Haven’t updated for a while but have been doing bits!
Lots of cosmetic bits, cleaning and painting corroded/rusty bits around the front end mostly. As all the dials and lights are off it gave a good opportunity to clean that all up. Restored the ignition and resprayed tired looking bits like the mirror mounts etc. little touches that have really tidied the whole thing up. Also got the exhaust clean of all the old paint but it was too rusty to shine up, so I treated all the rust and am now slowly layering up thin layers of extremely high temp paint over the manifold. I know this’ll be a regular occurrence going forward as it’ll never stay long term, but I’ve done the best to protect and tidy up the exhaust as possible now.
I think I’ve cracked the dial and lighting wiring, now I just have to actually install it all! (See the electrical forum)
A friend came over to give me a hand and we got a tonne of little bits done, got the new braided brake lines on, connected up throttle cables, and finally got the carbs all seated, thanks to the last two new rubber boots from the air box that I begrudgingly purchased! Tried to connect the fuel lines for a start up but I’d bought too narrow pipe and it wouldn’t fit. What size pipe should it be?
We also got the clutch kinda sorted. It’s a bit old and seized but we freed it up and hoping it’ll free even more once used …
We were having trouble getting it up into 2nd but it went in the end. Didn’t pull the clutch apart so hoping it’s all ok….
Other than that I’ve got a few rounded screws (previous owner) that I now need to get out to do things such as the chain.
Once the fuel pipe is fitted I can have a go at getting it started… but I’ve been saying that for weeks….
Definitely getting closer each day. Just got to keep up the momentum.
