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From: Mike Buckley on 17 Dec 2009 09:39
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<e235a60c-ee3c-4f74-ac15-d5c11adbc259(a)p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
Steve <steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> writes
>On 17 Dec, 10:35, Mike Buckley <M...(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, 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.
>>
>> [1] Cotton buds aren't strong enough.
>bit of bowden cable with the end splayed out and the
>other end in an electric drill?

Tried that, won't bend to 90 degrees though so won't go past the angle.

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72
From: Harry Bloomfield on 17 Dec 2009 13:13
Mike Buckley pretended :
> 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.
>
>
> [1] Cotton buds aren't strong enough.

he old fashioned net curtain stuff - like a coiled spring and about
3/16" diameter, if it is not too thick.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk


From: Nige on 17 Dec 2009 14:16
Mike Buckley 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, 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.
>
>
> [1] Cotton buds aren't strong enough.

Pipe cleaners

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Honda Transalp XL600V
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

From: Beav on 17 Dec 2009 15:23

"Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:VPbUzEIilgKLFwkB(a)hotmail.com...
> 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.

Pipe cleaners, or a spray gun cleaning brush. Actually a set of them. they
come n three sizes and are tough and just about unbreakable while being
flexible enough to negotiate a tight 90 degree bend.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19


From: Mike Buckley on 18 Dec 2009 05:29
In message <nrwWm.34518$iW.6024(a)newsfe30.ams2>, Beav
<beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> writes
>
>"Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:VPbUzEIilgKLFwkB(a)hotmail.com...
>> 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.
>
>Pipe cleaners, or a spray gun cleaning brush. Actually a set of them. they
>come n three sizes and are tough and just about unbreakable while being
>flexible enough to negotiate a tight 90 degree bend.
>
>

All the spray gun cleaning kits I can see are too big, will have a try
with pipe cleaners.

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72
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