New old tank

The new old tank is prepped and painted, so I have to get the hardware off the old tank. Of course the old tank if full of gas so that has to get rid of that first.





The cover for the cap is already off, because it was powdercoated black.



Two screws hold it on.

And the keylock.

Two bolts hold the petcock on.

Put the cap off the fuel gauge sending unit.

Four bolts under that...

Fishing the sending unit out of the hole.

Okay now to put the hardware on the new tank.

This is odd, the shoulder bolts on the left held the sending unit and the regular bolts came with the new sending unit gasket.

This is the difference the new gasket has spacers in the holes and the old didn't.


Gasket on.

Fish it in.

Put the tank mount grommets in.

New gasket for the petcock.

Looks like we left some spare bare metal.

Cap on.

Three tiny screws hold the cover on.

Tiny screws. Try not to drop those in to the tank.

Success, but the tiny screws were tricky.

I put this picture in to show that you can remove/replace the gas cap assembly with the cover still in place.

Ready to go on to the bike.

Almost, I don't like the bare metal done here. So I used a touch-up brush to cover.

Not pretty, but it won't be seen and hopefully won't rust too fast.

Fresh battery.

I hate these little square nuts. I was actually successful using a 90 degree hook to hold it in place and start the bolt. Another thing, don't be tempted to use a No. 3 Phillips screwdriver to tighten the bolt, use a 10mm socket and rachet to get it good and tight.

Back to the tank. Connect the overflow/vent lines on back of the tank and one fuel gage sending unit. Connect the sending unit plug to the harness. Gas line to petcock and the two mount bolts.

Put the seat on with the nose clip and the two bolts.

That does look cool. Even if it was my idea.

oh yeah.

There should be a rubber grommet here, but I took it out to run a tank bib. Now I don't want a bib, but I can't find the grommet in my spare pile.

Here's the jury rig of the day. Wrap the dash tab with electrical tape.

Perfect!

Ready to ride. Still need to fix the spot light relay problem, some pinstripping, and may be some more de-chroming but it's good to ride now.