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My bike, when I got it, had some real oddball stuff swishing around in the tank, as well as some rust spots inside. Found a shop rag and a bunch of brown paper towel pieces in it when I pulled the petcock {petcock had a vacuum leak in the seal}. Since then, while going thru other PO issues, the tank shown more rust in it from sitting in my basement {dehumidifier set at 45%rh}. Last month I put 6 gal of white vinegar in it to do the burn-off of rust...I let it sit for 2 weeks. The black crud in there scared me but once I swished it around after letting half out she came out pretty clean...pretty clean. Now she's flash rusted again even after a decent shot {probably 2 cups} of lacquer thinner giving that a good swishing to coat everything, right after I drained the vinegar. Ugh!
So, after researching here and around the old car forums, I'm left with the not so pleasant thought of coating the inside of the tank with some kind of sealer....dragons blood, red whatever, white cream...they all don't seem to have great reviews. For some it's A+ for "this" brand...and equally more negative reviews of others for said same brand...no one shot miracle cure here.
So, I thought about the last 25yrs of my old job...making rivets....and the different kinds of plating they received. Inspecting the fuel sender I saw that it was somewhat cruddy {like the rest of the inside of the tank}, but she was still zinc plated to begin with. Given that, I searched around to find the best plating for a strip and revamp of my sender structure while I had it apart...searched for fuel sender rewinding too {nichrome wire - I posted about oddball readings from my sender but it was just low batteries in my tester}.........and btw, yes, I pulled and blocked off the sender before my vinegar treatment. I did use my old petcock though so I could easily remove the vinegar...have a new one on the shelf.
Anyway...given that the oem fuel sender coating was zinc {kind of yellowy}, I've found out that there's an "EN nickel plating" or clear or yellow zinc and hot galvanizing. I have to strip my paint off the tank anyway {cracked/chipped} so a "dunk" of some kind won't hurt my tank...most folks it would.
Has anyone else looked into a plating process, of any kind like this, for the inside of their tank?
I sent a tank plating request/quote off to the local platter across town since they do small batches and actually say they do car/motorcycle part plating....chuckle...wonder if they've done tanks too. A Norton forum says it's been done with good results...found the same on a Goldwing forum......"should" work for us too......right?
So, after researching here and around the old car forums, I'm left with the not so pleasant thought of coating the inside of the tank with some kind of sealer....dragons blood, red whatever, white cream...they all don't seem to have great reviews. For some it's A+ for "this" brand...and equally more negative reviews of others for said same brand...no one shot miracle cure here.
So, I thought about the last 25yrs of my old job...making rivets....and the different kinds of plating they received. Inspecting the fuel sender I saw that it was somewhat cruddy {like the rest of the inside of the tank}, but she was still zinc plated to begin with. Given that, I searched around to find the best plating for a strip and revamp of my sender structure while I had it apart...searched for fuel sender rewinding too {nichrome wire - I posted about oddball readings from my sender but it was just low batteries in my tester}.........and btw, yes, I pulled and blocked off the sender before my vinegar treatment. I did use my old petcock though so I could easily remove the vinegar...have a new one on the shelf.
Anyway...given that the oem fuel sender coating was zinc {kind of yellowy}, I've found out that there's an "EN nickel plating" or clear or yellow zinc and hot galvanizing. I have to strip my paint off the tank anyway {cracked/chipped} so a "dunk" of some kind won't hurt my tank...most folks it would.
Has anyone else looked into a plating process, of any kind like this, for the inside of their tank?
I sent a tank plating request/quote off to the local platter across town since they do small batches and actually say they do car/motorcycle part plating....chuckle...wonder if they've done tanks too. A Norton forum says it's been done with good results...found the same on a Goldwing forum......"should" work for us too......right?
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