Band-Aid Engineering

I smell fuel. Yep, all over my shoe and pants leg. A screw has fallen out of the float bowl. Not to worry. Just use the petcock to control fuel flow. On/Off, On/Off, On/Off, all the way home. If you have ever forgotten to turn your tap on you know how far you can go on a fuel bowl of fuel. It is quite a distance. Had no "proper screws" for the bowl but found Rochester two barrel air horn screws are just the ticket. They go in a little snug ,sort of like self locking nuts. Problem solved.

The only time I have been left along side the rode was when I was out of gas. The gas stations in Kansas and Nevada can be quite a ways apart. Always been very lucky to find someone who showed up willing to help.

Rode my Norton home as a single one time after an Amal slide broke up and went through one cylinder. Two up for around 150 miles.
Wasn't very fast. Just took one new valve and a slide to have it running fine after I got home. Jim

While I was farting on Trixie AAU, Wesley was trying to fix his Triumph front in cable brake light switch, same as I'd seen him do on similar Norton in cable switch. Well he gave up on them and showed me this hillbilly work around on the '69 Bonnie. Clothes pin closes soon as level moved. End of a spoon on level opens clip when hand released. It works on/off perfectly now.





Here's how Wes preserves the key tumblers from beating themselves up.
Horny Toad on board side cover

C'mon, a clothes pin switch, that's got to be the ultimate in redneck technology.

I didn't say that.

Dave
69S

+1 on the redneck tech. What next a ball jar oil tank?