Today I finished up the work on the rex.  Made some vent hoses for the carbs since the previous owner just left the vent tubes open and zip tied them under the tank.  Re-installed the tank and made new a new fuel line with an inline filter for added piece of mind.  Here is a shot of the filter along with the crankcase breather setup I put in.

The previous owner had the crankcase vent going through a long tube that routed up into the old air filter box and out into one of the side panels.

While I was changing the oil and filter again, I went ahead and installed the new timing rotor I picked up that will advance it by 4*.  Here are a couple comparison shots to show the difference in the timing marks between the stock unit and the new one.

So after everything was back together, I was feeling happy that it was all done and running now.  Then I went to clean up everything on the work table and found this.

That would be one of the throttle shaft springs for the carbs.  Without this, the carbs won’t stay in sync and there will be some minor issues with it not running properly.  So, I get to yank the carbs yet again and pull them apart again to put this spring back in.  But besides that small snafu, everything seems to be running great on it so far.  I just need to remember to turn the fuel off when I shut her down now.