{"id":607,"date":"2017-12-01T06:08:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T06:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.witham.net.nz\/?p=607"},"modified":"2017-12-01T06:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T06:11:35","slug":"engine-out-for-a-top-end-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/2017\/12\/01\/engine-out-for-a-top-end-rebuild\/","title":{"rendered":"Engine out for a Paint Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the seizure (which I reckon happened long before I bought this bike), I decided to remove the engine and paint it. I&#8217;m going to split the crankcases and make sure all is ok inside. Going on what I found in the sump of the 51 year old C100 I suspect it&#8217;s full of old oil\/tar\/sludge, which has reduced it&#8217;s liquid oil capacity. New gaskets on order and seals all ready to be fitted. With the big bore kit too, it&#8217;ll be better than new. I&#8217;ve got all new cap head allen screws to go in the cases too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witham.net.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0689.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-608 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witham.net.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0689-e1512108516803-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"CG125 engine painting\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0689-e1512108516803-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0689-e1512108516803-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0689-e1512108516803.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CG125 engine painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the seizure (which I reckon happened long before I bought this bike), I decided to remove the engine and paint it. I&#8217;m going to split the crankcases and make sure all is ok inside. Going on what I found in the sump of the 51 year old C100 I suspect it&#8217;s full of old &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/2017\/12\/01\/engine-out-for-a-top-end-rebuild\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Engine out for a Paint Job<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-honda-cg125-1984","category-motorbikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/witham.net.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}