Once I got that sorted out, I hit the key for the first time in the buggy & it turned over. The wiring before was spur of the moment, whatever was laying around, just see if it runs wiring. The kind with household light switches, oven wire, and a vacuum cleaner headlight for an alternator light. It worked, but had to go. Next up was the fuel line. There's now proper braided line from the tank to a filter underneath, rubber fuel line to a steel line going down the side of the tunnel, rubber to another filter, then braided to the pump & carburetor. Got that together and put some gas in it. IT RUNS! No pushbuttons or light switches, but I kept the vacuum cleaner light for now. I want something bigger & more obvious than stock on it. Now if only I could remember where I put the filler neck and gas cap...
I rebuilt the carb last year but never really got it adjusted. Today I noticed the intake boots are splitting. I also noticed the exhaust was cool on cylinders 2 & 4. I've read about this before but not seen it until now. Not sure if it had to do with the carb rebuild, leaky boots, or both, I'll worry about it after I replace the boots. I'm just glad to have some progress that wasn't covered in fiberglass resin for once!
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