Frankentank Lives!

[dirttracker30]

Well things are progressing nicely. I think it retains the basic lines ,and it is almost unoticable(well almost). Next I'm onto doing a little pressure test,and then I can fill it with H2o and see what I gained.

Any capacity guesses? How much do you think it gained!!

 

[LAF]

Well things are progressing nicely. I think it retains the basic lines ,and it is almost unoticable(well almost). Next I'm onto doing a little pressure test,and then I can fill it with H2o and see what I gained.

Any capacity guesses? How much do you think it gained!!

2.2 Gals ?

Nice job for sure.

I have watched metal workers while I worked in the glass industry as a Glazier. I know a guy who is a wizard with all kinds of gas, electric type welding from a past life and to watch him was art.

I think that looks great line wise to the bike. Once it is painted I think it will be awesome! On that, how do you finish now to get it to primer? I mean it has come a long way from the tac weld pics and obviously sanding got it to where it is. Also do you have to pressure test it now and how do you accomplish that?

Very nice and I am sure a lot of work.

 

[dirttracker30]

Hey LAF, yes pressure test is next ,by using some bung type expanable plugs. One I will have to fit with a valve stem so I can put a little air to it. I won't use a lot of pressure ,but enough that I can soap the tank up and look for leaks ,and spot weld up if needed. Then I will use a lead free auto body solder material as filler on the outside of the tank. it is fileable/sandable and is good to 900 lbs of pressure. So that will be my second layer of defense against leaking. Then I will seal the inside of the tank also . Then onto primer & paint. Stay tuned! I hope 8 gallons min. ,but a little more would be awesome.

 

[Panman]

That is very nice!! Arlen Ness would like, dude that is metal sculpture at it's finest! I never want to be a LD guy but I tend to push the limits of my tank way to offend, and that is very nice.

My hat is off to you, very creative!!

 

[TILAM]

At first I was skeptical of the look, but now it's on the bike I think it looks fine.

I'm concerned though that the tank filler hole is too low and you wouldn't be able to fill the "new" top portion of the tank. Is an extensition in the works?

 

[meosborn]

At first I was skeptical of the look, but now it's on the bike I think it looks fine.

I'm concerned though that the tank filler hole is too low and you wouldn't be able to fill the "new" top portion of the tank. Is an extensition in the works?

Uh, what?

I was wondering if this would work if you didn't have the risers. Are they needed to clear the tank?

 

[escapefjrtist]

Nice job. Once it's finished, post up some pics of the final product...and of course the increased capacity.

--G

 

[phroenips]

Once it's all tested and ready to go, I say just spray some clear on that baby and let it shine (pun intended)!

:jester:

 

[dcarver]

I really like this project

Keep us posted - I want to see the final result -

 

[dirttracker30]

At first I was skeptical of the look, but now it's on the bike I think it looks fine.

I'm concerned though that the tank filler hole is too low and you wouldn't be able to fill the "new" top portion of the tank. Is an extensition in the works?

Uh, what?

I was wondering if this would work if you didn't have the risers. Are they needed to clear the tank?

At full lock, without the risers,it would probably hit,but I run risers and it's my tank, so a small price to pay.

 

[dirttracker30]

At first I was skeptical of the look, but now it's on the bike I think it looks fine.

I'm concerned though that the tank filler hole is too low and you wouldn't be able to fill the "new" top portion of the tank. Is an extensition in the works?

Look at my othe post and you will see that I drilled new vent holes in the back of the filler neck to let more gas in the top sec. before the pump shuts off.

 

[madmike2]

The OCC crew (Teutels, et al) should be jealous. :clapping:

My guess would also be around 2 gallons. :dntknw:

Please take a series of photos as you finish the tank, the prep and paint, etc. This is an interesting project to follow.

 

[FJRBluesman]

Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product.

My guess is you gained another 2.6 gallons.

What will this do to your gas gage? It will be off I believe as the resistance has changed over the new travel length it has, if it can even go that high, not really sure....

 

[dsmack]

Very nicely done! :yahoo:

I would also like to see ongoing pics of your final stages of filling/prep/paint. This has been a fun thread to follow, and I compliment you on your fabrication skills.

With the cost of a replacement tank as high as it is, it took serious stones to make that first cut in your pristine original tank!

With that much additional capacity in the fuel tank, we old guys would have to get either a catheter or supply of Depends to take advantage of the extended range.

Again, Good Job!

Don

 

[Panman]

Very nicely done! :yahoo:

I would also like to see ongoing pics of your final stages of filling/prep/paint. This has been a fun thread to follow, and I compliment you on your fabrication skills.

With the cost of a replacement tank as high as it is, it took serious stones to make that first cut in your pristine original tank!

With that much additional capacity in the fuel tank, we old guys would have to get either a catheter or supply of Depends to take advantage of the extended range.

Again, Good Job!

Don

Whats wrong with a tree?

 

[dsmack]

Very nicely done! :yahoo:

I would also like to see ongoing pics of your final stages of filling/prep/paint. This has been a fun thread to follow, and I compliment you on your fabrication skills.

With the cost of a replacement tank as high as it is, it took serious stones to make that first cut in your pristine original tank!

With that much additional capacity in the fuel tank, we old guys would have to get either a catheter or supply of Depends to take advantage of the extended range.

Again, Good Job!

Don

Whats wrong with a tree?

... or a bush, a rock, a fence post?

Nothing, other than it doesn't make much of a lead-in for a poor attempt at a joke, eh? :glare:

 

[dirttracker30]

Very nicely done! :yahoo:

I would also like to see ongoing pics of your final stages of filling/prep/paint. This has been a fun thread to follow, and I compliment you on your fabrication skills.

With the cost of a replacement tank as high as it is, it took serious stones to make that first cut in your pristine original tank!

With that much additional capacity in the fuel tank, we old guys would have to get either a catheter or supply of Depends to take advantage of the extended range.

Again, Good Job!

Don

Hey Don, luckily I came across a dented tank on E Bay for 35.00 I also bought aanother fuel pump set up and gas cap so i can change back to the other tankif I wish. As far as range and being old. I'm 54 and haven't you ever seen Dumb and Dumber when they are on the mini bike?

 

[dirttracker30]

Well I took a gal. water jug and put the plug in the fuel pump hole on the tank bottom,and started filling. One gal at a time. 1,2,3,4,5,6 and I still was down in the wide part of the tank. 7,8,and she was rising towards the top. with a 1 1/2" left in the 9th gal,it finally reached the new vent holes that I drilled in the back of the filler neck!!! So I figure when the pump is in ,I will still be on the high side of 8.5 Gals. YIPEE!!!! lets see,if I can average 40 MPH - 1 1/2 gal reserve,that should leave me 7 gals. before reserve or around 280 miles and push another 20 or so out of the reserve and I can top the 300 mile barrier!!!!

 

[dirttracker30]

Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product.

My guess is you gained another 2.6 gallons.

What will this do to your gas gage? It will be off I believe as the resistance has changed over the new travel length it has, if it can even go that high, not really sure....

As far as I know, it should just stay on full longer until it gets to the level where the float comes into play. Then it should go down as if it was the normal tank.That float is trying to get to the top of the fuel level even with more fuel, I think thats why they call it a float(LOL) I may be wrong though, we will see.