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Posted in repair, The Long Rode on February 25th, 2013 by WadeFor now I’m just weighting. but I have gotten a few last things accomplished. For one I patched the left gas tank. First thing I did was to pressure test the tank. I used an old inner tube valve and taped it over the filler hole. I then taped over all the other holes and give it a squirt of air. This revealed several pinholes in the top seem just below the overflow/vent nipple. Using Por-15 I sealed up the holes and lined the tanks. It looks good and should now be good to go.
The next thing on the agenda was to replace the throttle wire with a bradded cable. First I used a brake cable off of an old bicycle. When I tried to push it into the tube it unraveled a single brade but still would not go though the tube. I tried all kinds of things to try and get it to push though. I even tried a drill to spin the cable hoping it would screw into the tube and it did a little before it kinked (kind of expectedly). So I thought to myself screw it and tried to put the wire back in. But that didn’t work ether. Later on I tried again with a gearshift cable from that same bike. This was also a longer cable and has room for trimming. This cable must have a thiner diameter because it sliped right into the tube and with almost no effort. I have to say the throttle twist is now so effortless I fear I might have lost my cruse controle.