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From: Mike Buckley on 17 Dec 2009 05:35
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.

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 17 Dec 2009 05:44
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?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Krusty on 17 Dec 2009 05:55
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.

A bit of heavy-guage fencing wire might do the job.


--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: M J Carley on 17 Dec 2009 05:49
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?
--
Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash.

Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/

From: Scraggy on 17 Dec 2009 05:58
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.

Got any old plastic covered curtain spring?

--
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as
members. Groucho Marx


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