Workshop fuel tank

I'm sure I remember seeing something like a small fuel tank, that you
could hang up above a bike while you're working on something that
requires the tank to be removed but still needs a supply of petrol (e.g.
carb balancing).

Anybody know where I can get one? I don't think I've got anything lying
around that I could bodge together to make one.

 

There's a couple of problems with that:
1. Despite having a double garage, I'm a bit short of space for getting
around the bike that I'm working on;
2. I haven't got any spare fuel line lying around;
3. The bike currently in question needs two fuel lines (admittedly, that
would be a problem anyway);
4. The petrol tank also needs some TLC before it's suitable for
containing petrol.

Obviously. Or just get your glamourous assistant to suck on the vacuum
connector.

 

"Only it seemed a bit larger and harder than normal...."

 

Champ wrote:

FJ1200s don't either

 

All I've ever done was sit the bike tank on the seat and use a longer
O's.

 

A gallon sized plastic bottle works (if you need a gallon, that is).
Something that would normally contain such beverages as bleach or liquid
soap. Clean it out (obviously) and poke a hole near the bottom but not AT
the bottom, on the side with a scrrewdriver. NOT a drill. The screwdriver
method forces the plastic into the bottle and it forms its own seal for the
piece of fuel tubing that's rammed into the hole when the screwy's been
pulled out.

The bottles have a moulded in handle so you can hang it up and in all the
years I've used the same bottle, it's never leaked a drop.

You can also use one of those plastic petrol cans, but the plastic is harder
to pierce.



--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

A funnel and a bit of tube

 

OK, so I'll bodge something. Need to find some suitable Os first, and
some T-piece widgets.