SN 00042 Restoration; The Older Twin

[motorman7]

Yes, that is basically what I did, every single nut and bolt. That's why it ends up being so many boxes.

The only exception is the carbs and fuel pump.   Owner has a pretty set of rebuilt carbs and fuel pump.  Horns were disassembled and fasteners sent to plater.

[26th-Z]

On 11/23/2024 at 5:16 PM, motorman7 said:

@jayhawk Thanks for the kind words.  Not sure if I would support the raised look though  😝.

Found something interesting on the two small hood access doors. There is a little tab riveted on the end of the doors.  Later models had this all as one piece.

Yep!  Early inspection lids.

[26th-Z]

10 hours ago, motorman7 said:

Yes, that is basically what I did, every single nut and bolt. That's why it ends up being so many boxes.

How did you plate the fuel and brake lines?

[motorman7]

31 minutes ago, 26th-Z said:

How did you plate the fuel and brake lines?

The fuel and brake lines were also sent to Sav-On plating. They were put in the large-long box in the earlier pictures.  They will be rack plated.

So there will be three plating batches run at the plating shop: one batch of barrel silver/clear zinc, one batch of barrel gold/yellow zinc, and one batch of rack plating gold/yellow zinc for the larger parts. Cost is roughly $250 per batch.

The smaller parts are processed in the 'barrel', and Sav-On does a good job of cleaning these. I  believe they are tumbled together for cleaning, so plastic portions of parts need protection. (I used shrink sleeve on the carb linkages).

Not sure what they do to clean the larger parts and tubing, so I clean these up better using solvents and light sand or steel wool.

Also, any parts with cavities need to be plugged or they will retain processing solvent and leak on your parts during return shipping. (Learned by experience).

Edited Friday at 03:06 PM by motorman7

[Patcon]

Do you have to string small parts before shipping?

[motorman7]

No, I just put everything in a zip lock bag as I know the boxes will get beat up in shipping. Also, I do not overpack the bags, but everything fits comfortably, bags are cheap. I also add a little packing material around the bags.  Can't say that I have had any parts lost.  Even the small lock washers do fine and are returned nicely plated.

Only issue I ever had was a few leaky parts that dripped onto the batch and stained some of the plating on return shipping. (Smog check valve and distributor vacuum chamber are examples of parts that need to be plugged)