Re: Working with petrol tanks ..

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:27:21 GMT, "Beav"
<beavis.original@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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.

I'm not sure quite sure how far to go back re this tank. The general
external condition is ok, maybe with the exception of a few very minor
dings here and there. The main issue is where the paint has worn off
at the back by the saddle pressing on it as that has been rusty at
some time and some surface rust under the tank (but that wouldn't stop
the tank outliving the bike etc). Do I strip the whole lot off
(Nitromors?), fill, prime, paint or just touch up the minor points and
paint over the existing/

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

Sweet.

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.

Ok, I'll probably do this in my mates (commercial) garage and make use
of the next car he's warming up. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m


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