[Roadsters] Slightly off-topic, but related to Roadster issues

[Graeme S.]

I recommend a product made by KBS Coatings.
I used the kit for a 45L tank for my SP310, easy to use and very effective.

Pain-Brushes-Product-Photo

http://www.kbs-coatings.com.au/product-category/fuel-tank-protection/


Regards,
Graeme S.

nissanman.shutterfly.com

On 15/09/2016 02:21, Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters wrote:
> Dealing with the noxious contents of the gas tank in a Roadster that 
> has been sitting for years has been a common topic in this forum; I 
> now have that issue with the /other/ non-running vintage Japanese 
> vehicle in my garage, my 1972 Yamaha LS-2, which I have rolled out and 
> am going to get running for the first time since ≈1981. I don’t plan 
> on riding this little 100cc two-stroke twin very often, or very far, 
> but it was my first street-legal motorized transportation (a 
> 16th-birthday present), and I think it deserves to see the light of 
> day again. And maybe getting the Yamaha running will finally inspire 
> me to finish cleaning out the garage so that I can get the 1970 2000 
> Roadster back on the street.
>
> Anyway, there is a small amount of liquid in the bike’s two-gallon gas 
> tank; pretty smelly stuff, too. What have any of you done when it 
> comes to cleaning out and de-sludging a gas tank? Is there a 
> particular solvent or cleaner that works well to remove the remnants 
> of decades-old gasoline? I haven’t looked into the carburetors yet, 
> but I am assuming that I will have to clean them up internally, also. 
> The petcock has been closed all these years, but there was certainly 
> some amount of gasoline in the float bowls of the little twin Mikunis.
>
> Thanks in advance for your advice,
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> 1970 2000, SRL13291
>
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