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Thanks for all the advice!

Thanks for the encouragement!

Yeah, my plan is to just get her running and looking half decent, in a relatively short time, without throwing too much money at it.

I figure a few years down the road I'll see how things have held up and re-do specific problem areas more thoroughly.

Thanks Brady,

Interesting that it's just an interference fit. You'd think with gasoline behind it would be fastened in a way that would prevent it from pulling out.


Regarding my other issue... the missing reserve tube... anyone know how tall (long) it should be?

Not to offend anyone :)

But it's true, I pulled the barb nipple off of my petcock when trying to remove the 30+ y/o hardened fuel line.

Warning... Some of you may find the following image inappropriate:

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Also making some progress on the tank.

Two coats of Casewell tank liner on the inside, and so far I've got three coats of Bondo Fiber on the outside.

Doing some laundry :)

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k248/KickstartCB750/Laundry_zps71726282.jpg


So, yeah... much harder than I thought it would be, and I'm sure it wasn't good for my health mechanically stripping all that paint (yes, I wore a mask... but still).

Also, if you add up the ...

Well, it's been four months. It's been a busy summer so far.

I have made a little progress over those months... just haven't posted in a while

I've stripped down the tank, de-rusted the inside, found a couple holes, patched them up and lined the tank.
I'm getting a lot of heat for patching the ...