Plenum off

[jindle]

Any advice on taking the plenum off (hopefully this sunday)?

Other than the allen bolts it looks like i'll need to separate the throttle, but there are two or three places it appears i could make that separation - any clue which is going to cause the least problems?

There was a website a while ago with some good info but it has disappeared!

Cheers

[jindle]

Wedg1e said:

Any particular reason for taking it off or just curious?

Spring clean and a bit of tarting

[jindle]

Sadly nothing that interesting, just noticed the intake was quite dirty and imagine it's much worse below. Also a nasty build up of old leaves that I can't get to. And freshly painted rockers

[jindle]

That was pretty easy wasn't it. I undid the nut on the linkage for the throttle assembly, easy. Two hoses on the bottom for the hot spot were a bit of a nightmare, but it's free now.

Thanks john I'll give that a read. Lots of black goo around my trumpets and crud caked onto the issue of the hose from the flame trap so I'm sure there's loads more to do.

[jindle]

Breather and flame trap done a few months ago. Fresh rocker covers on now. Just need to strip and clean the plenum up and maybe new springs for the throttle assembly as they are a little rusty.

[jindle]

Various rags, wire hanger, pipe cleaners, and an array of solvents and degreasers at the ready. The pipe from the flame trap was atrocious, I'm sure others are going to be as bad.

[jindle]

JVaughan said:

Stick it in the dish washer ...

hmmmm... i can see that going horribly wrong for me