Run Red Run: Camchain and more

Spent a long day on the carpet...

• Main goal was just to add the cam chain and the new roller bolt I got from eBay along with the other misc cam bits.
• Discovered that the other misc cam bits were in much better shape then what I had installed.  The oil sprocket had very sharp teeth compared to the rounded off one I had.  Also swapped out the retaining ring.
• Also started adding in more gaskets.
• But ended up with an odd problem where once I added the rectangular rubber gaskets on jug and head, I couldn't get the camshaft in because the head was slightly out of alignment.  Had a hunch that I needed to tighten down the head cover to get it compressed enough...

Run Red Run: New Points Wire

Fresh new white points wire for the top end.

Also started adding gaskets.

Flexhone Practice, Round 2

Second shot at Flexhone practice on the extremely rusty jug.  Good experience, if only to understand the limits of what the Flexhone is and isn't capable of.

Also lubed Ivy's chain.

Unboxing the New Frame

First look at the new frame.  She's in pretty bad shape, but still... a numbered frame, and they're not getting easier to find.

Verified the last number of the frame number: 444-526

Seems like she'll end up with the nickname of Vee for "fifth"?

Run Red Run: Odd Jobs

Some small jobs on the carpet.  Motley screws for the rocker arm cover: 1 original, 1 ACE, and 1 OEM salvaged.  Swapped an exhaust stud bolt from the display engine to the Red's.

Run Red Run: First Flexhone practice

First Flexhone practice run.  It was at the same time not as difficult as I thought but also harder to get right.

The doing was easy enough: heavy dose of the oil on the Flexhone and in the cylinder.  Didn't realize it would be quite so messy as there was overspray everywhere.

The lightly rusted surface of the CT90 practice jug cleaned up very, very nicely considering it was my first shot, but I really couldn't get anywhere close to the crosshatching that I had seen in pictures.

Not sure if that was because the Flexhone was maybe a bit too small for the diameter of the jug?  But it only came in the 49 and 51 mm increments with nothing in between, and the 51 mm simply wouldn't fit.

Unboxing: Complete Clutch for $31

Nice find on eBay, a complete clutch in good nick for $31.