I've been doing some of those little jobs that keep getting put off.
The first was take the header off to give it a rub down and polish with a black poish called zebrite. I have to take the exhaust off to do this because it goes inside the frame (you Savage owners don't know how lucky you are), any way it's a nice shiny black now.
Second job, replace the lead from the battery to the solenoid as the o.e. one was corroded 1/3 of the way through. I replaced it with a heavier gauge thinking it wouldn't hurt.
What I'm going to try to do today is reroute KLX's engine breather so it goes up hill from where it is on the cylinder head to the lttle filter thing hopefully letting breathed out oil run back into the engine, not like now where it runs away and dribbles on the shock.

Clive W  

Yes Greg I got the "uphill" idea from one of Your pictures, thanks.

Clive W  

I'm off to scrounge some aluminium sheet offcuts to make a bracket for my breather filter.

Clive W  

Hey Ed

I see your point about a heavier ground wire, the problem on KLX is that the ground wire goes to the underside of the starter motor and to get at it i would have to take the whole left side off the engine so it's going to have to wait a while.

Clive W  

zebrite is a fireproof polish. so could you use it on the engine itself?

I was wondering, at what thickness does aluminium sheet become aluminium plate?

Clive W  

Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:



Or 1/128"?

Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:


Curses, FOILED AGAIN ! ! !