75 Rustoration underway

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75 Rustoration underway

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Before leaving for the weekend and being sick Monday - Wednesday I had removed the seat saddle bags battery and trunk. Today I set to removing the gas tank in the process I removed the muffler, rear tire, rear fender, and rear brake system.
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Finally before heading off to work (after my box of goodies from Randakk's came in!!!) I managed to get the tank out. I contacted my local radiator shop to see if the do motorcycle gas tanks and they do!! action1 I don't know if they've ever done a goldwing tank before :roll: anyway more on that tomorrow!! Here is the inside of the tank:
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I've seen worse hopefully it'll clean up nicely for them.
98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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Welcome. Keep the photos coming! :oldies
Cliff (74yrs ;) )

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RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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:2thumbs Dropped the fuel tank off this morning
he said it should be done the middle of next week dancr I sure missed out he claims he was at an auction a few weeks ago were they sold two goldwings for under $200!!!! fly into a rage
98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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I must say I was a little intimidated by this old girls carbs :oops: lucky for me Randakk had a special on his carb kit that included his video after watching it I wasn't scared at all :mrgreen: so out to my garage I went!! Pulled the carbs and proceeded to give them a bubble bath
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Here is what I used only a buck at the Dollar Tree :2thumbs
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I then commenced disassembly
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I was pleasantly surprised with how clean they were inside tumb2 however to put it in Randakk's words a Ham fisted individual had been into them before. Aside from apparently stripping half the float bowl screws and replacing them with flathead S.A.E. machine screws Ham fist managed to break not one but two of the idle air screws :happy_251:
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98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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I wish I knew who Ham fist was imsmilin I'd send him the $17.96 bill for two used idle air adjustment screws from Ebay. :2thumbs You gotta love Ebay if your going to work on old bikes!!
98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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:worthless: Here are a few more pics from last night
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oh yeah dual filtration lolol
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and Clark my faithful shop assistant!
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98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Clark looks a little rusty too.
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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:happy_251: yes he does lol he gets that from his Shar Pei side the short legs and floppy ears are from his Bassett side
98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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My stainless steel brake lines from sling shot cycles came in today!! :2thumbs
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98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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1 down 3 to go! dancr
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98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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Ham fist ain't going to rain on my parade with his stripped out float bowl threads I'll just tap them to M5 x 0.8 :lol:
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98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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Well I got the tank back from the radiator shop yesterday not too impressed ...but It's better than it was
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I finished carb assembly today as well :2thumbs
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98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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Re: 75 Rustoration underway

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Looks like the overhaul went well. Thanks for posting the pic's, some times its a pain to get it all posted. Hi tech dual filters!!
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What! There's another guy out there willing to rebuild a Goldwing? Ham Fist was a second cousin to Noah, & he nearly sunk the Ark.
And there's Clark, the shop assistant; no doubt he's named after Clark Kent.
If there is one thing I have learned throughout this process it is this: Check your respirator for spiders before you put it on.
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Genesis chapter 9:
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

It all makes sense now them dirty Caananites lol

As cool as it would be for clark to be named after Mr. Kent he is named after William Clark, Captain Meriwether Lewis' Second Lieutenant.... A.K.A. Louis and Clark (my wife's dog was named Louie)
98 KawasakiVulcan Classic VN1500 (current ride)
75 Honda GL1000 (project #1 :-D )
80 Honda CX500D (project #2)
99 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (sold too fast!)
85 Honda GL1000LTD (sold)
99 Yamaha TT-R 250 (stolen crying1 )
82 Yamaha XJ1100 (sold)
82 Yamaha XS650 (traded for a vw bug :drunk )
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