CresentSon
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I think this is gonna be like Herm's rearsets. It isn't DTT if it isn't rocking DIY Herm rearsets, and tWistedWheelz headlight brackets!
$50 mod thread
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tWistedWheelz
BUILT NOT BOUGHT!
Herm21 said:
Don't forget the whiskey! It took a bit to get to that point of the design!
I am a bit like a salt shaker filled with ideas, most of them crap, but I keep shaking until something good comes out!
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Hoosier Daddy
Earache my eye...
DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!tWistedWheelz said:
I may blow you shit about your drill bits... but you're tallents are AWESOME... and to the whiskey!!
rjz5400
grummble grumble
i had brown water loud tank (rust) after lots of attempts, nuts and bolts, rinsing, wd40, muriatic acid, over and over and over.
what works on STEEL and not ALUMINUM is dollar store "the works " toilet bowl cleaner!! it has the highest concentration of some wicked dangerous chemical ever in it. and
my tank came out completely spotless after using it 100 percent strength, soaking an hour, then adding water to fill, 5 min, and dump it all down the toilet, then i just mixed a little baking soda, in water and switched it around to neutralize the acid, water to get out the baking soda, then dry with towel or hair dryer (both) and fog it with wd40 or motor oil or trans fluid, whatever is on hand to protect. or if you are ready you can fill it with gas to keep the flash rust from returning.
two most important things to do
1 do not do this at all if you have an aluminum cap, tank or petcock take them of and wait until dry before replacing them on the tank. if not then at the end you will have a puddle of metal and likely a good size acid burn from the leak, this stuff eats aluminum,
2 the baking soda and oil to protect are crucial don't do them and in minutes you will have black oxidization and have to re rinse or start over
3 BE CARE-full and do this as if you were using a powerful chemical to dissolve metal because you are!!!!
for more reading i saw a long post about tank cleaning on sohc4
i was so frustrated with other methods and shitty results that i got a little ranty. OVER
total cost 15-20 dollars depending on size of tank and dollar store proximity
what works on STEEL and not ALUMINUM is dollar store "the works " toilet bowl cleaner!! it has the highest concentration of some wicked dangerous chemical ever in it. and
my tank came out completely spotless after using it 100 percent strength, soaking an hour, then adding water to fill, 5 min, and dump it all down the toilet, then i just mixed a little baking soda, in water and switched it around to neutralize the acid, water to get out the baking soda, then dry with towel or hair dryer (both) and fog it with wd40 or motor oil or trans fluid, whatever is on hand to protect. or if you are ready you can fill it with gas to keep the flash rust from returning.
two most important things to do
1 do not do this at all if you have an aluminum cap, tank or petcock take them of and wait until dry before replacing them on the tank. if not then at the end you will have a puddle of metal and likely a good size acid burn from the leak, this stuff eats aluminum,
2 the baking soda and oil to protect are crucial don't do them and in minutes you will have black oxidization and have to re rinse or start over
3 BE CARE-full and do this as if you were using a powerful chemical to dissolve metal because you are!!!!
for more reading i saw a long post about tank cleaning on sohc4
i was so frustrated with other methods and shitty results that i got a little ranty. OVER
total cost 15-20 dollars depending on size of tank and dollar store proximity
tWistedWheelz
BUILT NOT BOUGHT!
That stuff make a fun little bomb too! Take a plastic drink bottle of any size with screw on cap. Take a small piece of aluminum foil and rip it to small shreds and place them in the bottle. Pour in a little of "the works" about two tble spoons. Quickly after adding, screw the cap on tight and move away from it. Some bottles are better than others! Gatoraid is good!
tWistedWheelz
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diesel450 said:
I'm not redneck, just country, there is a big difference! Rednecks are ignorent asses, I am just an ass! When you grow up in a small town, you find ways to entertain yourself! Check out the anarchist cookbook, tons of fun stuff in there!
Hoosier Daddy
Earache my eye...
Amazing what you can do with a mouse trap... ain't it?tWistedWheelz said:
CresentSon
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VonYinzer said:
Now that it has been mentioned were already on a watch list. Big Brother is probably tapping everyone of us now. DTT will be made out to be the next Black Trenchcoat Mafia now. Shit I just heard a black Helicopter... No, wait, those are stealth mode right?
midnightcafe
Been Around the Block
paper gasket:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rx5hGKt1PY
I thought, no way, that'll leak after 3 miles. Well, paper has been a gasket standard for decades. of course I wouldn't be swinging a hammer at my cast aluminum cases!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rx5hGKt1PY
I thought, no way, that'll leak after 3 miles. Well, paper has been a gasket standard for decades. of course I wouldn't be swinging a hammer at my cast aluminum cases!
rjz5400
grummble grumble
for the works tank cleaner i used three bottles. i think it took so many because i was diluting it. adding water every time to the works.
i think after doing two tanks this way, the best method is full strength, swirl, sit swirl every like 5 minutes until it stops smoking and making noise, then fill with water dump out, refill with full strength and repeat, one third of a bottle at a time. then once all the rust is gone rinse with baking soda water dry, and coat with two stroke motor oil or wd40 whatever you have around to keep it fro flash rusting.
i found many new rust holes in mine that go all the way through so i will be using lots of jb weld on the outside to fill in the seams and holes.
anyway the bottles only cost 1.50 at the dollar tree here in NC so i could get like ten and fill it up and just wait. it would still cost less than some of the commercial cleaner setups for cleaning tanks.
i think after doing two tanks this way, the best method is full strength, swirl, sit swirl every like 5 minutes until it stops smoking and making noise, then fill with water dump out, refill with full strength and repeat, one third of a bottle at a time. then once all the rust is gone rinse with baking soda water dry, and coat with two stroke motor oil or wd40 whatever you have around to keep it fro flash rusting.
i found many new rust holes in mine that go all the way through so i will be using lots of jb weld on the outside to fill in the seams and holes.
anyway the bottles only cost 1.50 at the dollar tree here in NC so i could get like ten and fill it up and just wait. it would still cost less than some of the commercial cleaner setups for cleaning tanks.
I picked up some of that The Works stuff this weekend and can't wait to treat my tank.
Did you guys get any reactions from the stuff mixing with gas still in the tank? I've got mine about as clean as it goes, but I know there are still traces of gas in there. I sure wouldn't drop a cigarette into it, so I wonder how clean it needs to be for the acids?
I suppose the baking soda might be a bigger issue (acid + base and all that), but on that end I'm fairly sure I can flush sufficiently with water.
Thanks
Did you guys get any reactions from the stuff mixing with gas still in the tank? I've got mine about as clean as it goes, but I know there are still traces of gas in there. I sure wouldn't drop a cigarette into it, so I wonder how clean it needs to be for the acids?
I suppose the baking soda might be a bigger issue (acid + base and all that), but on that end I'm fairly sure I can flush sufficiently with water.
Thanks
tWistedWheelz said:Less than $10 headlight ears!
Well it may cost you a little more, but you will have left over material!
Supplies:
1 Aluminum C Channel (see photos)
2 nuts
2 bolts/screws
1 cereal box
Tools:
Hacksaw
benchgrinder/file set
drill/drill bits
razor knife
1) using the cereal box cut you basic template shape
2) test fit it to the forks and headlight
3) transpose template to C channel
4) Cut away undesired material with hacksaw
5) clean up the cuts with the grinder or files
6) bend your mounting tab out 90 degrees away from the C channel
7) clamp the bracket to the fork tube with a clamp and force the long end around the tube by hand until mounting tab comes all the way around
8) drill holes for securing screw and headlight mount
9) mount and RIDE!
C channel purchased from Lowes for like $8 total!
Template
After cut and bent
Drilled and on
DONE! they will require a little more cleaning up and some finish work, but you get it!
I will be replacing the screw with a button socket head bolt on my build, it looks better than the screw.
Cheap and fairly easy!
I hope it helps some of you out there!
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this was my inspiration for my over flow bottle holder
