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Latrans
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First off, a clean and uncluttered work space will help any project beyond words.
Something almost exactly NOT like this is ideal.
But as you can see in that photo, I finally got around to fixing up the carbs. Full dip and scrub, new o-rings and a Stage 3 jet kit.
Made the darn things look practically brand new.
I also did some more work on the wiring harness. The R/R is connected. The tail assembly is sorted out. And a couple grounding leads I hadn't done yet are now finished. I haven't whipped up a temp-harness for the old ignitor box, yet and still need to finish cleaning up and mounting the battery box before doing the heavy battery/starter wiring. The battery box has had all the extra tabs and brackets cut off and just needs some dings filled in before painting. With a little luck, it'll be something I can do this week. And then this weekend I can get it actually mounted under the seat.
In other news, I did get a "new" work bench almost finished. The particle-board-and-counter-top one I've got is functional, but I wanted something I could pound on without breaking. I just need to put the top together (it's only set there at the moment) and add a lower shelf to help support the legs.
Recycled swing/play set wood is good stuff!
Like this:
and this:
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Anyways, I didn't get to painting the battery box, but did decide to just mount the darn thing. Keep in mind, I haven't welded in almost 20 years (freshman in high school) so I'm quite pleased that I didn't totally screw it up!
First I tacked on the starter solenoid mount.
After some fiddling with a hammer and my "new" bench vice, the box fit where i wanted it.
So I tacked it in place.
And trimmed off the extra.
A bead along the new edge, some work with a flap wheel and then a shot of primer finished it off.
Repeat for the other side, and the battery box is mounted!
I then ran and trimmed the battery wires. Right now the battery is in the bike and hooked up, but I have yet to add electrolyte to it. It's just there to make sure I have everything measured at least half right. Tomorrow I'll do the temp wiring for the old ignition box and then see if it will be willing to crank when I push the magic button. Hooray for three day weekends!
Oh, and next weekend I'll be worthless on this project because I'm taking my ladyfriend and younger daughter to Comicon. Because we're nerds and that's how we roll.
Just embed small clickable thumbnails, so we can decide which pictures to view in full ("view" as in wait for crappy photobucket to serve).
What are you going to do about the frame btw? Clean up and leave it in this bobber style? (I do assume so, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten it).
