Progress Sunday
Wirebrushed, sanded, primed, and painted the right engine cover. Used DupliColor black gloss engine paint. Hung in the cooler, lower humidity sunroom to ensure good drying and hardening. It was 90deg F, 80% humidity outside.
Progress today
Cleaned old gasket off of engine crankcase with a small, sharp wood chisel, having covered the internal components with shop towels to keep dirt/debris out of the clutch and gears. Installed new gasket on the locating dowel pins.
Nudged cover over the pins and starter drive pin/bush (which had fallen out when I took the cover off).
Bolted up the cover with new stainless bolts and washers (M6x25, M6x30 hex head) from Lowe’s, except for one original bolt at top holding pulser wiring clip. Looks very nice now. More of a semigloss finish, which goes well with other black bike parts.
Sanded, degreased and masked off the upper part of the rear subframe. It had some rusty patches and scrapes in the steel. Painted the subframe, using the same Rustoleum metallic matte nickel color.
Ran a 6mm bolt through the right upper fairing mounting bracket a few times and freed the formerly jammed threads. I was lucky it worked. Installed my hand-made “frankenstein bolts” on each side.
Reinstalled the new coolant reservoir bottle with existing cap and hoses.
