Maintenance 2007 - Day 7

Cleaned the exterior of the carbs.
Replaced the rubber heat shield (mat).
Installed carb isolators (boots).
Ran vacuum and mocked up the cruise servo.
Installed cruise throttle linkage.
Installed carbs and synced.
Put in coolant, bled, and verified working.

The front of the carbs.	And the back of the carbs.	New mat I made on left. Old OEM mat on right.
New mat installed.	Closer look.	Right side with carb (boots) isolators installed.	Left side with carb (boots) isolators installed.
So much is said/written about getting tools on the carb isolator (boot) clamps.  Below I show my screwdriver access to each.
Right, front - #1.	Right, rear - #3.	Left, rear - #4.	Left, front - #2.
Below I show the routing of vacuum tubes from each of the four ports--one each outboard of each carb isolator (boot) on the heads.
Right side with T awaiting connecting tube.	Left side awaiting connecting tube.	Connecting tube from right side routed along underside of frame crossmember and secured with zip tie.	Connecting tube from left side routed rearward and down. It meets with the other from the right at another T (you can see the clamps, but not the T).