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I may not be smart, but I sure can lift heavy stuff.

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I just realized the fuel tank is aluminium, I don't know why I didn't notice before!!

Will have to do a little research on what primer to use.

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Still struggling with a serious lack of time, we start on our home extension in two weeks. This has resulted in my shed/workshop being very over crowded due to the demolition of two smaller shed to make way for the extension. I have however managed to start carving the seat. After the initial knife shaping it, I finished up with the 4 inch grinder with a sanding disk. Then added a thin foam over the top to smooth out the imperfections. Finding it hard to visualize the stiching, I decided to draw some on. The final finish will be black leather with red and natural stiching. Next step Is to build the seat pan.

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Getting super excited with the finish line in site, I decided to connect up the fuel tank and associated fuel lines. Just one thing left to do before the final connections. Inspect the inside of the tank and internal components and what found was while she has been sitting with no fuel in the tank for the past few years the some for the rubbers had perished and condensation had caused a small amount of corrosion. The internal fuel tube that feeds from the injection system back in to the fuel pump fell apart in my fingers. Time to dig deeper. The fuel pump mounting rubber had also deteriorated to the point that when I tried to remove it from the pump the lower section came completely apart. Oh well, better to find these problems now rather than later. Once completely dismantled I tested the pump on the bench and guess what? seized.....umph!! So I soaked overnight in some crc and tested again in the morning and it's all good, purring away like it should.

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