BIKE ENGINE SWAPPED RELIANT FIRST START!!!!!! - Motorbike Engine Swap (PT.9)

Summary

This video documents the adventurous journey of restoring a unique ReliOn Rialto, transformed by integrating a Kawasaki Zex 6r motorcycle engine. The host describes the initial challenge of the engine not starting due to the starter motor not engaging with the flywheel. After consulting with the community and experts, they investigate various potential issues, from electrical connections to mechanical alignments. Through troubleshooting that involves adjusting the starter gear, checking fuel delivery, and ensuring proper wiring, the team finally succeeds in getting the engine to run. The excitement is palpable as they navigate through technical difficulties to a triumphant start, setting the stage for future modifications to get the vehicle driving.

Takeaways

• 👨‍🔧 He is fixing up a Kawasaki Ninja motorbike engine he bought
• 🚧 Had issues getting the engine started - starter motor not engaging flywheel
• 🔧 Took apart starter assembly to inspect - found starter drive gear misaligned
• ✅ Fixed misalignment and got engine cranking with starter
• ⛽ Had fuel delivery issues - fixed with new fuse and repositioning sensors
• ✅ Got engine started and idling smoothly
• 😀 Very happy to have solved multiple issues and gotten bike running
• 🚘 Still much work ahead - making prop shaft, brake lines, etc. to get driving
• ⏩ Will continue work in future videos to get bike fully operational
• 🤞🏍 Hopes to get bike doing wheelies but not fully street legal

Q & A

What kind of vehicle is the narrator working on?

The narrator is working on a ReliOn Rialto motorbike that they bought without knowing much about it.

What was the main issue they were trying to fix in the video?

The main issue was that the motorbike would not start when they tried to turn the key. The starter motor was just spinning but not engaging the flywheel.

How did they diagnose the root cause of why it wasn't starting?

By removing the starter cover, they found that a hose was blocking the starter gear from properly engaging. Once they moved the hose, the starter gear was able to reach and turn the flywheel.

How did they get the motorbike to start initially?

They bypassed some of the safety mechanisms by bridging two wires together to send power directly to the starter.

What other issues did they have to fix before it would run properly?

They had to fix a faulty fuse, reconnect a coil pack, and ensure the fuel pump was working by sending 12 volts directly to it.

Why was the narrator worried even after getting it running?

Because there is still a lot of work left to make it fully drivable, and they were concerned the clutches may not have been installed correctly.

What is the next major task they need to undertake?

The next major task is to get the motorbike actually driving, which will require fabricating a prop shaft, installing brake lines, and more.

Will the motorbike likely ever be road legal?

No, the narrator acknowledges it is unlikely to ever pass inspection and be made road legal.

Who helped diagnose the issues over the phone?

MK Sports Cars and a person named Ad who also owns the same type of motorbike helped diagnose the issues over the phone and social media.

What accessory does the narrator show toward the end of the video?

Towards the end, they show a custom sequential shifter that someone made for the motorbike.

Outlines

00:00

😀 An introduction to the video about fixing a motorcycle engine in a car

The first paragraph introduces the video, which is about installing a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R motorcycle engine into an old Pontiac Fiero. It talks about fixing up the engine over the past few months and getting it running after some troubleshooting in the previous episode.

05:03

😕 Troubleshooting issues with the starter motor

The second paragraph explains the issues with the starter motor not engaging the flywheel and spinning freely. After some research and advice, the cause was found to be a tight silicon hose preventing the starter gear from properly engaging.

10:04

😀 Successfully starting the engine after resolving issues

The third paragraph describes resolving the starter issue by repositioning the hose, fixing a fuse, and ensuring the sensors were positioned correctly. After some attempts, the engine successfully started up.

15:06

🙂 Enjoying the accomplishment but anticipating future work

The fourth paragraph expresses excitement about getting the engine running but mentions there is still much work to be done. The next steps will be getting the engine fully driving and roadworthy.

Keywords

💡motorcycle

The video focuses on fixing up a motorcycle engine. The narrator bought a ZX6R Kawasaki motorcycle and has been working on getting the engine running over the past few episodes. He talks through the process of diagnosing issues with the starter motor and clutch to finally get the motorcycle started.

💡starter motor

The starter motor is part of the motorcycle engine. It engages the flywheel to crank the engine on startup. The narrator discovered the starter motor was just spinning freely without engaging the flywheel, which is why the engine wouldn't start initially.

💡flywheel

The flywheel is a heavy wheel attached to the crankshaft in the motorcycle engine. When the starter motor spins the flywheel, it starts the sequence to get the pistons firing and the engine running. The flywheel wasn't initially being engaged because of an issue with the starter motor.

💡clutch

The clutch is a mechanism that connects and disconnects the engine from the transmission. The narrator refers to checking the clutch configuration, which could have been assembled incorrectly, leading to issues getting the motorcycle started.

💡fuel pump

The fuel pump delivers gasoline from the fuel tank to the engine. The narrator troubleshoots issues with the fuel pump not pumping enough gas to the engine, which was preventing it from starting.

💡sensors

The motorcycle has sensors on the wiring loom that cut power if the bike tips over as a safety precaution. The narrator ensures all sensors are oriented upright so they don't mistakenly think the bike has crashed.

💡crank

To crank means to turn the engine using the starter motor. When troubleshooting, the narrator uses a wire to bypass the starter relay so he can send direct power to crank the engine.

💡idle

Idle refers to the engine speed when the motorcycle is not being driven and is stationary. The narrator mentions the engine idling roughly at first because of fuel delivery issues.

💡drive

Now that the motorcycle engine is started, the next task is getting it to drive on the road. This will require additional work like installing brakes and controls.

💡sequence

The narrator references the sequence to start the motorcycle engine, which involves the starter motor spinning the flywheel, which gets the pistons moving to ignite fuel and generate power.

Highlights

The bike wouldn't start initially due to issues with the starter motor not engaging the flywheel properly.

The starter gear was misaligned and not making contact with the flywheel due to a tight silicon hose pushing it out of place.

After realigning the starter gear, the bike successfully cranked but still wouldn't start due to fuel delivery issues.

The fuel pump fuse and a coil pack had come loose, preventing proper fuel flow and spark.

After fixing those issues the bike started and ran roughly at first, but smoothed out over time.

Additional work is still needed to get the bike fully roadworthy including fabrication of a prop shaft and brake lines.

A sequential gear shifter has been custom made for the bike by someone to replace the original shifter.

There are still concerns about whether the clutches were installed correctly, which could cause issues when trying to get the bike moving.

The next steps will involve getting the drivetrain fully functioning to make the bike mobile beyond just running the engine.

Additional challenges are expected in the process of making the bike fully operational compared to just starting the engine.

The bike hit around 4000 RPM briefly during one of the test runs.

The bike is not likely to ever be fully street legal due to all the modifications.

The bike started successfully using the electric start button as the final resolution.

An enjoyable milestone was reached in getting the engine running, but much work lies ahead.

Performing wheelies with the bike is a future goal once fully operational.

Transcripts

hello everybody here is my Robin ReliOn

or actually this is a ReliOn Rialto

basically the same thing I bought this

with not really any intention of not

knowing what to do and this is probably

one of like the most iconic cars ever

there it

is what are we doing quickly we started

putting a m bag H in there b a [ __ ] M

wait what we bought a motor bike so I

actually got a Zex 6r from a kawazaki in

there at the minute and the last couple

months we've been fixing up the engine

and the last episodes we've been trying

to get it running now in the last

episode it was the first time that we

ever turned the key and we're going to

start it are you ready

guys are you

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ready obviously nothing happened it did

not start now we dive down some issues

of why it wasn't starting and the

starter motor wasn't actually engaging

the flywheel it was just spinning and

spinning and spinning now when something

happens like this I can't sleep I can't

think I can't even do anything else but

just figure out the problem so all last

night I was messaging everybody I put it

on my Instagram story I was reading

every single forum and we might have

some solutions now huge thank you to

everybody who contacted me regarding

this I just want to say thank you to

three main people race car Wings MK

sports cars and AD off Instagram who's

also got one of these bites who's got a

lot of these bites now they've actually

given me a lot of doorways to go down to

figure out why this isn't starting but

MK and AD are pretty sure they know the

reason exactly why it's not now from my

first bit of research from the forums I

initially thought that I had something

wrong with the voltage or something

wrong with the polarity and instead of

sending the flywheel forwards it was

reversing the flywheel thus just

spinning absolutely nothing in just

spinning the free wheel but after a bit

of research I found that that isn't

really the case and that can't really

happen not on a 12 Vol battery like this

now I got a phone call from MK sports

cars this morning thank you MK sports

car for helping us and they pointed me

in a direction Something In Here

regarding one of the clutches now ad

messaged me on Instagram and he said the

exact same thing so what we've got to do

is we've got to take off this stat stat

cover I don't know a bike thing and

hopefully the issue is staring it all

right in the face before I did that I

wanted to just see if now what always

said I spoke to some of the guys this

morning I said it's stuck in gear I

can't get it out of gear and they said

these engines and these gear boxes are

quite clunky and fiddly and he said

sometimes you got to rock the bike

forward and back as you're going back

into neutral and I've just been doing

that a little bit with a bar on a socket

just by pulling it and I've got

underneath and I've just kicked it and

it's hopped out gear so I think I was

just being a bit of a buzzer so if I go

underneath now and do it like this I've

got all gear so

see we're inning out of gear now so that

means we've got neutral now in this

little cover here you we should have the

starter gear and another clutch gear now

how that works is the starter will come

through here like this I've just got out

of the minute and then it should engage

a little driver gear and the driver gear

spins the ring gear which in turn spins

the flywheel on the other side

apparently that's how it works

apparently what can happen is is that

this little the little starter gear the

little gear apparently that can get Mis

lodged or it can get misaligned or it

can get moved when you're putting the

starter in and it's not going to spin

this main gear so what we're going is

we're going to take these bolts off and

we're going to take this cover off and

just see what the hell's going on right

now the starter isn't in there we can

have a quick look without the starter

and then we can actually put the starter

in and we can actually try to start the

starter without this cover on we can see

exactly what's going on now I'm not

going to drain the oil it took about 45

minutes to fill the oil I'm just going

to put a container underneath here and

hope that nothing does come out all the

bolts are off I believe I'm might need

to give it a little bit of a w I think

they're all

off so let's just give it a little bit

of a tap with

something there we go right I hope

there's no h that comes

out

right okay so there the Alterna magnet

thing it's it's just it just it's just

floating like that so the

odds I need to check which way the

starter turns because if the starter is

turning the wrong way but this literally

just floats but the guys think that I

might have knocked it putting the

starter in and then it's just been like

this but I need to check which way cuz I

think the starter turns clockwise and if

that's the case it's just going to spin

it like like that and never never

engage so let me just hook the starter

up to some power again and see which way

it turns so I'm just going to test the

starter

here so the starter as we're looking at

it is going anticlockwise right so the

starter motor as we're looking at there

it goes anticlockwise right which means

it's going to push down on this gear and

it's going to turn that clockwise which

is the right way the right way

so the only thing what I'm going to do

I'm going to I'm going to pop the

starter in with this off so look where

the starter motor goes it's hitting the

as you said it's nowhere near

it I can't move it

over cuz that's where the hole goes look

mind you there is room for it to go up

though oh yeah yeah yeah yeah right

let's let's try and wiggle it around a

little bit so I've got to pull it up

yeah say hose is it yeah right so that's

probably so I reckon that hose has been

put on super tight with the Old ST motor

and then once they pulled the St motor

off the hose is just yeah gone back into

place and then now you can't get there

we

go yeah it was just behind the gear

basically right well that's so easy to

do well that's the thing if you don't

take the back off then never going to

see that cuz that's quite hard to get on

even with the back off isn't it yeah so

that yes that silicon hose is so tight

yeah oh my God it's going to start

running okay so from my research last

night I found a way to um bypass all of

the St or all of the safety mechanisms

and we're just going to bridge these two

together now what that's going to do

it's just going to send power straight

to the start if we do that it's going to

maybe potentially blow this fuse and

potentially just spark but that's what's

going to happen so first of all give it

power

we in neutral so we got green we're in

neutral we're good to go so there's no

fuel in there at the minute so it's

probably not going to start actually

might be a little bit but it's not going

to start so we're on

run this is just to see if it's going to

crank

okay yes it's cranking it's

cranking

oh

w

give me some [ __ ] petrol we've made

shift a fuel tank on the fuel tank

Ronnie is the fuel T right that's not in

gear is it no we're in

neutral we're in neutral we got

power kill switch does it start on the

thing oh my God it starts on the

button it's

working oh my God he ready Ron's nervous

looking I mean I don't know what the

idol is like should we just

go right we're not getting neither fuel

or I can see fuel going in you can yeah

right choke is now

open

oh more fuel more we got enough fuel we

got enough right we're ready

there's a fewu pump pulled

in yeah might be worth seeing it's

getting power there right if this don't

start yeah it's worth having a check

after because I know that one of the

grounds that I've used here is for the

fuel

pump I want to check if the fuel pump's

working yeah hold on switch ignition

on that is actually don't feel I feel

should I pull the other side of the fuel

line off and see if it's

squirting no it's coming out but it's

not pumping puming right one of the coil

packs um one of the coil packs wasn't

plugged in properly so they're just like

spaking it and one of them has pulled

off so that be two cylinders down

straight away so uh we're getting power

to the fuel pump and it's grounded fine

it's getting continuity so we're just

put the fuel pump back in put that Co P

back on we've got fuel we're going to go

again he [ __ ]

himself that's saw a big flame it was a

big flame we have

f

it's weird is it it's almost like when

we're sitting waiting it'sing the yeah

it's drawing it through it's got to be

the fuel pump right so we're going to

send 12 Vols to the pump and just see if

the the pump is actually working it was

working

yeah y that's

working didn't feel like that did it

feel like that when it was cranking

no no so there's something on the wiring

that's not

yeah well that's good at least this is

working now this is Steve and Steve's

always had motorbikes and he says

usually on the wiring loom there's a

sensor if that sensor isn't straight

upwards it thinks the bike has been in a

crash and it's on its side therefore

that will cut fuel so all the censors on

the wiing loom and all the little boxes

I just put them neatly poting upwards so

one of these fuses was dodgy there was

the main accessory fuse this fuse can

you

see how it just keeps I can just

literally push it in and push it out see

that now that was the main accessory

fuse a better fuse to go in the bottom

one not even going to lie I just test I

just tested the fuel pump literally just

sat the fuel pump here just to see if it

was actually you know vibrating and it

started obviously it was like iding like

super rough because it got no fuel but

it's going to run it's going to run I'm

going to put this fuel we're going to

put the fuel in um I'm going to keep

everything exactly where it is the fuel

pump relay set up like that I'm going to

put everything where it is I'm going to

grab one of the guys again and it's

going to start it's going to start are

you

ready it ran what the hell whoops forgot

to plug the fuel pump back in sorry

guys woohoo

what did we what did you do then I went

to give you some ribs

oh well I just had the choke on then

okay so if I just leave the choke on

yeah go leave the choke

on sound [ __ ] without

exhaust are we

ready

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w

oils coming out of the

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uh Lally I was looking what rev you were

then what what revs you think you were

very man it revs to it revs to 14,000

what think you was out there 4,000

three

woohoo someone sponsoring some TOS cuz

I'm getting fed up right finding my TOs

C around

it hey look hey cor wrong when I came

here you said who free to use my tools

if you put them back I have put them

back I'm still working so am I happy yes

I'm so happy I can't believe when it

started I thought it' just be having to

start it with the bridge and then

finally sorted that issue all these

three issues that we had last night

which were one it wasn't starting on the

bottom two it wasn't stand at all and

three couldn't get out of gear they've

all just it's all just come together

today and it's all working it's all

great so it's started on the button

which is perfect it's not sucking gear

um and it's starting which is amazing

now although I'm happy I'm also a little

bit worried because going forward we've

still got a lot to do um and I'm still

worried about if the clutches have been

put in correctly because I still don't

really know and I've still not watched

uh well I've not I've only just uploaded

the last video so at this time of um at

this time of recording this I haven't

seen any comments so if I see any

comments that like you've done the

clutches wrong you the clutches wrong

I'm going to be fuming I did speak to MK

sports cars and they said I should have

offset the final clutch um but they're

like look mate it is what it is like you

know what I mean you're not going to be

driving it much um and it doesn't really

make a massive difference it just that's

what the manufacturer would do so what

we got to do now is I've let the car

kind of idle and settle so hopefully

we're not losing any oil from this case

and we're going to take this off and we

just going to put a little bit sealant

uh oil does get in there but it's not

like full oil pressure so it was just

dripping out so we're going to put layer

of this and that's going to be totally

fine now sometimes it's better to just

quit when you're ahead and enjoy the

moment I'm going to enjoy this moment

I'm not going to carry on doing anything

else cuz we've got a lot left to do on

this Rel I'm not going to lie although

now we've got it running the next task

is to get it driving which is arguably a

bit more of a difficult task than

actually getting it running but we're

got to do it going to enjoy this moment

and uh we got it running let's just

enjoy this moment in the next video

we're going to start getting it driving

so we got to make a prop shaft we got to

do all the bra line we've got to put our

shifter one oh you might like this one

look at this sequential shifter that

someone's made for me so yeah thanks for

watching everyone love you all and we'll

see with the next one this will be doing

wheelies in the car par very

shortly not sure if it's ever going to

see the road though I'm not going to lie

how is this going to get an MLT it's not

let's be honest it's

not