May 23rd, 2019, 04:33 PM | #1 |
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Roached fuel tank help
I have a fuel tank that is like swiss cheese. It has rust inside and out so I plan to solder the 100 or so holes but my questions is...If I give it a muriatic acid bath, how do I keep rust from returned while I soder all the holes?
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May 23rd, 2019, 05:57 PM | #2 |
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Have you considered lining it with Caswell's Phenol Novolac epoxy instead of soldering?
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May 23rd, 2019, 07:33 PM | #3 |
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Don't use muriatic acid, it doesn't distinguish between rust and good metal and will dissolve both at same rate. Use Naval Jelly (phosphoric acid) instead. Can be found as concrete cleaner/rust-remover at Home Despot.
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May 24th, 2019, 03:36 AM | #4 |
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Sorry, but if your tank has 100 holes it not roached it is toast. The ninja tank are super thin to begin with. It’s time to throw it out and get one of eBay.
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May 24th, 2019, 05:56 AM | #5 |
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+1 to @Cafe Racer comment
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May 24th, 2019, 04:51 PM | #6 |
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Pure project
Yea, it would be better to buy a tank but I want to "DIY" this project. I have only used KREEM (sp?) 20 years ago but had it seperate from the tank. Looking for best practices right now.
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May 24th, 2019, 04:54 PM | #7 |
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Naval Jelly
I will try the Naval Jelly this weekend. Thanks for the tip.
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May 24th, 2019, 06:59 PM | #8 |
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Let's see a "before" photo of this tank with 100 holes!
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May 24th, 2019, 08:38 PM | #9 | |
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May 25th, 2019, 10:34 AM | #10 |
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Photos
Sorry guys, the tank is from a Bandit. Here are a few photos. I am still getting the paint stripped but you can see there is a lot of rust and holes.
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May 25th, 2019, 10:35 AM | #11 |
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I had a 500 triple in the 70's. Great bike.
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May 25th, 2019, 01:55 PM | #12 |
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