Here's what I've been up to... rebuilt two carburetors... found out the one from Dave's bike was not looking well.
so decided to use the one I found on ebay.
Then I had to rebuild the carb on the little bike because she decided to have a bladder problem (again). This time I went as far as taking the throttle slide out and I did find some gunk in there. I'm hoping that some of that gunk made it's way down and was the cause of the overflow. Hopefully it'll be fixed this time.
After spending that morning on the little carburetor, I managed to get the motor mounted with some help from Mike...
I thought I'd have a day's worth of work to get the exhaust, carb, air intake, etc. mounted, and I got started with the exhaust... only I ran into trouble. The holes on the exhaust flange of my original exhaust are too small for the studs on Dave's cylinder. So I thought I'd be clever and clean up Dave's exhaust and just use it. Got that done and went to install it. Here's what I found...
The original exhaust would reach the manifold, but the flange won't go over the studs, and Dave's exhaust wouldn't even reach the manifold. Damn it! Out with the measuring tape...
I guess that's what happens when you use bits from two different bikes. Long story longer... she's still not done.
Now I have to decide which way to move forward. Do I drill the holes out on my original exhaust flange? Do I get into my original motor and just get that one done so everything fits? Do I tear down Dave's donor bike and get all of his parts back on it? Oh, the choices...