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cinqmars2:
I've left everything in the cases, all journals, all gears and gear selection forks, I have a couple of photos from the top case but good light is not on hand in the studio and had to take photos it has to be a wide open aperture with a slow shutter. No depth of field and blurry when hand held. Not ideal by any means. I'll get a good selection of the journals up close this weekend.



On another note, I brought one of my rebuilt carbs into work today (it's slow at the moment and I've got a fair bit of free time) to compare it to other people's rebuilt carbs online. My Internet at home is shocking so it's best done here. I feel that my Keyster rebuild kit may not have been the best purchase, the float cut off valve seems to need a fair bit of pressure to actually engage the cut off, the weight of the floats aren't enough by themselves. Will the buoyancy of the floats in petrol have more pressure?

They're just sitting on the valve wide open :(



The old valves are intact and I assuming will work better than this. Anyone else had a similar experience?

K2-K6:
As long as the float can push the valve up within the entry port, then they usually seal ok and are not dependant on compressing the spring as the float is too light to do that on it's own.

This may help with the crosshead screws.....before you try to undo each one, use a steel bar (flat end approx 12mm dia) and gently peen the screw head by tapping with a hammer on the bar end...this has the effect of reforming some mild damage if present around the cross grooves and can help to break corrosion affects prior to undoing the screw....you may have to also tap the screwdriver bit into place to get a full engagement if the screw was more badly chewed.

cinqmars2:
So it's been a long time since my last update, not that I haven't been doing anything, but not as much as I'd like...

Firstly, I was reassembling my carbs, then realised I had lost one of the leaf springs that hold the main jet in place. Gutted. After searching for a week straight online I couldn't find one anywhere. You can imagine how pissed off I was at myself, but what do you expect if you have your carbs in bits for three months? I found a complete set on eBay and deemed it worthwhile to buy them, they looked rough and the seller (a motorcycle breakers yard) was reluctant to look through the internals for me. Regardless, I took the plunge and for the price of £75 I had a new rack of carbs heading my way. When I got them, they looked a lot healthier than they did in the photos and actually looked better than my original ones did before I cleaned them. After opening them up I was greeted by the site of (extremely recently) rebuilt carbs with mint float bowls on every carb. Things are looking my way  8)

The other area of progress was the stripping of my tank, all the paint is off and the thing is dead tight, had a few litres of vinegar sitting in it for a week and the inside came out sparkling. That is, until I emptied the vinegar out and the flash rust kicked in in about 15 seconds flat. Square one on the tank. Ace.

I also bought a rear hoop from eBay, I was a little dubious, but the thing turned out to be great, no adjustment needed and it's round all the way along the bend, £25 well spent in my mind. After knocking together a mock up with the tank and some polystyrene I found for the seat, I took the plunge and welded the thing in, this is the first time I've ever welded for an application, before this was just scrap steel to get to grips with it. Very happy with the results! Dead straight, and dead strong!

cinqmars2:
Also, a slow day in the office has meant I got the chance to piss about in Photo'chop.

This is the direction I'm headed, colour scheme reminiscent of the old Husky crossers, that's just about where any similarities will end though.

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