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A while back I purchased a 1980 CX500 Deluxe that didn't run. PO said it ran but it had sat for a few years. He decided to try and get it running but only wanted to spend 100 bucks to do so. Long story short he never got it done. I pick it up for 250 bucks and I can't figure out what the hell is wrong with it. Everything seems right, it feels like it wants to run but acts like the timing is off. Well what had happened is, he told me this but I had forgotten, he had pulled the coils off the bike at one point in time and and put them back on the wrong sides. So all I had to do was swap the two wires going to the coils and it started up.
So I feel like I got a good deal. Not the best looker but for 250 and my first bike, I wasn't complaining. I rode it for a few months up until it snowed. So there she sat for about a month until I decided to break into her.
The carbs are getting rebuilt with the help of Larry's book. I want to paint the engine and I decided while that was it was out to replace the water pump seal as well. I don't know if its leaking, if it is it is very slight. That being the case would it be okay to do the quick method or should I just replace the whole thing whiles it is out?
I have been reading up on it and it seems most people suggest checking the cam chain while it is out as well. How do you tell if its good or bad?
I read something once before about checking the oil pump or something like that, I can't remember what it was. Any idea of what that might be?
I hope to change a few things up on it during the off season but if all else fails I at least want to get these few things done. If anyone has any other things I should give attention to while the engine is out please let me know.
And I know how everyone likes pictures so here ya go.
So I feel like I got a good deal. Not the best looker but for 250 and my first bike, I wasn't complaining. I rode it for a few months up until it snowed. So there she sat for about a month until I decided to break into her.
The carbs are getting rebuilt with the help of Larry's book. I want to paint the engine and I decided while that was it was out to replace the water pump seal as well. I don't know if its leaking, if it is it is very slight. That being the case would it be okay to do the quick method or should I just replace the whole thing whiles it is out?
I have been reading up on it and it seems most people suggest checking the cam chain while it is out as well. How do you tell if its good or bad?
I read something once before about checking the oil pump or something like that, I can't remember what it was. Any idea of what that might be?
I hope to change a few things up on it during the off season but if all else fails I at least want to get these few things done. If anyone has any other things I should give attention to while the engine is out please let me know.
And I know how everyone likes pictures so here ya go.


