My Daughter's bike, early in the build.
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Judging from all the rust in the carbs, the tank is just nasty. Enter stripping and relining the tank.
Had to rig a way to plug off the hole for the petcock.
First wash it out with soap and water.
Then "FUN WITH ACID!" allways a good time. The rust and asorted crap did break loose and start to float way. Left this in overnite.
The acid is dumpped out, tank rinsed clean and prepped with acitone. Entire inside became a dull gray.
Then I began to reline the tank.
The liner is spread around to the entire tank flipping it on all sides so it coats all the bare metal. Extra liner was drained out the petcock hole.
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The entire inside of the tank is now coated in the white liner.
The VALVE COVER: Back on, all bolts tighned to 84.6 Inch pounds, and they seem to have held.
Thats about where I made it to this weekend, body work, finish fab on the pipe, side covers, tail lite, front fly screen & what ever else I find need done.
Had to rig a way to plug off the hole for the petcock.
First wash it out with soap and water.
Then "FUN WITH ACID!" allways a good time. The rust and asorted crap did break loose and start to float way. Left this in overnite.
The acid is dumpped out, tank rinsed clean and prepped with acitone. Entire inside became a dull gray.
Then I began to reline the tank.
The liner is spread around to the entire tank flipping it on all sides so it coats all the bare metal. Extra liner was drained out the petcock hole.
sThe entire inside of the tank is now coated in the white liner.
The VALVE COVER: Back on, all bolts tighned to 84.6 Inch pounds, and they seem to have held.
Thats about where I made it to this weekend, body work, finish fab on the pipe, side covers, tail lite, front fly screen & what ever else I find need done.
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11-01-2010, 09:28 PM
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11-07-2010, 11:20 AM
I like following projects like yours. Nice to see an old bike being brought back to life.
Been a long time since I've seen someone actually recondition a fuel tank. These days, seems most folks will just go find another one. Then again, on older bikes, that's getting harder to do. Thanks for showing that procedure.
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the finished product.
BTW, like your mug. ;-)
Been a long time since I've seen someone actually recondition a fuel tank. These days, seems most folks will just go find another one. Then again, on older bikes, that's getting harder to do. Thanks for showing that procedure.
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the finished product.
BTW, like your mug. ;-)
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