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Tank clean up MEK

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Yeah, I just used a quick shot. It has been sitting for 2 years without a tank & dry carbs.
 
Hope you are checking inside to make sure all the old liner is out before derusting.
 
I'm still working on the liner. It's a bugger to say the least!!!
 
Here is a pic of some of the old Kreem liner. All the stuff in the top left corner came from around the filler neck. The other wad & few large pieces were fished out when I was draining the MEK on the 1st round.
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The MEK combined with a Brillo pad on a stiff wire seems to be working well.

We will see.
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Well, it's done. Now I wait until the liner cures. It's not as easy as a '71 Army Jeep. I used the POR 15 tank kit. I wish I would of had twice as much sealer, towards the end, it was hard to tell where the fluid was at. The people that designed a '78 1000 tank sure never considered someone putting a liner in it one day.

I figure that 2nd to worse case scenario, this buys me time to find a good tank.

Thanks for all the help guys. Maybe next weekend... I ride...

Maybe.
 
Update. Tank is on, waiting on a new grommet & bolt for the rear of the tank (completely forgot that I didn't have one) and fill the front forks... then I should be mobile! It ran tonight, on its own, with fuel that I put in the 78 skunk tank I bought from Salty!!! Soon. Riding soon!
 
Congrats - sorry it was harder than thought. In a pinch you can use washers and some fuel hose / water coolant hose to make a mount at the back. I rode 2000 miles through baja with the 1100 tank fixed like that. :)
 
Yeah, thanks Salty. Now my problem seems to be fuel delivery. It will only run on full choke.
Im guessing I need to do the carb tear down that everyone is so violently adamant about doing.
My bigest problem is that I don't have a gauge to set vacuum with... And I don't have $ get one now. We will see.
Thanks.
 
Yes sounds like it. You can make a vacuum gauge for a few bucks, plenty of tutorials online. To get it running and ride it you can do it statically anyway - you are not going to be that far off & it will probably change anyway once you've run it for a bit!
 
Yeah, I spent $22 @ Ace Hardware today on tubing, nylon Ts, zip ties & ATF. The zip ties & ATF were the most expensive items. I just don't know how to connect the clear tubing to each carb. I will do some more research.
I also bought a can of Berryman's. (1 gal)
The carb clean up is in the very near future.
 
You need some adapters with the stock suzuki carb boots, if you have a drill press you could drill through some bolts or maybe you can turn a thread onto some small plastic pipe. You need a very small diameter to act as a damper anyway so as long as you can get consistent size holes through & screw it into the port on the boot (with an O ring to get a seal) it should work.

The Z1 Carb boots have a "spigot" that you can connect tubing to directly (they fit the GS1000 with minor mods to slot the fixing holes). If you haven't replaced the carb boot O rings then you probably should - they are cheap. If you have carb boot leaks I have two sets here that are not pretty but are serviceable...
 
Thanks Salty, but I bought all new O rings from cycleorings along with top & bowl gaskets & screws too.
 
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