It is time for the tank and air box to be added back to the frame.
The original tank was rusty and I didn’t want to have the same experience as with my other bike. Rust in the tank caused fuel starvation.
On my other bike I changed over to a stainless stell standard size tank. After one season I replaced it with a 11L tank instead. So I still had a tank left unused.
I started by adding the old, GP style, white tank straps.
They unfortunately proved to be to long. Probably since I’m using original style tank rubbers and the GP has fatter ones that are slotted.
So I changed back to the original satin black coloured tank straps. I think they look better. I did change the screws and nuts trunions for holding the tank straps together. The old ones were very difficult to turn and risked damaging the straps.
I added more rubber to help raise the tank so that the fast flow tap could clear the frame. I hope this is enough. Only the tip of the tap is a little close to the mounts compared to without the extra rubber. Maybe I’ll add one more sheet of rubber just in case on fuel tap side.
Finally I’ve added the extra carb that’s been laying around and unused since that fuel starvation fault diagnosing (It wasn’t the Jetex fault eventually so I was left with a spare Jetex).
I jetted it with dellorto jets and to GP standard jet sizes since this is a 22mm one. The inlet manifold is a 22 version that fits the TV175 cylinder.
Lambretta TV175 Series 3 