Battery Box

Recently, I have been continuing to try to strip all of the various parts off the frame to a point where I can get the engine out.  A big part of this is getting electrical components removed.  The first thing I did was remove the horn and take it all the way apart and clean all of the rust off of it.  I then repainted it and put it back together.  I didn't replace the bolts so the few rusty ones dont look great, but this part isn't that visible.

A cleaned up and repainted horn

The big thing was cleaning up the battery box, which holds the battery as well as the voltage rectifier and regulator.  Years of unsealed batteries leaking acid onto the metal did leave it looking rather rough.

Looking down in the battery box

Side view

I stripped this down to bare metal and repainted the metal and cleaned up the electric parts and bolts.  This was the result:

Cleaned up battery box

I need to test the rectifier diodes to make sure they are working, but seeing as everything seemed to be working when I had it running I'm not worried.  I also order a reproduction set of rubber dampers and grommets for the box since the pieces that weren't missing were very far gone.

Also here is a look at how I am cataloging the parts as they come off the bike.  Using the parts diagrams I found on a British parts supplier site, I am recording each bolt and nut that comes off with its part number in an old paper lab notebook that they were giving away at work.  Each set of parts has a numbered bag and its contents are laid out in the book.

I have the tool kit bracket in the basement now for painting and after I get back from vacation I have carburetors to go through.