I'm freshening up a few things on The Log Truck... I fixed the
brake-light-no-tail-light problem (a fuse) yesterday.
Now I'm going to fix my floppy clutch lever...
I have a salvage clutch master cylinder that I'm fooling with along with the "real" one
on The Log Truck, that's why you see some extra parts here... on an OEM lever (The Log Truck
apparently has aftermarket levers) the big brass bushing shouldn't even come out - there's
no replacement part for it in the fiche. I've had a new chrome Hondaline lever set for 10 years, so
I'm finally going to use them. The smaller brass bushing is what the pushrod (there's two
pushrods in the picture) swivels on as it pushes in the master cylinder internals when you pull
the clutch lever. Those are in the fiche, you can see my old one and my new one. Gordon gave
me the new one
... the workings of the pushrod and whatever lube might be on it are protected
by the bootie you see there... the bootie on The Log Truck and on my salvage master cylinder are
both toast. You can see what looks like a square-section O-ring in the groove on one of the pushrods.
I think that is really the top of the bootie (I've ordered a couple more booties). Can anyone verify
that the square-section O-ring and the bootie are really the same part?
I've got a big pile of parts here, I think I'm going to rebuild the forks and change out the
alternator and install my Josh headlight harness and maybe put on new timing belts...
I wish I knew someone around here who I thought would do a good job on checking
my valve adjustment, I'm more comfortable with fiddling around with the rolling stock
than looking inside the engine...
-Mike "no one's looked in there in 80,000 miles"
