YS 140 sport problem

[Joe Dunnaway]

I saw this happen on a 140 L at one of the contests last year...  Talked to 
the guy at the next contest and he had put the seat back in and peened 
around it.  He said it worked fine.

Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kane" <getterflash at yahoo.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: YS 140 sport problem


> Wow, that is a new one on me. I would send it back to
> YS Performance for a new head. My guess is the seats
> are cast in place, there is little you could do to
> repair it.
>
> --- iflyrc24 <iflyrc24 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>> I was trying to start my YS 140 Sport and could not
>> get it to fire. While cranking with the starter the
>> compression went totally away. I took the valve
>> cover off and noticed the intake valve clearance was
>> about 1/8" or so. I pushed in the valve to see if it
>> was stuck and it fell into the cylinder. I removed
>> the head and the intake valve and seat assembly came
>> out of the head fully assembled with spring and
>> keepers in tact.
>>
>> Can the intake assembly be reinstalled in the head
>> and what holds it in place? Other than aligning the
>> intake ports is there any other alignments to watch
>> for?
>>
>
> Bob Kane
> getterflash at yahoo.com
>
>
>
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