Some days I wonder if I shouldn't have stayed in bead...
For those of you with ANY modeling knowledge I am sure you will be able to figure out what I did wrong before I finish the story. Days like today I wonder if they shouldn't license people to assure some level of inteligence required to assemble these things.
I have spent the morning trying to figure out how to hook up the throttle linkage to my Saito 100. Everything I have done won't work. I have tried cables, threaded rods, bending "u"'s in to them to double them back to the carburetor...everything...nothing will work. Since the throttle arm is on the opposite side of the engine as the original pushrod exit thru the firewall I took special care to exactly duplicate the holes. Finally I went back and reviewed some pix on this thread. I saw something odd...every other Saito 100 seemed to have the throttle arm on the opposite side as mine.
Doh!
It hit me.
I should have reversed the carburetor!
Now I have the tank brace glued in plus some other stuff. I am going to have to abondon my second throttle pushrod guide and try to use the original.
Before I do all this is there any advice for when I turn the carburetor around?
Anything I should do to avoid air leaks etc.?
Remember who you're dealing with...
A complete Bozo!
Thanks!
JLK