The Revenge of Swamp Thing

[GeneralTso]

Originally Posted by Bruce's

I wouldn't do anything or spend any cash until I heard the bike run .If it runs alright ,then I would start fixing the rest of it up .
You can soak that carb in some pine sol ,it's cheap and works really well .Carb cleaners are not what they used to be .

You know I forgot about that, I have a big bottle of that stuff right on the shelf.

[Adjuster]

You will have that bike running in no time. All easy inexpensive stuff.


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[pcspecialist]

Originally Posted by GeneralTso

So the first thing we did was clean it! It was pretty crusty, I hate dirty bikes (working or not) and the amount of green moss on it was pretty funny hence the name swamp thing.
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This is after a 45 min drive in a total downpour which really got rid of a lot of the heavy dirt.

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Scrubed it down and found no oil leaks, frame cracks or any other little annoyances.

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It actually cleaned up pretty nice, that front fender though!!

That front fender looks as though it was meant for a bike 3x the size of the one it is on.

[pcspecialist]

Originally Posted by Bruce's

I wouldn't do anything or spend any cash until I heard the bike run .If it runs alright ,then I would start fixing the rest of it up .
You can soak that carb in some pine sol ,it's cheap and works really well .Carb cleaners are not what they used to be .

Pine-Sol is pretty much just turpentine.

[GeneralTso]

Started cleaning the carb and looking for a rebuild kit then I stumbled across a carb on ebay $18.00 free shipping SOLD! So what the heck I like easy, so much for cleaning and rebuilding. This one was really corroded though so probably better off, never seen one with the white chalky stuff so bad. Maybe it the aluminium oxidizing or something?

Also found my choke cable.

Getting closer to starting this thing.

[BlackBike]

That was a hard 1200 mile life it lived before it died. Hope you will be able to resurrect it.

[GeneralTso]

Originally Posted by BlackBike

That was a hard 1200 mile life it lived before it died. Hope you will be able to resurrect it.

Seriously though, right? Makes you wonder about some people. I even double checked and that odometer is still working so I'm pretty confident that's the true mileage.

[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by GeneralTso

Seriously though, right? Makes you wonder about some people. I even double checked and that odometer is still working so I'm pretty confident that's the true mileage.

As evidenced by the knobbie condition, looks like not too many miles Un less they been replaced. Also , now a good time to use the electric grease on the terminals.

[GeneralTso]

Originally Posted by BlackBike

As evidenced by the knobbie condition, looks like not too many miles Un less they been replaced. Also , now a good time to use the electric grease on the terminals.

Exactly, those have to be the original tires, so dry rotted and seem like the brand they came with from what I've seen. Yeah once I make sure it mechanically sound I'll tackle the wiring and all the other broken stuff.

I'm fighting my OCD until I hear it run!

[GeneralTso]

How not to change your oil lol

[GeneralTso]

I really tried to keep my OCD in check until I received my parts to get Swamp Thing fired up this weekend but in the end I had to do something.

So first I changed the oil, haha, we see how that went, next time remove skid plate


Then I attacked those shiny chrome wheels and front forks, they came out pretty nice.


Then my eyes kept coming back to the rusted exhaust, okay so I caved and pulled it off. So it seems the same high caliber mechanic that was taking care of the rest of the bike had a go at the exhaust at some point.

So first I find this crap packed in the head port


And then this crap where the header and muffler meet


So my initial thought is here we go, something is wrong where the pipe seats on the head so he packed it with this stuff to make it seal. But no, turns out he removed the gaskets and most likely lost the bushing that goes where the two pipes meet. So 15.00 later I have the parts coming.

[GeneralTso]

Overall though the pipe cleaned up pretty nice for just a wire wheel and WD40 wipe down. I'll paint it at some point.

Here you can see the gap in the join as a result of the missing bushing


Doesn't look too bad now all things considered....


So now I wait, hopefully I should have the throttle cable and carb shortly and we can see how she runs.

[BlackBike]

Noticed it looks real clean too. And a spray can of satin black on the frame work etc while you wait, rattle cans are cheap.

[GeneralTso]

Oh here is a before shot of the exhaust....

[GeneralTso]

Here's where I'm at with the short list...

[QUOTE=GeneralTso;216285]So right off the bat the to do list is:

• Choke cable - ordered
• Throttle cable - ordered
• Throttle replace - make due for now
• Rear flat (just a tube for now) - orderd
• Air filter - cleaned
• Change oil - done
• Drain old gas - done
• Clean carb - new carb coming
• Replace kickstand - not yet
• Kick that pig over and she how she runs!! Getting closer!