not a internet wizard. My son has just sourced me all the gaskets and also the crank seals online. Now back to cleaning, then to attempt to put this engine back together. This is my very first time tearing down and rebuilding a motor. I am mechanically...
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    Update. Media blaster is up and running, now to clean everything. I have been searching for gaskets and have had no luck at all. I am looking at a Allpax gasket kit, has anyone ever used one ? Any other ideas from the people who have had to manufacture their own gaskets ? Thanks.
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    Teazer, Thanks for the reply. this is exactly the kind of advice I am looking for. This is my first engine full rebuild, so not any exp really. I have a link to a FSM, but it is really hard to navigate as it is not in a PDF style format, it is in HTML, click for each page, no directory or...
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    So.... I am in over my head. Glad I decided to split the bottom, do it right the first time. I will for sure be needing some technical info when putting it back together. I labeled most bolts and bagged them, but parts fell off during the tear down which I am not sure where they belong...
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    Ok. I have decided I will split the bottom. I do not have a ton of experience in this, so I will be posting progress and asking questions when necessary. Now that I have decided to do this, I feel like a vapor blast may be in order. I have access to a media blaster, do you guys think walnut...
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    Hello from me !

    LOL. I have been doing this over and over. Don't know why but I keep calling it a Kawasaki and not a Suzuki. I even stopped in a dealer to find parts and went to the Kawasaki counter today. Maybe covid brain mush syndrome ?
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    I would prefer not to split the bottom end. I am pretty confident that someone did a "redneck rebuild" about 5 yrs ago and it was never even started after that, looks like they never finished getting it back together. That being said, I really love this bike and have no plans on selling. So...
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    Hello from me !

    Thanks for all the welcomes. I have started a thread in the project forums under cafe racers for this build. Here is the link: https://www.dotheton.com/index.php?threads/74-suzuki-t500-the-phoenix.77691/
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    74 Suzuki T500 - The Phoenix

    So I will be attempting to raise the dead. We will be calling her Phoenix, rising from the ashes. I think I have a pretty decent starting point. The bike came to me in pieces, but it looks like I have most of the parts. First things first, the engine. Drained the oil, which looked like new...
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    Hello from me !

    Thanks for the replies. I will be taking pictures and start a new thread in the project forums tomorrow. Tim, I am not sure where this will take me, but I am thinking a full resto is not what I'm after. I for sure will not be hacking anything to keep it from a full resto in the future. So...
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    Hello from me !

    Brand new member here from AZ, USA. I have what should be a quite cool project. I have inherited my Father's 1974 Kawasaki T500. Bike is a basket case. My biggest concern is finding parts. Like the banjo bolts with check valves for the oil feed. I have one, but the other is missing. I...
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