1984 XT 600 troubles
One of my friends recently picked up a 1984 XT 600. He is not very mechanically savy and asked me to help him out. We changed the oil and filter and gave the machin the once over. It started and ran nicely. He wants to register it for the road so we were in the process of checking the lights and noticed we had no voltage going to the lights. I removed the center big screw on the left side of the engine cover thinking that the magneto was under there that supplies power. When we start the bike it runs for about a minute and then starts flinging oil out. Is this normal? Also after it warms up and we shut it off it does not want to restart. I am going to put a compression gauge on it this coming weekend, any idea what I should see. It almost seems like the crank seal is gone. The bike did sit for a couple of years and considering it is 25 years old this may be a possibility.
Any Ideas or comments,suggestions from you folks?
Regards,
Brian
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