Petrol Tank Damage - Repairable???
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Tommo
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Yes I think it is.
Droopy Dick
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Ooooooooooooooh!
Nasty!!!!!!!!!
I suspect it'll depend on just how bad that crease is.
Nasty!!!!!!!!!
I suspect it'll depend on just how bad that crease is.
Bad that!!!
OK, I'll stick my neck out here and say that the only method would involve spot welding (using a purpose built welding gun) some small studs into the deepest areas of the crease, then slide hammer or dent puller them out. Once a decent result is achieved, apply a skim of P38 or similar and when dry reshape with glass paper type abrasive.
Then it will need a lick of paint.
I reckon £200 to £300 at a specialists repair shop.
I'd give a Dentmaster type franchiser a ring and let him quote on the job, you may be suprised.
Best of luck.
Timpo.
OK, I'll stick my neck out here and say that the only method would involve spot welding (using a purpose built welding gun) some small studs into the deepest areas of the crease, then slide hammer or dent puller them out. Once a decent result is achieved, apply a skim of P38 or similar and when dry reshape with glass paper type abrasive.
Then it will need a lick of paint.
I reckon £200 to £300 at a specialists repair shop.
I'd give a Dentmaster type franchiser a ring and let him quote on the job, you may be suprised.
Best of luck.
Timpo.
s/h std. tanks are fairly cheap £60+
Farmer Palmer
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Tank Damage!
Try Motorrad Concepts(Dalkieth), they have an excellent repair/repaint service but it would probably be cheaper finding a replacement tank and swapping the internals and spraying the beak or tank to match!!
I bought a 'mullered' tank complete with all internals etc for fifty GBP and had it sprayed complete with a spare beak because I fancied a change of colour and a smaller 22litre tank on my 03 GSA!!
Try Motorrad Concepts(Dalkieth), they have an excellent repair/repaint service but it would probably be cheaper finding a replacement tank and swapping the internals and spraying the beak or tank to match!!
I bought a 'mullered' tank complete with all internals etc for fifty GBP and had it sprayed complete with a spare beak because I fancied a change of colour and a smaller 22litre tank on my 03 GSA!!
Thanks for the advice.
Motorworks and Motobinns are shut for the holidays so I haven't been able to price secondhand tanks yet. However I expect to pay about £180.
A new tank is £550 including VAT.
Motorworks and Motobinns are shut for the holidays so I haven't been able to price secondhand tanks yet. However I expect to pay about £180.
A new tank is £550 including VAT.
Fanum
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You'd need to give the tank a damn good flush out if you did fix it 'cos the lining paint would probably have cracked off inside and will be floating around blocking up the filter once re-installed.
Flog it on the board...someone's bound to fancy it for a project
Flog it on the board...someone's bound to fancy it for a project
Buy a second hand tank- and save that one for off road use.
I've a perfect tank for sale, at a new year sale price , £85
I've a perfect tank for sale, at a new year sale price , £85
Welshman
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You'd need to give the tank a damn good flush out if you did fix it 'cos the lining paint would probably have cracked off inside and will be floating around blocking up the filter once re-installed.
Flog it on the board...someone's bound to fancy it for a project
Oh KAK, I have a slightly smaller ding in mine, but significant, not really obvious as it is at the low-low point above the RH cylinder, but quite deep, I assume a tree branch or something as a rock could not get there? But tree stumps, branches etc possible, due to the terrain. Do I now expect an issue?
Not got a photo of it, but it is visible in these shots I fink.
Slight mark maybe evident early morning.
Riverbed, no shadows nothing,
Included for fun for the terrain
Duct tape is due to a lost screen screw only, but the ding in the low low right front is bout 10 to 12mm!!
Farking hot here, 29C with 90% Humidity and an electrical storm took out my system last night, spent the day in the roof trying to bodge it, everybody is on bloody holiday!!!!!!!
Welsh.
Fanum
Toubab
Impossible to say......take a look inside your tank though and you'll see the lead oxide coloured paint that it's covered in......if the tank gets a good ding in it, particularly if it creases, it'll flake off bits of paint from this lining and having flaky bits floating around inside ain't good
If it ain't causing any problems, leave it, but next time you change the fuel filter, open the old one up maybe and take a peek inside.
(and do the exterior fuel filter mod at the same time then you'll never have to worry about it
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Impossible to say......take a look inside your tank though and you'll see the lead oxide coloured paint that it's covered in......if the tank gets a good ding in it, particularly if it creases, it'll flake off bits of paint from this lining and having flaky bits floating around inside ain't good
If it ain't causing any problems, leave it, but next time you change the fuel filter, open the old one up maybe and take a peek inside.
(and do the exterior fuel filter mod at the same time then you'll never have to worry about it
Might be a good idea to throw a can of tank restorer in at the same time.
Welshman
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Impossible to say......take a look inside your tank though and you'll see the lead oxide coloured paint that it's covered in......if the tank gets a good ding in it, particularly if it creases, it'll flake off bits of paint from this lining and having flaky bits floating around inside ain't good
If it ain't causing any problems, leave it, but next time you change the fuel filter, open the old one up maybe and take a peek inside.
(and do the exterior fuel filter mod at the same time then you'll never have to worry about it
Will take a look, but generally we get little kak with corrosion at this altitude, everything is as dry as a Nuns someting? I was more concerned with stripping of the lining in chunks etc once it ges "breached"?
The bike in the photos is a 99 1150 and has been "well used", I do fancy the external filter mod, but if it delamintes it wont help?
Welsh
there's a big gauze cover over the fuel inlet, before the filter proper. you'd be unlucky to block that up i reckon.
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