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While digging for the spare Sparx ignition unit, I found a brand new single-phase Sparx regulator/rectifier. NOW I remember I bought two when I was setting up my Triton.
Installed the mufflers with some brackets I dug out of my miscellaneous brackets box, the patina is just right...
A bit goofy, though, as the header pipes slip OVER the muffler spigots. I'll seal them with high-temp RTV silicone.
A couple of shots of WD-40 and the carb slides came out. They are ROUGH, but I have lots of spares thanx to Washington Bob!
Typical of both float bowls, dry white scale and debris-
One of the two mains had some serious crud in the sediment cap-
Carb bodies and all metallic bits will get a nice half-hour soak in gallon cans of Berryman's Chem-Dip tomorrow. I'll leave the cans in the sun all day, then drop them in as soon as I get home from work.
After a month of faffing about with my rusted stuck forks, and a second set of rusted stuck forks, I FINALLY found a good used set of rebuildable forks on e-bay, under $100 to my door complete with lower yoke, set of headlight ears, and pair of good fork springs that I don't need.
Not much left but to install fuel taps, bolt down the tank & seat, run a section of 1/4 oil line to the rocker feed, re-connect all cables & hoses, top off the fluids and give it a kick or three...
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