Re: Working with petrol tanks ..


"Dan L" <dan.yodanet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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T i m wrote:

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:57:25 +0000, Pete Fisher
<Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I did think of inflating a big balloon in there while I'm working
on it, therefore effectively removing most of the air and sealing
the holes etc?

Are you going to weld, braze or otherwise assault it with flames or
sparks then?

Well, sparks possibly, from either a wire brush or mini air powered
disk sander? Enough of a possibility of seeing sparks to make me feel
uncomfortable doing so.

I can plug / masking tape over the outlet stub (I'd do that to prevent
painting the threads in any case) and I guess I could pack the filler
neck with rag then also seal it with masking tape?

All the best ..

Live dangerously man, we've recently been dremelling around the back of
a VFR400 tank that's full of petrol.

Nothing wrong with a bit of danger, biker boy.

Better if it's full to the brim than if it's almost empty.

Way back in the days when it was acceptable to wash car parts in petrol, we
had any number of trays full of petrol laying around the garage and they
were always the first place anyone threw a *** end. I've never seen one go
up, but I have seen a number of head injuries when the person closest to the
tray *thought* it might and instinctively made a bid for safety. Stupid
fuckers NEVER learned. Petrol doesn't burn very well on its own, but the
fumes are frighteningly combustible.


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Beav

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