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Oh yea, loved my fishtails with 4" baffles, deep loud and proud sound

1 hour ago, Pasta Burner said:

Rats!  First aid kit had the most mold or mildew on it, cleaned it off but when I opened it I had to throw out about half of the supplies.  All the bandaids and sterile bandages had growth on and or in them.  Gave the rest of it a Lysol bath.  Looks like this thing is going to live in a ziplock from now on.  Kit was in the trunk which does have some hairline cracks, I guess just enough moisture got in for it to fester the past few months.

 

best way to seal the cracks?  I’m thinking just caulk it on the inside

Product called Plastifix.

Thanks guys

I was happy to hear it run!! This is a 1300 out of an 87 Venture with a set of Vmax heads, Intake manifold is by VTC Motors in Lithuania and the Carb is a VW Pict 34-3, Carb was purchased off amazon for about $120 Cdn.

The bonus with this it has a fuel cutoff solenoid when the Ignition is Off as well as an electric Choke,  the Carb is easy to adjust and there are many Jet sizes to fine tune this for the bike.

When I first ran the engine I knew right away the timing was out as it was backfiring bad and actually dislodged the Intake manifold, I found out these manifolds are built out of Schedule 80 Copper Elbows but they did not provision any Grooves, similar to the carburetor throats to help lock it into the intake boots, so after I corrected the timing I went to work on Fixing the Manifold design.

Because I work in the HVAC industry I have access to Silfoss Brazing rods for Welding Copper so I built up a ridge at the bottom of each Runner that now locks into the Intake Boot below the Ridge that goes into the Carbs Groove, it also makes a better seal once the clamps are tightened down so I should Not have any issues with this manifold slipping out of the Boots.

Herman

Rats!  First aid kit had the most mold or mildew on it, cleaned it off but when I opened it I had to throw out about half of the supplies.  All the bandaids and sterile bandages had growth on and or in them.  Gave the rest of it a Lysol bath.  Looks like this thing is going to live in a ziplock from now on.  Kit was in the trunk which does have some hairline cracks, I guess just enough moisture got in for it to fester the past few months.

best way to seal the cracks?  I’m thinking just caulk it on the inside

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