Will It Run??? Honda 3 Wheeler Engine Junk Yard Restoration - ATC 125M Conversion Bike - Part 4

Описание: On this weeks episode I restore/rebuild an engine out of a 1985 Honda ATC 125 M 3 Wheeler. I found the engine parted out and rusting away in a junk yard. Is it going to need a full rebuild? We will find out!

Here are the rest of the build videos of the 3 wheeler conversion bike if you missed those!!

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If it runs, the engine is going in my monster fat tire trail bike I am building out of a TRASHED 1981 Honda ATC90 Three Wheeler and a bunch of other parts from just about every 3 wheeler model ever built! We're talking ATC90, ATC110, ATC125, ATC185, ATC200, and even some Big Red Parts went in to the build! Some people think it is a Fat Cat. Nope. It's a Fatter Cat!!!

We start out by pulling the scrap yard 3 wheeler off of the trailer and hook up a Walmart Everstart battery to see if the starter and relay works. The engine didn't make any weird noises so it looks like the crankshaft, bearings, rods, piston etc might be good to go! After I stole an ignition, coil and carburator off of my ATC 110 the engine fired right up. But does it smoke hahah.

After the test run, I sprayed the engine down with some Superclean degreaser from O'Reily auto and pressure washed it the the trust Generac Menard's special pressure washer.

After the engine has it's bath, I sanded it down with 400 grit sandpaper and used scotchbrite to scuff up any spots the sander missed. Once it was prepped for paint, I mixed up some PPG Shopline JAU single stage silver paint and painted the block.

I then masked off the head and used silver VHT flameproof header paint to make the head look new again. Then, I masked off the cylinder and hand brushed some Duplicolor engine paint on that. I also used the Dupli color engine paint to freshened up the timing advancer cover.

The high low range selector was missing the original plastic covering so I used some red Plastidip (plasti-dip) to make it look new again. I also dipped the tips of the brake levers to make them look closer to OEM.

The last part of the engine restoration was to fix up the rust shift lever. I used a belt sander and sandblaster to get the deep scratches and rust. I than sanded the shifter with 400,600, and 800 grit sandpaper before buffing it to a mirror shine on the Harbor Freight buffer.

Then I move the shifter over to the ebay special Ultrasonic cleaner before moving over to some nickel plating in my diy homemade nickel plating tank. The rusty chrome was gone and the shifter looks almost show quality!

Be sure to tune in next week when we continue building the 3 wheeler conversion dirt bike!

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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Getting the Junker Running
1:38 - Giving the Engine a Bath
3:17 - Painting the Engine Block
5:17 - Painting the Head and Cylinder
6:29 - Detailing the Engine
7:58 - Nickel Plating Rusty Chrome

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