Tank Removal...

[teamvisegrip_imp]

I would like some more into on this Quick Release Fuel Connection, price, part number and where to get them.

I am looking for a Quick Release Fuel Connection for a bike build. I need to be able to disconnect and still be able to hold the fuel in the tank. I would like to have the option to drain afterwards too.

Any thoughts as to what would work best would be very appreciated.

[Bazbro_imp]

I would like some more into on this Quick Release Fuel Connection, price, part number and where to get them.

I am looking for a Quick Release Fuel Connection for a bike build. I need to be able to disconnect and still be able to hold the fuel in the tank. I would like to have the option to drain afterwards too.

Any thoughts as to what would work best would be very appreciated.

These - https://tinyurl.com/y3pc8fa8 - are the sort of items I've fitted to my BMW to facilitate easy tank removal, but that's a simple gravity-feed system.
Questions have been raised by the guys here on whether they are suitable for 50+ psi pressure-fed systems.
Keep us posted as to what you discover?
Good luck with the build..

[pekingduck]

I would like some more into on this Quick Release Fuel Connection, price, part number and where to get them.

I am looking for a Quick Release Fuel Connection for a bike build. I need to be able to disconnect and still be able to hold the fuel in the tank. I would like to have the option to drain afterwards too.

Any thoughts as to what would work best would be very appreciated.

These inexpensive quick disconnects are designed to be used with a petcock or gas valve. They do not have any check-valve on either side to hold fuel in the line, and will be open on both sides when disconnected.

Look for metal ones to do that, like those used for air compressor hose lines. Be sure they are fuel resistant. And if you use one like that, and have the check-valve end on the tank hose, it will not drain unless you put an open male coupler on it.

[peterbaron]

I would like some more into on this Quick Release Fuel Connection, price, part number and where to get them.

I am looking for a Quick Release Fuel Connection for a bike build. I need to be able to disconnect and still be able to hold the fuel in the tank. I would like to have the option to drain afterwards too.

Any thoughts as to what would work best would be very appreciated.

These inexpensive quick disconnects are designed to be used with a petcock or gas valve. They do not have any check-valve on either side to hold fuel in the line, and will be open on both sides when disconnected.

Look for metal ones to do that, like those used for air compressor hose lines. Be sure they are fuel resistant. And if you use one like that, and have the check-valve end on the tank hose, it will not drain unless you put an open male coupler on it.

These inexpensive quick disconnects are designed to be used with a petcock or gas valve. They do not have any check-valve on either side to hold fuel in the line, and will be open on both sides when disconnected.

Look for metal ones to do that, like those used for air compressor hose lines. Be sure they are fuel resistant. And if you use one like that, and have the check-valve end on the tank hose, it will not drain unless you put an open male coupler on it.
+ 1 = Right on, do it right or do NOT do it at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bazbro_imp]

Thanks for that, pekingduck.

[tommymck_imp]

I dunno. Me, personally, I’d just leave it stock (and I did). You’ll need to figure out the stock arrangement anyway just to remove the tank. And once you do, it really isn’t so terrible. My issue was that the whole thing is non-obvious. Removing a tank is common enough that I’d have thought that the design of the release mechanism could have been a little more straightforward... that’s all. When you figure it out, it isn’t that bad. It just took me a few hours to figure it out. Were I to do it again, a tank swap would be a 45 minute job at most, but the fuel line part of it would add maybe a few minutes extra over some easier quick disconnect.

My main advice is to have patience the first go-round. Like most things mechanical, the problem will succumb to perseverance.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Just like the winter regions will succumb to the CB owner's perseverance to ride.

[Bazbro_imp]

I dunno. Me, personally, I’d just leave it stock (and I did). You’ll need to figure out the stock arrangement anyway just to remove the tank. And once you do, it really isn’t so terrible. My issue was that the whole thing is non-obvious. Removing a tank is common enough that I’d have thought that the design of the release mechanism could have been a little more straightforward... that’s all. When you figure it out, it isn’t that bad. It just took me a few hours to figure it out. Were I to do it again, a tank swap would be a 45 minute job at most, but the fuel line part of it would add maybe a few minutes extra over some easier quick disconnect.

My main advice is to have patience the first go-round. Like most things mechanical, the problem will succumb to perseverance.

Thanks, Tommy.