Thats okay Don, I'm getting used to it, if only I had an excuse to take the engine out I could repaint it Dark Corporate Blue, but will have to wait for something to pack up. Worst thing is the PO had it powder coated red, so its even more of a hassle to 'remove' it, he had just about everything powder coated red

Now, what vacumn hose is off? Okay, I see it, good question, will have to check tomorrow, you got any ideas?? Could be the vacumn/advance, I think the carb was off when I took these pictures. Okay here's the rest of that picture, it is off the v'a, the pic was taken just before I took the carb off to clean it up.
If you look at the left hand picture of that bypass hose you can just make out that it is bent closed, it has obviously been replaced by the PO with incorrect hose [again], what damage can this cause, I am very wary of hoses being wrong since the 72's hose incident. I suppose if I went to any junkyard and scratched thru their hoses I would find a molded one to fit.