Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Today I'm gonna take of all the ancillaries from the tank
I will start by undoing the fuel tap
It should just unscrew but you might need to get a spanner on it
Just the two screws
and it just lifts off, Its not very nice inside but
Then spin the tank around to the fuel sender, It has a plastic cap
that should just pull off
Sometimes they are quite stiff and you may need a screwdriver to lever it off
Then you just need an 8mm socket
Then undo the four bolts that hold it on
Ste
Now with the bolts undone just lift it out gently
and you have to maneuver it around to make the float fit through
And that is the fuel sender, and I think this one has had it
But we will probably have a look at it in a later video and see what is inside
This gas tank has been stood for about two years at the bottom of the garden It was just left on the bike with the fuel still inside
and I just want to show you
what can happen if you don't drain the tank when you store your bike
So I have left some fuel in it just to show you
Now that was
Nice clean fuel when it was left in the tank
And that is what it looks like now
basically muddy water
So that is why it is important to drain your fuel tank before you put it into storage
Drain it all out because if you dont
That is what you will end up with inside
And obviously that tank is now totally rusty inside So we are going to have to try and do something about that
Ok
So now we are going to take the fuel filler off Its quite easy really
just remove these Allen key bolts
Its a 4 mm Allen key
and these are coming out quite easily really I thought they would be much more difficult than this
As they were so rusty and considering the condition of the tank
but no they are coming off really easy
well that was easy
What you need now
You need to get the keys And a screwdriver
And if you open the cap
And I have soaked this in WD40 as it was seized up, Their you go it does open
very nasty, look at that, not very nice at all
so anyway inside is a screw
just undo that, it is likely to be tight
yeah it is, just dont drop it in the tank
Be careful and just take it out like that
And it should just lift off and there is the rubber gasket underneath
You can buy different types of replacement fillers
And just screw them back on
But obviously the point of this is to repair what I can so
I'll see what I can do with that
but as you can see that is not very good And this is quite nasty But we will see what we can do anyway
Ok just the last little bit
when you are stripping your tank
I have already started taking these badges off They are just glued on
You can leaver them off or sometimes just pull them off with your fingers
But I just get one of these long thin bladed things Extend it right out
Slide it in and cut it off That one I had already started
I havent started this one yet so lets have a go
Start cutting through Sawing away like that
And its off with no damage to the tank
And it keeps these with the correct curvature So when you put them back on
They still fit nice and snug
Thats it and all you have to do then
Just the rubber bungs They just pull out
Then the other two here
So thats the tank stripped down to just the metal component
Ready to do whatever you want to do with it
okay I just thought I would show a quick shot
of just how bad this tank is
The rust around the filler underneath the cap
And if you can see inside it is just thick sludge
And lumps of rust
So that is going to take a bit of sorting out I think
But we will see what we can do but normally I would have just thrown it away
But the whole point of this to see if we can do anything with it so
we'll see what we can do