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Old 04-24-2015, 11:22 PM   #11
wuss721
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"

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Originally Posted by kustombrad View Post
My friend Alex had a cool idea of what to use to fill up the old gas tank spout. He said a piston would look *****in' if you could find one that size. So after checking the spout with calipers and doing the metric check (easier to find pistons that way) I came out with 60.5mm. I went to ebay and typed in 62mm so I could make it tight enough not to leak and found a brand new '69 CB750 Honda piston for $19 w/free shipping! Now I need to make a mount that uses the wristpin and that's all done. I'm having way too much fun!
What did u use to hold the piston from the inside?
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