My Boys :)

My Baby :)

All pistons now like brand new 

getting ready to install new pushrod tubes and seals

slowly coming back together

about to torque heads down

number 3 and 4 cylinders back on

yay

ahhh ... clean

I bought a spare 28 PICT 1 Solex carb to learn how it's put together.  I'd rather do it on this than the one that came off of my motor that I know works.

My carb all cleaned.  Cleaned out jets and put new gasket.  Swapped some parts out from donor carb

I grinded the old paint off of the intake manifold and more importantly, I drilled out the carbon build up in the heat riser pipes.  It was 99.9 percent clogged !

I used Quick Steel ( high temp up to 500 degrees ) to patch the holes I drilled.  I used a 1 / 4 inch, 18 inch long drill to clear out the carbon.

Primed for final paint.  

Flat aluminum ( high temp engine enamel up to 2000 degrees ) used for final paint