The PO had it stored in the back of his garage for 10 years with a full tank of gas (yup, lacquered something good too), I bought it for $100 and then bought a new house so time has been limited for the last year. But I have been spending weeks undoing the 'rats nest' in the headlight (had a poorly installed Vetter), hooked up a battery and everything started to come to life. The starter obviously had to come out for a cleaning and new brushes before it could turn the motor over, checked the points, spark in all cylinders. Yahoooo, everything seems to be going pretty good so far.
The slides in the carbs are absolutely lacquered tight and a vigil of B12 wasn't helping, but eager as I have been to getting it on the street. A can of starting fluid in a steady hand and it fired up right on the spot, and obviously without the slides moving, all I got was a surprisingly smooth steady idle. With the tank off and drained I was able to find that no moisture or rust present, but a pretty even coat of old gas may have preserved it well. I had hoped to get a dry run on it before tearing it down but the carbs are saying otherwise.
Finally bought a new camera this weekend after the old one croaked, I'll try adding pics of it but my still post moving mess of a garage is tight working space chaos.
