K75RT leaking petrol tank needs welding?

[tmhajw]

Hi newbie here but have had a few old classics in my time, I have aquired a pair of K75's. Both have poor starting / running issues but that will be for another day. My main issue right now is a leaking fuel tank off the K75RT.
There are a couple of pinholes on the right hand side ( and looks like bubbling paint on the left lower corner, so trouble brewing)
My question is, can anyone recommend a welder to patch repair these, please? I'm near Gravesend, Kent or alternatively Sawston, Cambridge.
So fay I've taken the tank off the bike and hosed it out with tapwater- there was a bit of crusty rust in there- I was planning to purge the tank in a few days by car exhaust.
I would post a pic of the tank but not sure how!

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

Above is a photo of the tank on my old K1100 LT

It dripped like a sieve

 

[theoneandonly]

HA ! i bogded a 75 with a leaking tank on the lhs , at the lowest point. i used araldite IIRC , bloke rode it round (30k ) in 3 years , wasn't leaking when he sold it.

his tank was alli , is yours steel ?

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

HA ! i bogded a 75 with a leaking tank on the lhs , at the lowest point. i used araldite IIRC , bloke rode it round (30k ) in 3 years , wasn't leaking when he sold it.

his tank was alli , is yours steel ?

I'm pretty sure they're all aluminium

 

[tmhajw]

I'm pretty sure they're all aluminium

Hi yes they are Aluminium.

I could araldite or plastic weld it but I'm trying to avoid too much of a bodge.....

 

[kirby morgan]

Remove the tank internals and take it to a car/vehicle radiator workshop. Had similar with a mates K75 and had the pinhole tig welded by the guys who replace radiator matrix daily.
Did not cost alot either.

 

[tmhajw]

Sound advice, Kirby. My local radiator workshop didn't want to touch it (!) but put me in touch with a welder in Rochester who welded it up once he was sure I'd purged it reasonably well....
Now about those poor running issues....

 

[theoneandonly]

Hi yes they are Aluminium.

I could araldite or plastic weld it but I'm trying to avoid too much of a bodge.....

a bodge that lasted that long isn't a bodge , it's a repair.

a bodge gets you home , if you're lucky.