Highs n lows

[Gary Taylor]

Well a lovely sunny day but a new living room unit arriving am grrrr

swmbo is still away but awaiting arrival of said furniture and all ready to oversee installation via Skype

Haha what she can't see are the messages about a wee blast if all is done in time

So unit arrives gets installed and all is good now a quick phone call and I'm off..... mmmmm car needs filling up must have used more than I thought earlier in the week, still it's only petrol the fuel for fun so filled up and blasted the 30 or so miles to Forres met Oli and his mate with a bike and off we go over dava to grantown then over the brig o broon to Tomintoul and the lecht for coffee here we found quite a steady flow of petrol coming from the tank seam..... so that's where all the patrols going !

So rather than waste it dripping the only other possible solution is (thinking hard) burn it off with some spirited driving so a quick con flab of how far I can go a route change and we have a great blast around the hills and home

So around 150 miles of fun and im sat here thinking somethings missing my wscccalender is behind that unit not any more it ain't

So tomorrow see if I can patch repair seal the tank... oh the joys

[6carjon]

Sounds a pretty good day overall westie ownership is never without some little job to do. I have successfully used qiksteel to repair my tank without needing to empty it.

[Gary Taylor]

cheers will see if i can get any thing like that round here on a sunday, so a new tank is added to the winter upgraditus list

[Thrustyjust]

My old prelit always leaked out the fuel sender in the side of the tank. In those days, you used a mini van tank and sender. I changed numerous senders , even though they were very rare to get hold off. So, I decided to fit a vdo sender in the top of the tank and cut the sender out the side plate it was bolted on and silver braze the holes. It then needed a hole saw cut in the top of the tank to fit the new one. So, the plan was to do it over the winter mods. I actually drained the tank and left it in the back garden for a month to allow the fumes to evaporate. I washed it afterwards to make sure it was fume free and then hole sawed the top out and drilled the mounting self tappers for the new gauge. What a revelation of after many years, not having the whiff of petrol in the garage and seeping into the house.

[Gary Taylor]

ok lads n lasses never knock your "old school" dad

it aint a permanent fix he says but after explaining its leaking from the seam not a hole he replies "have you got a bar of soap not tht new hand wash but a proper bar of soap ? "

well yes I said

"go out rub it hard all along the seam, it aint permanent but it will stop the leak, then go get something to patch over it, rub lightly to key it and apply"

so with a bar of soap in hand, I humour him and lo and behold it works !!!!! so now I'm off to see what I can get on a sunday to patch over.

So dad cant remember what he had for tea last night but old school get you home fix from "back in the day, when money was tight" right off the top of his head, wish I had called him yesterday now.

And folks that is why you have to take care of your dad

[CraigHew]

Sounds like a job for Fibre Fix super tape...

available via Amazon

[Gary Taylor]

so all sorted (i hope)

 soaped that stopped the leak, then keyed surrounding area to where the leak was and then epoxy metaled over said area, so we shall see how she fairs certainley still dry, and no the tank isn't empty

thanks for the suggestions

[SootySport]

Tis a great thing  to have a dad as your Pit Crew.