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1969 CL450 US Barn Find Restoration
MrDavo:
I didn't get as much done this weekend - Saturday I went for a walk in the snow with the Mrs, when we came back (after a good pub lunch) it was so nice to get back in the warm I couldn't face the cold garage, fan heater or not. Anyway, my mate said on Friday night that I'd better slow down, or I'll be after another project in the new year :)
Sunday I did a bit, painted the headlamp shell and a guage case satin black (warmed the paint in hot water first) and started to get my head together, man. Remember that rusty valve seat on the last page, that had been left open for many years? Here it is after a dose of grinding paste and elbow grease.
While I had the head down off the shelf I couldn't resist unwrapping the barrels and trying them both on over the studs, to see how the cleaned but empty engine looked.
A question regarding old rubber - the carb intake manifolds are cast in rubber, but have gone so hard over time that I thought at first they were fibre or even some kind of metal, until I thought about how the carbs were fastened on using a hose clip, which must be able to compress the manifold material to make an airtight seal. New manifolds are £50 a pair at DS, do I need to bite the bullet, or is there anthing I could try soaking them in to soften them?
EDIT: Just seen a post Ash just made, by concidence, adressing this very issue!
AshimotoK0:
See reply here: Dave
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,13617.45.html
MrDavo:
You ninja'd my edit!
Duinno if I can get that Refos stuff but I will root in the wife's potion drawer looking for wintergreen.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: MrDavo on December 11, 2017, 02:20:04 PM ---You ninja'd my edit!
Duinno if I can get that Refos stuff but I will root in the wife's potion drawer looking for wintergreen.
--- End quote ---
Send them here if you wish.
MrDavo:
Thanks very much, Ash, it would be the 'green' thing to recycle the manifolds, they are perfect apart from being rock hard. I'll chuck them in a jiffy bag later in the week and send them over.
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