I'm kinda double posting, but since I got the inspiration to do this from this site I thought I would share
I like metal, it has a truth to it, and because I have little to no experience with it it also has a level of mystery to me.
As I've stated before, my 750 is the first '70s era inline 4 that I've ever liked the looks of, so it makes sense to maintain some of that look, right. I was originally thinking I would fabricate a new composite tank from scratch for Squid, but I discovered (from you guys) that the F tank (the tank I've got) is somewhat of a find and it would be a shame to trash it, so now I'm going to try to resto/mod it. I want to get rid of the silly fuel door on the top and replace it with a flip cap of some sort. I also want to smooth out the sides and knock any dents out.
Shaking the tank makes a marocca like sound... not good. I need to get inside it so that I can start fresh, and find out exactly what I have to work with. brake out the grinder
I used a flapwheel sanding disk on my grinder, it's a little slower than a typical grinding wheel and leaves a better finish. With a hard wheel I'd be building up a lot of heat and melting the parts together as I was trying to grind them apart, and that's kind of annoying. You can tell when you're getting close to the end of the joint when it gets louder (the sound of the grinder starts to echo inside the tank) before it pops open.
In the last pic you can see the seam opening up a little.
This hole was my only trouble spot, This is a drain for the fuel door pocket and goes completely through and is welded to both the inner and outer piece.
I drilled it out.
30 year yawn
all this junk was once part of the tank...
... that means it's lighter than it was originally
Gross...
...gross...
...gross...
...gross...
A little Scotchbrite and some rust remover later
good stuff
...and this is only the beginning
next I want to take it to a welding shop and ask someone if they can put it back together before I go too much farther.
I like metal, it has a truth to it, and because I have little to no experience with it it also has a level of mystery to me.
As I've stated before, my 750 is the first '70s era inline 4 that I've ever liked the looks of, so it makes sense to maintain some of that look, right. I was originally thinking I would fabricate a new composite tank from scratch for Squid, but I discovered (from you guys) that the F tank (the tank I've got) is somewhat of a find and it would be a shame to trash it, so now I'm going to try to resto/mod it. I want to get rid of the silly fuel door on the top and replace it with a flip cap of some sort. I also want to smooth out the sides and knock any dents out.
Shaking the tank makes a marocca like sound... not good. I need to get inside it so that I can start fresh, and find out exactly what I have to work with. brake out the grinder
I used a flapwheel sanding disk on my grinder, it's a little slower than a typical grinding wheel and leaves a better finish. With a hard wheel I'd be building up a lot of heat and melting the parts together as I was trying to grind them apart, and that's kind of annoying. You can tell when you're getting close to the end of the joint when it gets louder (the sound of the grinder starts to echo inside the tank) before it pops open.
In the last pic you can see the seam opening up a little.
This hole was my only trouble spot, This is a drain for the fuel door pocket and goes completely through and is welded to both the inner and outer piece.
I drilled it out.
30 year yawn
all this junk was once part of the tank...
... that means it's lighter than it was originally
Gross...
...gross...
...gross...
...gross...
A little Scotchbrite and some rust remover later
good stuff
...and this is only the beginning
next I want to take it to a welding shop and ask someone if they can put it back together before I go too much farther.