Painted the fuel tank today. Used CRC Strip Off paint stripper in a can. Sanded with 400 grit wet. Etch primer then Rustoleum High gloss White then two coats of 2K clear from my spray gun.
There’s some runs and orange peel, it’s not by any means perfect but it’s better than it was and the tank is protected from corrosion now.
Testing neighbours patience
The rear cylinder injector wasn’t plugged in properly
After much studying of the issue I added a fob of weld to the hook for the shift drum then ground it back and it worked! Yay! Engine can stay in the frame.
A friend put me onto this Trademe listing for a C50. It was just up the road and was a good price so I pressed the buy now button and here we go again 😀
The clear coat has been peeling on my car’s bonnet pretty much ever since I got it.
I had about 400ml of 2k clear left over from doing the coffee table and the weather was spot on.
It’s not quite as good as it looks in the pictures but is pretty darned good. I’ll let it fully cure and after a wet sand I think it will be fine.
I’ve struggled for ages to get used to the 4 speed all down shift pattern on my CG110.
A couple of years ago I bought a 5 speed transmission from AliExpress. Today I tried it in some spare cases I have. It looks like it’s going to work.
I swapped the stantions from the donor roller “easy rider” bike this week. Drained the oil and refilled with ATF. There was a lot of water and gunk in them. Flushed them out before refilling.
The SX175 rustoration continues. We’ve got the transmission shifting. We got all the water out of it and then filled it to the top with a mix of diesel, turps and petrol (our parts washer brew). Worked it free, seems ok.
Today we worked on getting the water out of the crankcase. Getting the cylinder off was a challenge, there was a lot of packed in dirt around the cylinder retaining nuts. Genuine Queensland red dirt that had set like cement.
After we got the cylinder off we put our small parts washer under the bike and piped the fluid into the crankcase to flush out the mayonnaise.
Piston ring gap is 1.6mm 😂 but the cylinder looks have little wear and came up good enough after a light hone. Piston will do, it’s not terrible.
We’re definitely going to need some new piston rings.
