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the carbs are ready to be cleaned...

a quick question: when assembling carbs, should you give those gaskets a coat of petroleum jelly as well?

Alright, I got all that stuff figured out. Had a friend come over and show me a few things. I explain it in the resto log which I created, 'cause I thought it was about that time... :)

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Alright, here is the bike as I found her. Sitting for 10 years, but run out of gas. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/fervus/misc/01.jpg I gave it a good washing first (after which I let it sit in my basement for a few months again, and it built up a layer of dust pretty quick, as I don't have ...

OK I found a thread that talks about what to use for the air filter tube, and in another thread someone mentioned heat-shrink tubing for the wiring... so ignore those questions I guess... I'm still concerned that I'm going to do something wrong when I take those carbs off though, I'd really apprecia...

the delay was caused by work and a 2&1/2 week family reunion trip, by the way, not just being a slacker... which I've been guilty of before but I'm really excited about this bike. here's a picture of the weird petcock, too... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/fervus/misc/custompetcock.jpg look ...

Alright, I have a few more questions... I got the petcock off (that was an adventure... with gasoline...) and I want to take the carbs off to clean them - is there anything I have to worry about regarding this? I've never done anything like this before, so I'm a little scared of hurting the bike... ...