• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Best way to plug petcock holes while derusting tank?

  • Thread starter Thread starter treejay
  • Start date Start date
T

treejay

Guest
Title says it all. I'm trying the vinegar method to remove the rust in the interior of my tank. I used Scotch automotive duct tape but it failed twice. Was gonna just slap the petcock back on there as a plug but the bolt O-rings disintegrated. I'll probably go get some new O-rings tommorow. But I thought I'd take a survey of people's opinions. I don't have access to a drill right now to fashion a homemade plate and gasket.

Also, while I'm at it, what's the best place to buy a new petcock or a rebuild kit for a 1977 GS750B ?

Thanks for the help
 
BassCliff said:
Hi,

Tank Cleaning: (with Evapo-Rust)


Then try Z1Enterprises.com for a new petcock or rebuild kit.

For more information, CLICK HERE.




Thank you for your indulgence,


BassCliff
​
Click to expand...

Thanks for the response. In your article using Evaporust, you mention using a rubber stopper on the petcock hole. How did you find one that was oval shaped ? My petcock opening is oval and I doubt a circular rubber stopper would work. They'd work well for the bolt holes though... But so would bolts and o rings...
 
I put a piece of bin liner over the top of the petcock, minus the filter, and bolted it back on.
 
1. Buy a bottle of champagne.
2. Drink champagne.
3 Whittle champagne cork to size and shape.
4. Use cork to plug hole.
5. Buy another bottle of champagne
6. Drink champange to celebrate a clean tank and job well done.

Edit: This may not be the easiest or cheapest method, but it is the most fun, and my preferred method.
 
I make up a rough metal plate the same shape as the tap mount and cut a bit of rubber (old inner tube etc) to use as a gasket. This replaces the tap. Same for the fuel gauge sender.
 
hey nessism what is the plug from you used on tank filler hole, i did same for petcock and sending unit, ???
 
Jeeeez, does anybody ever take the time to read a post properly before jumping in with with advice??:rolleyes:
All I see are a bunch of posts talking about a home made blanking plate, I quote from the OP's post

I don't have access to a drill right now to fashion a homemade plate and gasket.
Click to expand...

Dude, my original post was slightly in jest, but not so much.
 
Flyboy said:
Jeeeez, does anybody ever take the time to read a post properly before jumping in with with advice??:rolleyes:
All I see are a bunch of posts talking about a home made blanking plate, I quote from the OP's post



Dude, my original post was slightly in jest, but not so much.
Click to expand...

Guilty as charged. Removed my post.:o
 
Flyboy said:
Jeeeez, does anybody ever take the time to read a post properly before jumping in with with advice??:rolleyes:
All I see are a bunch of posts talking about a home made blanking plate, I quote from the OP's post



Dude, my original post was slightly in jest, but not so much.
Click to expand...

These bikes are ~30+ years old, the internet is around 15, so all answers to everything on these bikes have been prerecorded and are deployed in a semi-automated fashion based on keywords. No one has time to thoroughly read every new post, work on their own bike, and ride. :D
 
Flyboy said:
Jeeeez, does anybody ever take the time to read a post properly before jumping in with with advice??:rolleyes:
All I see are a bunch of posts talking about a home made blanking plate, I quote from the OP's post
Click to expand...

You don't need a drill. A pair of scissors or a penknife can cut a rough metal plate. It doesn't need to be very thick - bottom of an old biscuit tin is what I use.
 
hampshirehog said:
You don't need a drill. A pair of scissors or a penknife can cut a rough metal plate. It doesn't need to be very thick - bottom of an old biscuit tin is what I use.
Click to expand...

I could probably find some metal thin enough to cut without special tools. What's the best way to make the bolt holes? I really don't have any special tools in my location. They're all back in storage at home, far away.

One guy mentioned using a "bin liner" and the petcock after removing the filter. Is it easy to remove the filter? I haven't examined my petcock yet so I don't know. If it's easy, I'd use an inter tube and the original petcock if I could get the filter off. The inner tube would then act like a plug.
 
HH, what metal do they build your pommie bikes out of that you can cut with a scissor. :eek:
Wasn't it you who muttered about the British bikes having fasteners made of cheese. :p
 
treejay said:
What's the best way to make the bolt holes? .
Click to expand...

Just lay your bit of metal on top of a bit of soft wood, put a phillips screwdriver on the spot where you want the hole and give it a smack.

treejay said:
Is it easy to remove the filter?
Click to expand...

Yes - remove the fuel tap and the filter will just pull off, it's just a push fit.

Flyboy said:
HH, what metal do they build your pommie bikes out of that you can cut with a scissor.
Click to expand...

It's the metal from the bottom of a biscuit tin, not off a bike.


Flyboy said:
Wasn't it you who muttered about the British bikes having fasteners made of cheese.
Click to expand...

Yep. Demise of the British bike industry, they made money by saving on cost (or that was the idea). Up until 1970 the nuts and bolts on British bikes were well made - maybe a little confusing with the myriad of threads employed but the quality was good. From 1971, and particularly the advent of the OIF bikes, they must have used up all their existing nuts and bolts and employed Edam to manufacture new ones. For half a dozen or so years they were so crap it was a joke - you didn't bother buying a spanner, you went straight to the hacksaw. By the time they realised what junk they were using it was too late
 
hampshirehog said:
Yes - remove the fuel tap and the filter will just pull off, it's just a push fit.
Click to expand...

Are you sure? Is this true for all GS petcock filters? Attached is a pic of mine. I tried to gently remove it and then with moderate force, both with no success. I don't want to break it because that's an automatic new petcock purchase (which might be a possibility anyways). I want to remove it to make a plug to clean my tank (as described earlier this thread), but also to inspect and clean it thoroughly.
 
At least on my bike it is a simple pull off and push back on. To me, that petcock filter looks about shot anyway.
 
Here is a better pic. Is this filter/screen removable? If so, any tricks on how to do it?

DSCN0917.jpg
 
So, pray tell, so the next poor sod who does a search on it knows how this works.....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top