Matt300ZXT
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Man, I should have really gotten these intake gaskets done when I had the whole thing off last time for a carb rebuild. That was a major pain. I got the gaskets in, somewhat tightened the intake bolts and put the whole carb assembly on to locate the manifold into place before removing the carb setup again to tighten them. Those ball end allens I bought didn't help one bit except for 1 bolt. I had to just use my standard allen wrench to painstakingly tighten the bolts a little at a time moving around the bike to get them all as even as possible. I got the rest of the intake installed with some blue loctite and cranked everything down but it was getting too dark to finish up, and my garage lighting sucks.
If it's nice outside tomorrow, I may move the car back out, roll the bike out into the sunlight and do the exhaust gaskets. After that I should be done other than putting the pipes back on and getting a Pingel fuel filter inline just below the petcock. After cleaning it out the other day, I installed it today with some Permatex #2 on the threads on the tank but when I put it back in place and tightened it all the way until it was in the same alignment it was in before, it didn't feel all that tight with the wrench. But it never leaked before and that's how it was situated.
If it's nice outside tomorrow, I may move the car back out, roll the bike out into the sunlight and do the exhaust gaskets. After that I should be done other than putting the pipes back on and getting a Pingel fuel filter inline just below the petcock. After cleaning it out the other day, I installed it today with some Permatex #2 on the threads on the tank but when I put it back in place and tightened it all the way until it was in the same alignment it was in before, it didn't feel all that tight with the wrench. But it never leaked before and that's how it was situated.
