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From: Beav on 7 Jun 2010 05:03 "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message news:872j0kF2q8U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Beav wrote: > >> >> >> "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message >> news:872chdFs4gU2(a)mid.individual.net... > >> > As has been mentioned before, make sure the tank is as clean inside >> > as humanly possble. I've always favoured the cheap coke or >> > phosphoric acid method over filling the tank with nuts and bolts or >> > gravel. >> >> And try getting all the sand or stones out if there's an anti-splash >> filler neck which sits deeper into the tank further than the top of >> it. > > There is that to think about too, but it was crn who suggested it, so > only those who deserve the pain would have listened to him Indeed and it would cause considerable pain too. -- Beav
From: Ace on 7 Jun 2010 05:53 On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:05:13 +0100, "Beav" <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: ><crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote in message >news:huh7eo$ed$1(a)news.albasani.net... >> Never had a problem - >What utter bollocks. This is just great - he must be up to three or four a week by now. Keep it up, crn!
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 8 Jun 2010 01:46 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> typed ><crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote in message >news:huigfi$ro8$2(a)news.albasani.net... > >> Better than trusting the cola theory which MIGHT work. >> There are proper cleaning chemicals available but I have not tried them. > >Well why would you, you've got some free stones. "Keep banging the rocks together, guys." -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: crn on 8 Jun 2010 03:57 In uk.rec.motorcycles Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > >>Getting the last stone out can be tricky but they do come out eventually. > >>I have a flexible grabber gadget which fishes them out if shaking fails. > >>Better than trusting the cola theory which MIGHT work. > >>There are proper cleaning chemicals available but I have not tried them. > > > > Have you stopped to consider what it is that beav does for a living? > > Maybe I should just post him some pictures of the tanks I've descaled, > treated, sealed and painted, none of which have been a problem since they > were done? Actually, I don't think I'll bother. No problem, both methods work. Personal choice innit. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project, 78 400/4 in black 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: crn on 8 Jun 2010 06:45
In uk.rec.motorcycles Bob Scott <Bob(a)bobandaileen.co.uk> wrote: > Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> writes > > > >It's a 2 pack product which is both ratio dependent (product to catalyst) > >and *very* temperature dependent. > > > >The "left overs" in the mixing cup sets like granite. > > > Any thoughts on how well flowliner lasts? > > We had the GN tank flowlined 10+ years & when I pulled the damn thing > out of the shed for it's winter commuting duties last October the liner > had flaked off. Might have been due to storing the thing with an empty > tank - the petrol had gone into the summer commuter in April. > > If that's a typical lifespan for the stuff I won't get the Laverda tank > done but if that's an unusually early failure then I may well as the RGS > / SFC tanks are prone to rusting through at the bottom corners. No evidence but I am a tad suspicious of something that sets that hard, the POR stuff stays a bit flexible so it should be less prone to flaking as the metal tank expands and contracts. OTOH your problem could easily have been caused by poor preparation. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project, 78 400/4 in black 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley) |