K100 tank swop; never done it-wot can i get wrong?!

So,
i come out this morning to a flat battery and a pissing tank.
Great start to the day ~ i have to chair the MAG AGM later on.
So,
i cant do anything about it til Wednesday (long story) then take a day off and swop with the tank that our Great Angel Of The North (Dr. Farkoff ) provided.
So,
here's the thing - never done this job before.
Is it straightforward to swop out the filter?
Is there owt else in there that i can feck up?
Sorry - i haven't done a search. Hoping to come back to this on Wednesday and IF (when ) it gives trouble - i can look here for piss tak.... i mean assistance and wise words.

Thank you all in advance - i loves you dearly.

Marc,

It shouldn't take more than an hour even if you are swapping the filter.

As your bike is now naked, there's only the two clips at the rear (if they are still there),lift the rear of the tank and it should come backwards a few inches to let you get at the two fuel lines held with jubilee clips at the front left and one electrical connector that needs to be disconnected (at the rear right-hand side).

Take the filler cap out, four countersunk screws and hook the fuel line with the filter up, undo one jubilee clip and the filter will pull out of the neck so you can get at the other fuel line.

Just make certain that the filter goes in the correct way round, the arrow shows the fuel flow direction.

I'll keep my landline phone handy in the garage today

OR send me a message and I'll call you

do you smoke ?

jings said:

do you smoke ?

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Does he WHAT? I've known Og for 10 years and i've never seen him without.

electric_monk said:

Does he WHAT? I've known Og for 10 years and i've never seen him without.

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hahahah there could be trouble ahead:cool

Murphy was a bastard.

MikeP said:

Marc,
It shouldn't take more than an hour even if you are swapping the filter. ...

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Bwhahahahahahaaaa! ... yeah. In theory.

DrFarkoff said:

I'll keep my landline phone handy in the garage today

OR send me a message and I'll call you

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The chat was most helpful - Ta

Murphy Law states that things happen in inverse proportion to their desirablity.
All that could, did go wrong!
~ one buggered screw head on filler cap - took an hour or so to remove screw.
~ get to the point i've got a near empty tank - now, to pump out dregs of old fuel - til i see/smell fresh fuel- i hit starter button. no flow - pump is still and silent.
Bollox!
sod it - i'll just use what i know works; the one in the old tank - i'm using the filter anyway.
Swop out the filter and pump - grand. Hit the starter again....
Feck!
Still nothing happening.
WTF?
By now i wonder if the fumes are getting to me. It must be a simple problem.
Wiring?
I hate electrics!
A miracle;
i suss the problem fairly quickly by putting my right hand in the tank, my left hand jiggling the connector block at the back of the tank and hitting the starter button with my nose.
Yes. Seriously.
Can i fix it-no it's fucked.
Being from the blunt school of mechanics i snip the wires either side of the block and join them together with a domestic screw-in-the-wires-either-side block.

Sorted.

Oh - the 'new' tank does need just a touch of paint. It's presently white and bare Ali in a charming 'blotch' pattern.

Ta for the help guys. Never had a Bike with fool injection and such gubbinery inside a tank before.
Thank You.

I'm off for a fag.

Ogmios said:

Being from the blunt school of mechanics i snip the wires either side of the block and join them together with a domestic screw-in-the-wires-either-side block.

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Jaysus H!!!!!! I wanna see a pic of that maybe I don;t But I really should Jaysus NOW I am really scared!!!

Ogmios said:

Oh - the 'new' tank does need just a touch of paint. It's presently white and bare Ali in a charming 'blotch' pattern.

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Fuck me you have had it long enough

electric_monk said:

Does he WHAT? I've known Og for 10 years and i've never seen him without.

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Hmm if he's not careful he could become the next blackpool illumination all on his own !

i suss the problem fairly quickly by putting my right hand in the tank, my left hand jiggling the connector block at the back of the tank and hitting the starter button with my nose.

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So, you'd do the same, right?