I stripped and painted the frame, to give those parts plenty of time to dry, before starting on the engine. Was hoping for a reply to the above but went ahead anyway and polished the HC head down to 400 wet & dry.

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Pretty happy with the result, but any further advice would be appreciated. Have now started polishing the exhaust port and tidying up the inlet port up. Oh, and sanded the machined part of head to 250 on glass.
Some further questions:

What is the best way to clean the outside of the crankcase and between the fins on the alloy head?

The foam between the petrol cap and the washer part has all but disintegrated, what do I replace this with? Ordinary foam?

Cheers,
Bushie.
edit: Didn't realize I had posted the same picture below

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Last edited by Bushie; 09/07/14 02:28 AM.