And finally, Wookie's 82 begins !

I've had a cold day on the lathe today (2 degrees) making push fit plastic plugs ready for blasting next week I like to minimise as much as possible blast media getting inside

I did hear you guys had a cold spell over there, good for you that you could still get some work in on your project. 

It was -3C here today with blowing snow, shoveled about 6CM of snow from the drive. No work on anything today other than a cup of tea with some biscuits

Hi Wookie,
good Idea and job, ... take care before, is better than a pottfull of angry after!
BTW: Last 2 nights it was -12°  to-15°C here, day was -9°C...but i´ve had handled all the snow here in front of the garages, was about 40cm high on 10x11 meters..

MFP-Joe wrote:

Hi Wookie,
good Idea and job, ... take care before, is better than a pottfull of angry after!
BTW: Last 2 nights it was -12°  to-15°C here, day was -9°C...but i´ve had handled all the snow here in front of the garages, was about 40cm high on 10x11 meters..

We had it easy, only -5 here on Friday and around 10cm of snow

You cats and your sub-zero temperatures, getting the chills just thinking of it, burrr. Wookie i see you took the butterfly shafts out, are your one-way seals (2-per shaft) still supple and lip not cracked when squeezed? Kawasaki never offered them but Suzuki did, just in case. Personally when i blast carbs i don't concern myself with media getting inside. Just make sure the galleys are dry before doing it, don't want it to cake-up. I use a power washer with water to blast off all the stuff. With 1000psi of water flowing nothing escapes removal. You can witness flow of water coming out of the pilot bypass and air correction jets also choke so you can easily tell if something isn't right. Of course considering your outside temps this won't be practical, sorry.  

asphalt900 wrote:

Wookie i see you took the butterfly shafts out, are your one-way seals (2-per shaft) still supple and lip not cracked when squeezed? Kawasaki never offered them but Suzuki did, just in case. Personally when i blast carbs i don't concern myself with media getting inside. Just make sure the galleys are dry before doing it, don't want it to cake-up. I use a power washer with water to blast off all the stuff. With 1000psi of water flowing nothing escapes removal. You can witness flow of water coming out of the pilot bypass and air correction jets also choke so you can easily tell if something isn't right. Of course considering your outside temps this won't be practical, sorry.  

Thanks Clay, the seals are a little hard and also really loose on the shafts (no surprise after 40 years and would probably create air leak issues if left) I have been on that merry go round ref seals (apparently they used to be available for the later "P" models) I read that Yamaha seals fit but then I found a post on a Yamaha forum that (as you say) suggested the Suzuki seals also fit. With me being "cheap" the Suzuki parts at half the price of the Yamaha ones looked really attractive so that is what I ordered last week (should be here in the coming days) The body's have had a good soak in the ultrasonic bath and been blown out with compressed air (which I will do again after blasting) I intend to give them a coat of Cerekote aluminium clear which should make them easier to keep clean afterwards