Seat Pans & Spiders & Carbs, Oh My!
Okay, got some sleep, there's actually some sunshine outside, and I'm incredibly on my second day off this week. Unless I decide to go into the office this evening, which I should, but Jesus am I done with taxes!
Besides, my Fabrication manual and my Caswell kit came in today. I'm ethically and morally obligated to read the manuals and perhaps even log a little shop time. Maybe even check out the new Captain America movie...
So here's the pics:
Seat pan's
CENSORED, but I have a replacement on the way, and an upholstery guy lined up.
Here's some close-ups of my little stowaways. Picture this, only all over the front end and trailing off to far flung corners of the shop.
It was like a really bad version of The Mist. I would have taken more pics, but I was busy defending myself, in a ball, in the corner, with my eyes closed ;D
And here's the carbs. I'm wondering why someone would cap off three vents and plug three float bowl drains. Too lazy to set the float height properly? If there's some logic to this, please let me know, it's troublesome. I'm wondering if there's a safe way to open up the drains again, (probe, drill or punch?) or if I should just get new float bowls. I already have SS Allen bolts on the way and carb kits for a full rebuild. I guess I'll be needing some T barbs and more 3/16", (is that right? 3/16" for the carb lines?) fuel line, as well as clamps, too.
The red stuff you see under the too long, mismatched bolts is the mystery crud that has me wondering just how
CENSORED an experience this is going to be. At least everything moves freely, although the throttle cable holder seems to be slightly bent out of true, and the throttle cable mount is damaged, (seems like it should hold, though).
So the shopping list seems to be pretty static, although some new items were purchased as I went along:
Re-upholster seat
Chain & sprockets
Tires
SS brake lines?..