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Z1000 A1 Cylinder Head

#1 PostAuthor: brigger » Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:43 am

Am refurbing the engine and have found a crack from the exhaust valve to the valve guide which I understand is difficult to repair ? I am looking for a replacement and have posted an ad in the wanted section. Has anyone had this problem and do you know of any specialist engineers who could offer advise on poss repair? :cry:
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#2 PostAuthor: freddyz1r » Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:58 am

Brigger, I'm guessing, but no one knows where you are from :?: 'united kingdom' is rather large. My local engine repair place is 'mansfield engine centre' , thats Nottinghamshire.
They are sociable and helpful. :D been trading for 30years? Is that any good to you?
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#3 PostAuthor: z1000puddin » Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:57 pm

Is the crack on the valve seat ?


I had SEP fix a cracked seat, very good job done,

http://www.sep-kegworth.co.uk/page1.htm

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#4 PostAuthor: brigger » Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:17 am

Hi Freddie, thanks for reply. I am in Macclesfield, so Mansfield not too far away. Have you got contact details for this eng shop. Many thanks
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#5 PostAuthor: freddyz1r » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:39 am

www.mansfieldenginecentreltd.co.uk/
I cant do these links brigger, so if you tap 'mansfield engine centre' into google it'll come up.
Cheers freddy

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#6 PostAuthor: freddyz1r » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:43 am

Scratch that last, ( I'm like a technooooooo :twisted: )
Erm, calming down :roll:
the link works :xbou :up
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#7 PostAuthor: tlc » Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:16 am

My head had exactly the same crack.

Get an engine expert to look at it and you may find that it's nothing to worry about.
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#8 PostAuthor: brigger » Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:46 pm

Hi Fellas, thanks for the pos feedback am chuffed. have managed to source a new head via ebay, hopefully it will good and wont need to repair old one. Bigger
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