Put a drop of oil inside the wire holder caps – stops rust

Grease the threads of all bolts before installing things

Mount the rubber holder for the reverse and clutch cables to hold them fast in place

New gasket for the muffler

Install the muffler

Assemble the carburetor, new gaskets and rubber block

Making an intake gasket

Tools to make new gaskets, a punch for the small holes

Rubber block for the carburetor/intake manifold must be installed with the small hole lined up with the groove in the intake manifold seen behind

Install it correctly

Double check to make sure the holes line up

Bolt the carburetor in place connecting the throttle and choke cables

Clean the hot air manifold, oil or grease the spring loaded flap inside, it tends to rust out so grease is best

Rear motor mount bracket installed – keeps vibration to a minimum

Lower cooling shroud installed – small bracket holds a crack together, otherwise in fine shape

Cleaned the carb again, more dirt and varnish!

Ready for the motor test

Fired up first turn, bigger temporary gas tank in place for road tests

Runs great

Backed up to the door to exhaust fumes from the garage

Let it idle for a while, blipping the throttle from time to time to make sure all is well and to allow oil to splash up on the new clutch plate

Backed out into the snow in bright sunlight

Great day for a test drive – no, I don’t need snow tires today

Letting it idle outside in the sun

Right front – there’s a guard by the door

Right rear side

Rear light wires tied in place for a short road test

From the back showing the bigger temporary gas tank tied to the cross member

There’s the road behind our place where the test drive will happen shortly

First run

Simon doesn’t like the noise - Ken