400 mint cases wanted.. ARGHHH!

[chicagojerry]

i have a 75 400 motor that ran great but the cases are trashed in the rear motor mount area.   warbled out but the cases are starting to crack as well. anybody out there have a set of bare cases? do the 250 cases work with my internals?  any help would be appreciated.      chijer

[Chakka]

Dr2Stroke's website lists NOS case halves. I did business with him before and was very happy with the results. He sent me a very lightly used pipe for my 76' 125 GS. Give him a shot

Chakka

[chicagojerry]

thanks for the reply back. i got on dr2strk site last night and looked around some. i'm not bilingual but i thought that the cases were around the 600 to 700$ range if my exchange rate math was close. thats pretty pricey but obviously worth it to someone, especially if they are doing a concours restoration job. hey dr2strk, do you have the accuate price or maybe even a used set? hopefully someone else may have a used set as well that they are willing to part with. trying to get the bike ready for gainesville..  [8D]   chijer

[Chakka]

Jerry, sad fact is you just missed a 400 motor on Ebay, sold Thursday night pretty resonable. The Penton parts catalog does show 250 and 400 case #'s as the same. maybe thats a route? I always wondered whether the top end could be swapped on a 250 to make a 400.
Chakka

[rob w]

The 250's (54) cases will not work as 400 (55) cases, and top ends between the two are not interchangeable. The dia.'s of the cylinder sleeves / skirts are not the same.

Jerry, have you tried Barry Higgins?


BW

[chicagojerry]

i haven't tried barry higgins, but i will. the guy i bought it from actually thought that it may have belonged to barry at one time. thanks for the suggestion. if anyone else has a set of cases please drop me line. thanks, chijer

[sixdazed]

Hi Chitown Jerry,go on evil bay and look up seller tbernert.Ted is a good guy and i think he has a lot of 400 stuff.i know he recently got some more stuff.good luck, Ric

ric emmal

[chicagojerry]

i sent a note to tbernet. thanks for the heads up. hopefully i'll find a set before too long. any other suggestions from anyone?
  thanks all     chijer

[sachsmx]

can someone please post the link to DR 2Strokes web site? I have bought parts from him in the past and may be in need of other things for my KTM 420 project. Thanks in advance.

[tofriedel]

His email address is //[email protected]

Tony

[wolfmanonapenton]

Hey,Jerry"  Marine -Tex'em it should do the trick!:Donce you use it you'll be a believer!;)Bob

[woodchuck]

Jerry, think I have a set of 400 cases.
I'm "On the road" at the moment, but will be home tomorrow.

I'll check the extra set I have, ,think they are pretty nice.

By the way, had my shoulder done, needed complete replacement!!!!
No small deal; my scar is much bigger them yours!!!!!

Chuck Purinton

[Big Mac]

Jerry,
If you want to try the repair route, our superstar vintage machinist/racer/all around good guy here in the NW, Charlie Brown at Superior Sleeve (//www.superiorsleeve.com , 888-700-5839) can help. I got a free KTM 250 motor that was shelved because the rear motor mount area was cracked with a large chunk missing where the steel insert threads in, and the other side was oblonged.

Charlie mag-welded up the missing piece & crack from inside and outside, filled the oblong opposite side, then re-bored through the cases to correct size, even had the right tap to re-thread for the steel insert on the left side. Think he charged $50, can't remember. He turned a junked/parts motor into one of my most reliable motors for next to nothing and even made it look pretty good cosmetically. Give him a call to discuss it, there's almost nothing we've thrown at him that he can't do. He also does great work for us on rod rebuilds, porting, etc, and is a damn fast expert racer.

Mac

[chicagojerry]

thanks mac, i got on that website. i will definately try to salvage those cases if he can do it for a reasonable price. i think the damage is just a little too extensive for marine-tex. (but thanks wolfman for the suggestion)i have a lead or two on a set of cases but even so i will try to get those repaired.
 who's going to phoenix? i'll be there [8D]  chijer

[Dr.2Stroke]

Hello fellows. Nice to read that my website is watched! im always working on  it, but needs really a lot of time!And somewhen i will also describe the parts in english.Here is the link://www.sdi-ktm.ch
referring on 400 cases, i havent got new ones, but used ones which are in top condition.here is my Email. [email protected]
Thanks again for watching!