So awhile back I picked up two FL350 as a package deal. One was running and the other was not. Both needed work. I completed the repairs on the running one, sold it, made my money back and then some. The other has been sitting in my shop looking sad as ever so I started to dig into it.
Initial review.
- gas tank roached out
- throttle & brake cable locked up
- brake master and rear caliper frozen
- no battery / pull start rope broken
- severe sun fade on the powder coat as it sat outside for a looonng time
I started by pulling the air box & carb. Mouse nest in the air box and the carb was rather dirty inside. I then rebuilt the carb & I then pulled the gas tank to replace the pull rope. The flywheel section of the
Engine was pretty nasty and I could tell water or moisture had made its way in. Pulled the reed cage to inspect and reeds were shot and the intake boot had a 1in cut in it on the bottom. I replaced the reeds and installed a new intake boot.
Checked compression and had 130psi. Sweet!
Replaced Engine vacuum line for the fuel pump and bought a battery for it. The starter did not work at first as the bendix gear was frozen up. I was able to free it up & then worked as it should. Tried to crank it over and realized the clutch was hopping up and down. Either the bearing is gone or the crank is no good. I don’t think it’s the bearing because the crank has no play by hand.
I ordered a case rebuild kit and have a spare crank to install. I have pulled then Engine and started to tear it down.
I have replaced the bad cables & Nitrosport_5 rebuilt the brakes for me. I also was able to restore the paint using some rubbing compound and wax. Look 100% better than the sun faded patina.
I’ll update once the parts come in for the Engine.
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