Temps were bit nicer today up here in MA...so, installed a braced shelf for an on-the-road toolbox and supplies (never know, right?) and polished the alternator and carb domes.
This was originally installed by a PO to relocate the battery. I think it was because they misplaced the hold-down clamp; the battery was just bungee-cord mounted in the box. I relocated the battery back where it belonged, built a new clamp and had taken this out. It was on my list to put back in someday. Today was someday. Figure it will be good to carry more than just the tool roll…maybe a ratchet set, open ends, couple screwdrivers, multimeter…and spare quart of oil and brake fluid?
Painted the front crossover (they're just for show...) of the pair to match the rear one. Now thinking when I put the fresh O/H and polished carbs on, that the secondary throttle assembly (which is just a mount…throttle are removed, holes plugged, really just a mount for the carb adapters and to get right intake length) should be shot with silver too…
Too much?
Oh, and trying to figure out where to mount the air/oil separator when I put the breather fitting in the front of the valve cover and “y” the existing one in. Not much wasted room in here.
Queued up for next week: Remove the tubular header and cross-pipe, paint the muffler with high-temp enamel, reinstall refreshed cast manifold and cross-pipe with new gaskets and reuse those stainless clamps that you see in the second photo. They work a treat, don't crimp the pipes like U-bolts, and give a gas-tight seal (especially if you smear a little exhaust pipe compound at the transition at the joint.)
