Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.Ole_imp said:Snowing like crazy here in Wisconsin today. I got bored and headed to the basement. The old girl looks a little different.
That rust pile came out of the mufflers
I need to get my Fluke out and check some continuity in some wires this looks like the only bad spot
Taking the gas tank to work to clean out some fine rust and a tiny amount of shellac. I will start with simple green then vinegar if that don't cut it some paint thinner will
all diluted with some hot water
Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.JustJohn_imp said:Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.Ole_imp said:Snowing like crazy here in Wisconsin today. I got bored and headed to the basement. The old girl looks a little different.
That rust pile came out of the mufflers
I need to get my Fluke out and check some continuity in some wires this looks like the only bad spot
Taking the gas tank to work to clean out some fine rust and a tiny amount of shellac. I will start with simple green then vinegar if that don't cut it some paint thinner will
all diluted with some hot water
My old tank doesn't have much rust. But it has a shellac-like deposit on the bottom.Scoobynut_imp said:Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.JustJohn_imp said:Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.Ole_imp said:Snowing like crazy here in Wisconsin today. I got bored and headed to the basement. The old girl looks a little different.
That rust pile came out of the mufflers
I need to get my Fluke out and check some continuity in some wires this looks like the only bad spot
Taking the gas tank to work to clean out some fine rust and a tiny amount of shellac. I will start with simple green then vinegar if that don't cut it some paint thinner will
all diluted with some hot water
Guys, don't mess around with all that nasty, toxic stuff. I have used Rusteco on rusted tanks and it works great. Won't harm paint at all like the acid etc. Won't harm you or your skin or eyes either. This stuff works great. The U.S. Navy uses their products.
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My old tank doesn't have much rust. But it has a shellac-like deposit on the bottom.Ole_imp said:My old tank doesn't have much rust. But it has a shellac-like deposit on the bottom.Scoobynut_imp said:Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.JustJohn_imp said:Grab a handful of old washers and small nuts, pour them in the tank. Seal it after adding about a quart of Diesel fuel. Roll it it your hands. You will feel the metal rolling in the tank. After about 20 minutes, unseal and drain the whole mess out. Let it dry. Then add some Muriatic acid and seal. Rotate 1/4 turn about every 4 hours for a day. Rinse with a hose,dry with air, then fog it with WD-40 until your ready to add fuel. You can POR it after that if needed.Ole_imp said:Snowing like crazy here in Wisconsin today. I got bored and headed to the basement. The old girl looks a little different.
That rust pile came out of the mufflers
I need to get my Fluke out and check some continuity in some wires this looks like the only bad spot
Taking the gas tank to work to clean out some fine rust and a tiny amount of shellac. I will start with simple green then vinegar if that don't cut it some paint thinner will
all diluted with some hot water
Guys, don't mess around with all that nasty, toxic stuff. I have used Rusteco on rusted tanks and it works great. Won't harm paint at all like the acid etc. Won't harm you or your skin or eyes either. This stuff works great. The U.S. Navy uses their products.
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What is the main ingredient of Rusteco? We have some bio degradable heavy duty cleaner at work. I would like to compare the list of ingredients if that is possible.
thanks
my first bike was a red 65 fun bike for 14 year old.they ran good with 140 lbs. on them we were really going in the day.68 lupeOle_imp said:Thanks for all the advice guys. I am really torn here. I know I can get the Benly cheap, but in my heart of hearts, I want a Superhawk. Why I don't know. For two summers my work commuter bike was an old Honda S65. You guys must remember them? A guy on the Kawasaki Versys forum bugged me for months and months to sell it to him. I was weak and I let it go. It was a cool little 45mph bike and I do miss it:
It only had 2000 miles on it when I bought it. Spark plug, battery, carb clean and that lil sucker fired right up. I think I am going to pester the old man and the the son who have the Superhawk with 4000 miles. I don't think the Benly will work for me. I must break them down!
I want to thank you for this advice. I am getting around a little better with my new dumb stupid kneeRazor_imp said:Nice looking bike!
Suggestion before firing.
-pull spark plugs & ground leads
-remove a tappet cover from both sides
-crank engine in short spurts till you see oil up by the valves
Good luck. Something tells me it's going to fire right up
. I did just as you suggested and am getting good clean oil up top! Soon as the temps hit 60 in my shed, I am going drain the diesel out of my gas tank, do another round of EvapOrust, put in some fresh non ethanol, and gonna see if the old girl will fire. I have good spark AND compression so wish me luck
