gas cap needed

[mcapocci]

Job weld is a good fix for a temporary job. The issues are...in the described failure at the spot weld you have rusting on the inside also. That needs to be adressed. How to.... At home after the trip. After all 17 k miles is not a lot. Remove tank remove fuel. Remove petcock and balance tube, remove rust...... By.. First knocking out the loose crud....first use a hose and wash the tank out. Plug the balance tube and peacock hole. Go to a gun shop and buy 2 lbs of double 0 buck shot.. Count how many you have. Dump it on the tank. Shake it until you hate It. Use a shop vac to suck out the dust. Do it again. Vacuum again. Do this until you get no red rust. Remove the buck shot. Counting how many you remove. That foam adhesive in rolls is good on the end of a stick for that last one you cannot get. Blow out with shop air. Use denatured alcohol to wash the inside of the tank and check for leaks. Oh yes remove the job weld first. Prep the Leakey area. With sand paper. Run compressed air through the tank for ten min to ensure not fire hazard exists. Silver solder the leak closed or weld close. I like silver solde. Or use a good two part epoxy fed in from the innside of the tank. Get the long setting stuff with the long tip at home depot. Back fill the leak. Let it leak through the bad sectio and use tape to make a dam so you hold the rst in. You do not need a lot.. On a separate bit of wood make a button of the same goo that way you know when it is hard. Let it cure. Use a hair dryer to warm not cook the stuff after it os hard. Leave over night. When fully cure...hard as a rock. Check for leaks. If none. Dump naval jelly int tank. I assume your klr is like the rest and is a steel tank. Swish around all over the inside.with the holes caped and the gas cap on. Do not. Get the crap on your self .follow all safety precautions this crap is dangerous. When you have the inside on the tank. Coated. Welll ..it down not take a lot..a half pint at the most.. Dump it out into a big plastic bucket. Wait thirty min. Fill the tank 1 / e rd full with water with a few drops of dish soap Cap it shake One min. Dump out in the bucket. Do it one more time . You have paso acted the tank surface and reverted any rust to a stable oxide. Add one quart of ISP propyl alcohol to the tank in four additions swishing and dumping out each time. After the last time let it air out ten min and seal the tank . Reinstall on the bike. Touch up the paint go ride. This is a good procedure. Since your tank is fifteen years old with only 17 k mile so it is rusty. Five year old tanks may not need this. This worked on a fourth year old royal Winfield tank that was irreplaceable. This costs about twenty buck.

[greg saunders]

Hey Everyone, My son needs a gas cap with key for his 1994 KLR650. The key turns in his gas cap but the cap won't open. He is a broke college student and so I am trying to help him out. If you have a gas cap lying around give me a call: Greg @ 612-296-7705 Thanks for the help. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]