Been a it of a funny week, and ended up on a side project that I didn't need....

Have been storing a mates bike for many years, and with cleaning up for the the inevitable selling of the place, decided to dust it off and return it.

Thought I'd detail it and get it started for ease of moving. Unfortunately when starting it, I fuel line had perished and a backfire caused a fire. Luckily I had a dry chem handy and damage was for the best part superficial to some loom sleeves and connectors.

Pricing bmw bike parts made my eyes water. Couldn't get parts here and a 2nd hand loom out of the US was $300+ aud before postage.....

Bit of a google of the part numbers on the connectors showed that they were also used in BMW cars of the same era... so with that in hand I was off to the wreckers. Managed to find the identical parts and was charged a grand total of $3.20 for the 2 connectors.

Couple of hours depinning and replacing burnt connectors now its just the loom covering to clean up and its like it never happened.

Out of gas so did a few little things to keep me busy.

Drilled out spot welds on rust repair sections ready for grafting. Prepared the rear Latch ready for welding in washers and nut inserts. Removed rear taillight ready for the horrible d pillar and my rare as hens teeth NOS rear vent arrived. I'm sure it'd have to be close to the only one in the world. 😅

Had a little time spare so made a quick start on thr patches for the D piller. Cut them out of a spare do which has a very similar curve to the section. Needs a bit more trimming, and also need to do a bit of repairs in the body however it's looking promising.

Bit of work to go however I'm super happy with how it's looking so far after the first hit with the sander.

Not an overly productive day today after coming off nights and struggled to get motivated.

Still made a bit of progress, finished off the rear d pillar and started some exploration on the drivers sill/footwell.

As always, worse than I thought and under many intertwined layers. Still a bit more to cut our yet until I am down to some good metal however I'll get there.

Just like a Sara Lee Danish
But definitely on the right track. Like that shiny stuff any day.

After unpicking the donor sections, rust treating and zinc coating they were ready to out in.

First couple of layers went OK(ish.) But of seam sealer on the inside layers as an extra precaution, so will wait a bit until the last layer goes on. So far, so good.

Few photos mid plug weld and then sealed.

Should leave some holes for fish oil or similar. Never want to do this again.

Should leave a selfie in there, for the next person who does it again. :) 

MarkA
Should leave some holes for fish oil or similar. Never want to do this again.

There are factory holes along the top and bottom of the sills.

I do plan to fish oil everything at the conclusion of welding.