well did you make the deal. I just heard a friend of mine bougt an Indian from a friend. the following week he was going to pick it up. The seller wound up in the hospital and didnt make it. the son sold the bike to someone else. the son had found the title while his dad was in the hospital.
Hope you have heard enough wait until later stories to convince you to make your deal.
find someone or someplace that restores corvettes. the seem to do the most rivetting of ball joints. there is even a corvette websight that sells the toold and rivetts needed.
I agree with Tom. The pump is the way to go. you can also go with a smaller booster if your not looking for that stock look. i dont think a 9/16 hose will add much difference.
If you go on ebay you will find the housing or the pump. they also reproduce them. I believe if you buy from discout or autozone your going to get a square pump body
Xylene will work, slow dry so you can work with it. Acetone or lacquer thinner will work, i have used it all to clean plastic and rubber, just dont soak it.
I have 12.5 volt at the starter Bat and when i turn the key i get 12. at the solwnoid wire. i have a heat shield on order but i dont think that is the issue
if i remove the Solenoid wire from the starter and measure volts to the wire from battery ground i loose less than .5volts but circuit stays over 12 volts.