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1971 Green CT70 H 4 Speed Trail 70
Manufacture Date
9/70 Serial Number CT70H 133070
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From now on I will make a
list of the parts I send to Texas Precision Plating because come time to
put the rear sprocket on it's not here and neither is the sprocket for my
next '72 restoration. That's $70.00 worth of sprockets and if you call
them they say "we'll look for them and call you back." Good
luck, they never called back! This new sprocket is a Sunstar aftermarket
with 44 teeth instead of the 45 tooth Honda put on. It came from Jack at www.dratv.com
along with the chain and front sprocket. I like his package because it was
complete and the chain came the correct length without having to be cut
down.
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I checked out the brake position on my
411 mile 1970 CT70 and found that the brake adjustment from the factory was
at the end of the brake rod. So you may want to re-adjust the brake lever on
the aluminum hub to compensate. You can see here the nut at the end of the
rod is at the end like it should be from the factory.
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Something I discovered Saturday, you may or may not know.You can get
dual
element taillight bulbs (6 volt) at pep boys. They are sylvania 1154. On the
back of the package it says 1154BP. On the front at the bottom right hand
corner 6.4 volts. 2 for $3.14 quite a savings over the web
prices of 2.75
to 6.75 each. Just wanted to pass it on. Post it on your site and save some
people some money, if you want.
Dave
in Atlanta
Thanks Dave,
That'll keep us from buying from the pirates.
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I do not send my left side
cover when sending a motor to get rebuilt for fear of getting broken
during shipping. I just found out the engine left side cover is available
as a reproduction now. Here is the removable
points cover that goes on the left side cover. This points cover is
correct for 1969-72 CT70's and is not available as a reproduction.
So get out your muslin buff and tripoli to bring it back to an original
shine. After hand polishing we again used the Busch aluminum cleaner on
it. On Frankenbike we painted the MADE IN JAPAN black and found out on our
403 mile candy gold CT70 that only the Honda gets black paint. We used a
hobby Testors brand in glossy black with a dentist tool to carefully fill
the recessed Honda area. You can also use small wire to get the same
results. Once the paint dries take a cloth or Q-Tip with a little lacquer
thinner and gently rub off any spot that might have gotten too much. |
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This bike had black
electrical tape over the stator wires coming from the engine. We wanted
the "correct" look for this bike since we are spending so much
time and money on it. The Home Depot heat tubing is not as shiny as the
original, but it is black and looks better than tape. We took off all the
tape and rubber engine grommet so we could put the right heat shrink
tubing on. |
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If you look very closely at
the stator plastic end you will see a place to press down on to pull out
the brass connector from the back. Use a tweezers or something pointy to
do this with. |
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I can't remember what it
cost, but it wasn't much. This is the heat shrink tubing available at your
local Home Depot in the electrical hardware section. The correct size to
get is 3/8" X 4" and comes four to a pack. |
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Next we took a wire wheel
to the brass ends to make sure they are clean and corrosion free. Once
assembled the last thing we want is a wiring problem. Now slip the heat
shrink tubing over the wires one by one. With a simple lighter heat the
tubing up on all sides and get it to shrink down around the wires. If
you have a real good hair drier that gets super hot this will also work. |
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Clean the rubber grommet
with lacquer thinner or get a new one from Honda and slide it back down
over the tubing. |
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Here the heat tubing is done
and completely original looking again.
We use an aluminum polish with a tooth brush made by Busch to give
the engine center cases one last clean up. I'm not sure the original
freshly cast aluminum surface can ever be duplicated exactly, so we get it
as clean as possible without putting too much of a shine on it. I think
too much of a polish would be "over-restoring" it. |
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I saw a restoration web site the other day
that was telling people to paint these engine cases silver and thought to
myself, "who in the world would paint these engine cases silver when
they were originally cast aluminum?"
Only the outside covers were originally painted!
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The three wires coming out of
the stator/engine case will never be seen. I did want to take the brass
ends that clip into the wiring harness and clean them before finishing
this area. I decided to put a new white plastic end on since we had one
left over for a Mini Trail 50 restoration. |
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The engine over flow hose
available from Honda is a little beefier and larger than the original. I
chose to use the original and clean with lacquer thinner. |
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With
the motor now on the bike I next install the muffler and all mounting
brackets. If you don't have a CT70 Assembly Parts Manual, now would be the
time to get one. This book will show you how the bike goes back together
and also most important of all gives you the Honda part
numbers so you can go down to your local Honda
dealer and order new parts. I hope someone out there is listening because
it really cracks me up when I see people bidding on parts on eBay and
paying more than what the dealer charges. Plus they're paying shipping on
top of that. Go figure! Listen to me now believe me later, your local
Honda dealer has these parts!!!!! |
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I know a lot of you are into
powder coating and my feelings are if you want to powder coat that's fine
with me. I don't want to send something to get powder coated, take two
weeks and pay more than the cost of the black glossy paint I could get
down at the local paint store. I will pay less, get just as good results
and get mine done long before you get your parts back from the powder
coater.
As I'm putting each bike back together I like to squirt a little
lubricant on each nut and bolt before I screw them back in. It makes it so
much easier and helps prevent rust.
Cotter pins, washers and round headed screws for the front muffler
shield are all available in metric sizes right down at your local Home
Depot. So don't let the internet pirates get you. Get them yourself and
save. |
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