joda
Part of things
Posts: 672
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 21:15:59 GMT
|
Silver solder it using a soldering iron!
Not an electric one tho as you wont get the heat into it, i mean an old iron that you heat on the cooker!!
|
|
Last Edit: Oct 29, 2010 21:18:10 GMT by joda
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 21:18:14 GMT
|
you can fill em up with gas from your exhaust, its free and has already been on fire so it wont burn again when welding. yeap thats how we us to do it ;D but only use a car thats NOT fitted with a cat..(we retro boys should be ok then ) i use to do couple of motorbike fuel tanks a mouth.. grasstrack boys would split them open and i would tig them back up for them ;D would wash out with water.. stick on the end of an exhaust pipe for 1/2 hour.. then...just to be safe!! would light a it of paper on the end of a long stick,and pass it over the open fuel neck!!! only ever had one fizz of a little fuel vapor!! and that was a massive Volvo fuel tank.. and even then it didn't kill me! IMO i is safe.. as long as you do it properly
|
|
|
|
10mpg
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 4,253
Club RR Member Number: 204
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 21:32:12 GMT
|
I've done it many times, first wash out with tfr truck wash or sugar soap, then sit near to a stove/space heater get it really hot, then run an exhaust of a large engined car through it on a fast tickover as that's going on weld away, simples.
I'm not dead yet either..
|
|
The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
|
|
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 22:02:47 GMT
|
All good advice, thanks! I don't feel that I want to take the risk welding it up myself though. I know that if it's done properly and with the right precautions taken it'll be fine, but I don't feel confident enough to give it a go.
I'll try most things on a car I've not done before and consider myself fairly competent, but when the results of a mistake is a sizeable explosion I feel that it isn't worth the risk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 22:21:36 GMT
|
I'm afraid I have nothing particularly constructive to offer, but Dean, if you do decide to weld it.....please make sure you set a video recorder running first. Having something to stick in the video thread will always be worth brownie points. Especially if you get the tank to land a long way away. Ignore me - I've had too much tonihgt.
|
|
|
|
Dom
Part of things
Limey
Posts: 617
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 22:33:52 GMT
|
Webcam would be better, or it may never get uploaded. What a waste. How about making it blow up on purpose before you start? Then you'll be fine. Lightening never strikes twice* *This method doesn't eliminate the threat of lightning.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 23:09:59 GMT
|
repaired/modded loads useing methods stated above.
|
|
theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
|
|
md
Part of things
Posts: 839
|
|
Oct 29, 2010 23:23:08 GMT
|
cant you just use superglue and gaffertape???
|
|
------------------------------------ ||-|| (()) ||\|| ||)) //-\\ (( || \\// || ((
|
|
bortaf
Posted a lot
Posts: 4,549
|
|
|
I gas welded a lager feed pipe on one of my old cortina tanks once killed me outright I'm ok now though quote of the year
|
|
R.I.P photobucket
|
|
speedy88
Club Retro Rides Member
"Nice Cortina mate"
Posts: 2,279
Club RR Member Number: 118
|
|
|
You can weld fuel tanks: EDIT: Ah I guess this was *that* video. In theory it works though, get rid of the oxygen and you shouldn't have a problem
|
|
Last Edit: Oct 30, 2010 1:13:29 GMT by speedy88
|
|
|
|
|
|
In answer to the second half of your question, yes, you will die, go room temp, flat line, cease and desist.
It may or may not have anything to do with welding, however.
This message brought to you by Grim Reaper Racing, where we run pedal to metal harvesting souls each and every day 24/7/365. Got a problem with that? Speak to the "Big Guy"....
|
|
Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
|
|
v8ian
Posted a lot
Posts: 3,766
|
|
|
Yes you will die
The only true certainty in life is you will die sooner or later
|
|
Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style. Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
|
|
|
|
Oct 30, 2010 13:09:44 GMT
|
I have done loads , fine if you are sensible and borderline over-careful. Drain tank then run air through it for a while, warm air from a hairdryer is ideal, any remaining petrol will evaporate.use your nose , if it smells like a petrol tank, its still got some petrol droplets in there somewhere, only when it just smells like a normal peice of metal would i consider it safe, and even then i might leave it a few days before welding it. Lastly I sometimes throw in a ball of burning paper whilst wearing protective gear, just to reassure myself , and to be 'ready' just incase , one in a million chance, theres something still in there. But never had a problem.
|
|
69 Plymouth Fury Convertible 75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door 84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door 78 Datsun 120Y Coupe 78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van 98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo 76 Honda C50 04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
|
|
purplevanman
Posted a lot
Way too orangey for crows
Posts: 3,829
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 18:10:55 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 19:08:36 GMT
|
Fantastic! You've even put some paint on it. That looks just the ticket, many thanks for that!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 21:07:43 GMT
|
Grunty - Isn't trike just as flamable as petrol??
My dad has a trike tank at the Anodising plant. I worked there a few times, and although I never actually asked, I am sure the barrels had all sorts of firey death messages on it, and it certainly smelt extremely flamable?!
Lewis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 21:17:30 GMT
|
I had to look up what Trike was - Trichloroethylene. Wikipedia says it's not flammable. Thanks for doing such a thorough job of it Al, and I'm glad nothing exploded! ;D I'll sort out the return leg of its journey!
|
|
|
|
purplevanman
Posted a lot
Way too orangey for crows
Posts: 3,829
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 22:10:05 GMT
|
trike is non flammable but extremely (very, horribly, completely and utterly) nasty if burnt. It does evaporate very quickly though so as long as the tank is open then it dries within a short time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 22:10:33 GMT
|
Not flamable?? Surely not, it smelt like it would explode if you so much as looked at it funny (very strong solvent smell (if the extract wasn't turned on or you dragged a load out of the tank on a part by accident))
Anyway, tank looks good.
Lewis
Edit - Grunty - ah ok fair enough. Nasty stuff anyway though.
My dad has a cool heated trike tank with extraction wing things half way down the sides. You get a cool fog of trike vapour sitting in the bottom. I imagine your tank is similar.
Bloody good de-greasers though, and I will remember that tip if I ever need to weld a tank.
Lewis
|
|
Last Edit: Nov 12, 2010 22:15:30 GMT by lewist123
|
|
|
|
Nov 12, 2010 22:11:22 GMT
|
be careful with trichloroethylene if you're welding after using it, because when it decomposes it can release phosgene, which was a nerve gas used in world war 1.
|
|
|
|
|