De-stinking Penelope

Het Doc, you are OCD, you know that?

[rustybronco]

Not much to report, other than I drilled two holes in the battery box this evening in order to plug weld the original TSCU bracket to the box I bought. Don't know why I do things like this as no one will ever see it, but I sure enjoy doing all the little details that make a good project even better.

9mm clearance between both brackets... check. Welder on 65 amps... check.









Ordered some plastic wire wrap so I can rehab both mine and Flyboy's harnesses in the very near future. Those are going to be a real trip to rehab properly.

Look whose talking, I could never ever in a million years repay your kindness and generosity Doc, it is the very, very least I could do.

[rustybronco]

Received a package in todays post from my friend Mr. Flyboy.

Piston rings for the 1000E!

Can't thank you enough for your thoughtfulness.

No problem just thought I'd say something so you could get it fixed.

[rustybronco]

Sorry Greg, I moved some pictures around last night and it broke the links.

Dale your pics didn't show,got the blue boxes

[rustybronco]

It is therapy!

Cut off a un-needed bracket on my new electrics panel in order to test fit a series SH775BA R/R.




Cut apart the the old battery box with a hack saw and used a die grinder to remove the needed TSCU bracket so I could convert this 79 "L" box into an "E" box.

And the two shall become one... (even kept the external spot welds by cutting it from the inside )

[psyguy]

I need therapy...

I thought fixing old bikes WAS the therapy!


That's how they sold it to me anyways

[rustybronco]

Chuck, I wouldn't necessarily say you tried to talk me out of it, but you did emphasize repeatedly how rough a condition it was in.

I never hesitated when you asked me if I wanted it either.

Again, I've enjoyed every minute I spent working on it and yes, we shall take a ride to show him it.

[chuck hahn]

Dale..I tried and tried to talk you out of it. Did I or did I not?????? I think she was the right bike for you though. Lesser capable hands wouldnt have done her justice. Maybe if I have the vacation time next summer I will bring mine up and we can ride up north and see if we can find Joe ( the guy we got it from ) and show him the newly resurrected version.

[rustybronco]

Ivor, I hate just about anything which doesn't resemble the way pieces came from the factory. I also hate what this sort of thinking has done to my pocketbook!

I need therapy...

[psyguy]

(did I tell you I've learned to hate rust?)

That happened to me too

Now, about the 35 y/o hardened rubber bits... don't you hate those as well!

[rustybronco]

I bought a few things, two of which were to replace those that were too pitted for my tastes. (did I tell you I've learned to hate rust?)

Both pieces ended up being incorrect for my model year. The good news is, with a little modification they both can be used, plus I needed to buy good battery box 'padding' anyways. One of which, the electrics panel had to be modified anyways to use the SH-775-BA reg/rec I just bought for $46 shipped off of Ebay. No great loss on this end.


Pictures of the battery boxes. The one on the left is missing the holder for the TSCU.
the plan is to cut it off the old and weld it onto the newer'ish one.




Stay tuned... spring is just around the bend

[chuck hahn]

Dale..just a bump for the thread..So whats the old girls progress these days???