Re: Working with petrol tanks ..


"T i m" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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?

I daren't tell you what WUN's tank went through when it reached me. A
thorough stripping back to 100% bare metal and then it was attacked with a
drill mounted wire wheel, a stand dril mounted wire wheel so I could REALLY
get some weight behind it and a gradual diminishing set of D/A discs going
from 80 grit to 320. I forgot to ask WUN if he'd done anything about the
fmes, so I just plugged the filler hole with a plastic bottle wrapped in
masking tape.

It didn't appear to blow up and it's currently looking pretty "Norton-ish"
again.

Just shove an exhaust extension into the filler hole of the tank and leave
the engine running for 15 minutes. After that, you're pretty safe.


--
Beav

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