So my neighbor has a '69 175 Enduro that was his dad's, and since his dad passed away a few years ago, it's pretty sentimental to him now. Here's the deal:
It hadn't run in 10-15 years. He got it kicked over and fired up, it ran for an hour or so. He rode it around the neighborhood, and then it stalled. He walked it home and asked me to look at it. It wouldn't even kick over. I was too busy at the time to really take it apart to diagnose it for him, so he took it to a shop that told him it would be between $700 and $1700 to fix. Needless to say, he's not looking forward to spending that much.
What do any of you think happened? My theory is that the oil injection wasn't working and he seized the piston in the bore. Would a simple top end rebuild and overbore to clean it up fix it? I just can't see how that shop thinks it'll take so much to resurrect it. I could do the work for him and the parts are between $20 and $120 depending on the bore damage. Plus machine work, it wouldn't cost much at all. Right?
Or am I missing something big?
It hadn't run in 10-15 years. He got it kicked over and fired up, it ran for an hour or so. He rode it around the neighborhood, and then it stalled. He walked it home and asked me to look at it. It wouldn't even kick over. I was too busy at the time to really take it apart to diagnose it for him, so he took it to a shop that told him it would be between $700 and $1700 to fix. Needless to say, he's not looking forward to spending that much.
What do any of you think happened? My theory is that the oil injection wasn't working and he seized the piston in the bore. Would a simple top end rebuild and overbore to clean it up fix it? I just can't see how that shop thinks it'll take so much to resurrect it. I could do the work for him and the parts are between $20 and $120 depending on the bore damage. Plus machine work, it wouldn't cost much at all. Right?
Or am I missing something big?
