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From: CT on 17 Dec 2009 06:05
Mike Buckley wrote:

> Any suggestions, apart from leaving it blocked and doing without
> reserve? The inside of the tank is in reasonable condition.

Copper wire.

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From: Champ on 17 Dec 2009 06:14
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:35:14 +0000, Mike Buckley <Mike(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

>The correct answer was to fix this before I gave the stuff to Beav for
>painting, but well....
>
>The reserve pipe on the CB72 tank is completely blocked with gunge...

Why not replace it with a nice bit of shiny new petrol hose?
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From: Mike Buckley on 17 Dec 2009 06:21
In message <dj4ki5hmpn562b61a04kbdarrcas20oqne(a)4ax.com>, Champ
<news(a)champ.org.uk> writes
>On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:35:14 +0000, Mike Buckley <Mike(a)hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>The correct answer was to fix this before I gave the stuff to Beav for
>>painting, but well....
>>
>>The reserve pipe on the CB72 tank is completely blocked with gunge...
>
>Why not replace it with a nice bit of shiny new petrol hose?

It's brazed to the bottom of the tank...

The speedo cable was a good idea, will try that shortly.

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Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72
From: Mike Buckley on 17 Dec 2009 06:39
In message <KusM1t.1MF.B.birch(a)bath.ac.uk>, M J Carley
<ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk> writes
>In the referenced article, Mike Buckley <Mike(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>What I need is a bendy rotating tool that I can push through with
>>enough force to dislodge the fairly solid gunk[1].
>
>>[1] Cotton buds aren't strong enough.
>
>Do you have any old speedo cable?

Just tried this - the ends of the cable were too stiff to go round the
90 degree bend, and when I cut the cable and tried it just untwisted.

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Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72
From: Mike Buckley on 17 Dec 2009 06:39
In message <bVGouA23tgKLJAM0(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>, Wicked Uncle
Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes
>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Mike Buckley
><Mike(a)hotmail.com> typed
>>The correct answer was to fix this before I gave the stuff to Beav for
>>painting, but well....
>>
>>The reserve pipe on the CB72 tank is completely blocked with gunge,
>>I've been working on it for two days with carb cleaner and various
>>small tools and I've cleared it to where the external pipe bends 90
>>degrees and enters the tank proper. What I need is a bendy rotating
>>tool that I can push through with enough force to dislodge the fairly
>>solid gunk[1]. What would be ideal is a bendy cutting tool for my
>>Dremel but I can't find one and the flexible shaft extension is way too big.
>>
>>Any suggestions, apart from leaving it blocked and doing without
>>reserve? The inside of the tank is in reasonable condition.
>
>Have you got a compressor?
>
Fraid not
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Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72
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