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How much of the restoration will you do or did
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- malmac
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I am in Australia, so have no experience with work from Salis. I do get parts from there amongst other sources.
Jan at Salis has been very helpful and I think he would always do quality work.
I have had my frame straightened by a chap in Australia, but that was many years ago and can't think of his name.
Other than that I have done all the work on refurbishing my engine myself.
Mal
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- Discogodfather
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Everyone does a bit of a metric in their minds about how much something will cost and how long it will take. It usually takes us completely out of the game to begin with - we simply cannot afford it in either time or money.
The the secret is to think of it holistically, not as some kind of single, linear event. If you see it as work, and do a little every day (or ever weekend), even if it is just 1 thing (like turning one screw, labeling 1 wire, etc) then these issues tend to resolve themselves. Buy parts as needed and just go through it item by item. Make sure you have something else to ride, something dependable, so there is no "waiting" for something. Don't set time targets and forget time, just think of it as a regular ritual. If your tired or have something else to do, then do it and don't feel bad. Just enforce a rigid code: you have to do at least 1 thing in your free time every week.
I've found this is the key to stress free success in projects going back 25 years. Adding a few projects to the mix also is possible, you just do something else when your waiting on something from the other project. The key thing is to DO something, not think about it too much. I've probably wasted half my free time worrying about the effort it takes to do something which actually barely rivals the effort to think about it in the first place.
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Re: How much of the restoration will you do or did
1. Paint - I'd love to learn to do this myself but I've found a guy that does a brilliant job, is quick and reasonably priced
2. Welding - This is something that I will explore but again I know someone that has been welding for the last 30 years and is quick and reasonably priced and understands what's needed for things like replacing centre stand brackets, repairing fins and exhaust threads... it will take awhile (maybe 30 years) for me to gain those types of skills.
3. Head work and cylinders- currently I do farm this out but is definitely something I'd like to have crack at (on my own bike)..
4. Crank - I'm working with someone that has the tools, we've built a crank jig, we have the right press so this will be a work in progress and long term is something that I'd like to get proficient as there's not that many doing here in Australia....
5. Final drive - I do
6. Electrics - I do
7. Gearbox is the next project and I plan to do this moving forward
8. Engine build - I do.
Its been an interesting journey and continues to be a journey.... My aim is to make every build better than the last and to do a bit more myself each time. The best part is I never stop learning!
My next project is my R68 and I'll post a thread early next year when I kick it off!
- Rodolfo850
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Nice Job Malmac, I have been following your posts, and you have a really high end skills and enthusiast soul.malmac wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 4:19 pmJamesjwonder wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:01 pmI do everything myself except:
- Paint of bodywork and frame, including pinstripes. I have a great painter and striper who knows vintage BMWs. I do small paint work myself though.
- Crankshaft rebuilding. Currently I do not do this but I am setting up to do it myself. Will let you know truly how hard it is after I set up and rebuild a few of mine.
- Head rebuilding. I do not do this. There are some experts out there. If others were not doing it I would figure it out but you do need a lathe, milling machine and valve grinding tools all of which I have.
- Cylinder boring/honing. As above.
- Chrome and Cadmium plating. I have the experts handle this.
- Anything that involves caustic chemicals. I will let others who do it for a living handle those!!
- Lacing wheels. Just too time consuming and I have a friend who has done it for years.
- Mounting tires. I can do it and have done it, but it’s too hard on the old body. Again the same friend who laces wheels does this for me.
Everything else I do!!!
Since I am lucky enough to own a small machine shop (for our vintage race cars) I have made all the BMW tools myself and in the process of making a crank jig now. Will let you all know how that turns out!!
Thanks for the update.
Perhaps we can start a thread on the crankshaft rebuild.
While there are many things I will not be attempting, like chrome plating and also rebuilding the worn journals on the crank.
I have already started on the press tools for disassembly, so I am following along behind you.
We could incorporate the crankshaft trueing stand as part of that thread.
Regards Mal
I learnt a lot from the tools you have made, I also have my own version of Matra and Ed korns Many in one.
I would like to help with the post (about crankshaft rebuild), since I have done my own tools and could fix within BMW specs R27 & R60/2 cranks.
Kind Regards
Rodolfo
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Re: How much of the restoration will you do or did
I will vouch for Rodolfo. I found a post of his about rebuilding an armature and thought, "Wow, you can do that yourself?!" I got in touch with him and he has figured out how to do a lot of his own work and has been advising me about how to make my own field coils. Doug Rinckes has also been a great help.
Nice Job Malmac, I have been following your posts, and you have a really high end skills and enthusiast soul.
I learnt a lot from the tools you have made, I also have my own version of Matra and Ed korns Many in one.
I would like to help with the post (about crankshaft rebuild), since I have done my own tools and could fix within BMW specs R27 & R60/2 cranks.
Kind Regards
Rodolfo
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Re: How much of the restoration will you do or did
R69S - R60/2 - R67/2 - R51/3 - R69