MOPED ARMY

Glad to hear it runs, and your tank doesn’t leak. You can go balls deep on it now.

I found a loose/corroded connector on the horn, cleaned it up. Fixed the problem, though the horn sounds like it may have Covid-19.... :-)

I Finally got the tank to flush clean with no rust or particles coming out any more. It took probably 18-20 full tank flushes with hot water and compressed air. I also hooked a short length of chain up to a screw eye and put it in my cordless drill. I fed the chain into the tank and spun it slowly. It would tangle after a few seconds, and I had to un-feed it, and feed it back in.

The other thing I did, was I had a short clear line hose clamped on to the fuel tank nipple. I filled the tank with hot water and then use my compressor to blow water and air BACK into the tank. This freed up a LOT of rust particles.

I changed the trans fluid and took it for a quick spin (about 1000 feet). It shifted beautifully into second. Very smooth.

Couple of vids of it running here:

My Maxi first run.

Maxi second vid.

I had the Evapo-rust in there now for about 4 hours. I used use my boroscope to see what the inside looks like. What little I could see in focus looked way better than when I started. I re filled the thank back up with Evapo-rust and let it work overnight. I continued the flushing/compressed air process this morning until I could get no more particles out of the tank. It is currently drying with a light bulb on it for the night.

Hopefully tomorrow fill it with fuel to prevent flash rust until I get the new petcock and a decent fuel filter. Does anyone make a "cleanable" fuel filter ? I've got a small John Deere one but once it clogs (and I suspect it will), I'll have to toss it out. I suspect I will get some more sediment over the next few tanks of fuel.

Always use an in line paper fuel filter , unless you don't mind cleaning the carb .

The petcock screens only catch the big stuff .

And , the pancake ones are almost as good as those^ .