Looking for an oil pan

[John Soliday]

...OK, sounds like you need a new pan.  I'd go to bone yards and start with
the ZX11 pan as there are more of those out there than GPZ1100's.  More of
them have been wrapped around trees and had the mill grenade as well so you
might find one.  Have you looked into a new one?  It might be cost effective
time-wise to just cough up and buy one from Bike Bandit or whoever.  Bike
Bandit has an AMA discount by the way.

Good Luck, and keep us posted,

John

-----Original Message-----
From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:46 PM
To: GPZ List
Subject: Re: Looking for an oil pan

John,

Yea it is cracked where the drain plug goes in.  On the flat plug sealing 
surface there are cracks at 3, 6, and 9 O'clock.  I had my brother who is a 
machinist look at it, and he says that he would NOT take a  chance with a 
repair considering the catastrophic consequence if it subsequently failed 
and all the oil puked out.



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From: "John Soliday" <johnsoliday at msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:04 PM
To: "'GPZ List'" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
Subject: RE: Looking for an oil pan

> Sorry to hear that, heck some people don't even know there is a front 
> drain
> plug!  If it's cracked into the drain plug, imho then you do need an oil
> pan.  If it's not cracked into the drain plug, believe it or not you 
> should
> be able to repair it.  I used to be sponsored by Loctite by in my racing
> days and can tell you that Loctite Cold Bond will seal an oil pan at least
> for an entire race season!  It exposed to pressurized oil so an epoxy fix
> might last forever.  On the other hand, if you go to the bother of taking
> the pan off why not take it down to a machine shop and have it welded? 
> For
> that matter, even if the crack is in the threaded drain, a machine shop
> should be able to weld it shut and retap the drain plug.  Just a thought 
> as
> you already have the broken part and I suspect you're going to have a
> difficult time finding just that part as any junk yard is going to want to
> sell an entire engine unless it's trashed and who knows what's broken 
> there.
>
> Good Luck, and yes it was only a mere 68 degrees F here in Colorado today,
> and I did go riding but it was the KLR not the GPZ,
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Dennis
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:27 PM
> To: GPZ List
> Subject: Looking for an oil pan
>
> Hey Gang,
>
> I was in Virginia for the last year and a half, while my GPz 1100 was in
> Utah.  The bike has been idle during that time, and I am now getting it 
> back
> on the road.  So - I am back on the list, and I already need a favor.  My
> oil pan has been cracked in the vicinity of the front drain plug (thanks 
> for
> not asking how) and I think the easiest fix is to replace the oil pan.  If
> any lister out there has one they could part with, please let me know.  My
> research shows that the GPz oil pan is the same part number as the ZX-11
> from 1993-2001.  Any help would be appreciated.  It is nice to be back on
> the list.  63 degrees F here in Utah today and no bike to ride (ARHGGGG!)
>
> Dennis Peterson
> Orem, Utah USA
> 95 RED!
>
>