Well, buttoned up the fasteners, cleaned out the machine nicely, and put everything in place. Noticed gas smell, thought I had solved the carb issue
. On closer inspection, no leak at all from the carb or filters, it's coming from the TANK!
OK, it wasn't dripping, or really even wet but just a little oily residue as the gas was weeping out VERY slowly, from the tank bung. First and easiest is to check the fuel line, and that was it. There was no clamp and the line stretched just enough to weep fuel, so I cut the last inch off and installed a clamp, easiest fix on this machine yet!
And I finished early enough to take some photos of my work!
1 Bilge pump fits in nicely, and my relocation of the coil seems to work great, no more fuel on the high voltage coil worries, no more stressing the fuel filter bowel!
2 Skid plates back on and sealed up good with aviation cement.
3 Looks cleaner, and my ZEP commercial cleaner (Purple stuff) started to attack the paint, so I will be able to remove the paint fairly easily when I am ready!
4 Scrubbed this side a little (NOT HARD!) before I knew it would strip the paint so effectivly. Soon enough, this WW will be yellow again!