Been spending some time in the garage working on the flattracker the last few weekends. Managed to get the tank all sorted.
Tank mounts - done.
After cutting and shutting the tank, I sealed it with Petseal. But what a dumbass - I plugged the fuel-tap holes with paper... which of course soaked up the petseal and cured hard.
Drill them out...
Rethread...
... but this time not for fuel-taps... I had a plan...
A lick of primer on the underside...
Aluminium (heat reflective... more bhp!) paint underneath and a dab of black on the front bits that can be seen to keep with the blacked-outness (?)...
... and instead of 2 fuel taps, a couple of neat banjos leading to dry-breaks. I can have the tank off in about 15 seconds now with no bother: a 13mm nut and a hex bolt, two dry breaks (spring-loaded so it's a one handed affair!) and the tank just lifts off. It's garage tested and all is sweet. A pukka race machine!
sweet!!.
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good job Paul
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