Fuel Tanks

Dropped the saddle fuel tanks, taking them to a radiator shop for boiling, $50 per tank about. Very hard to find a shop that still does that. There was about and inch of sludge in the bottom.

Plenty of dirt between the tank and body, I guess 60 years on Montana back roads would do that to anyone.

The tray and filler necks are shot so I'll order new ones. Also new sending units. MJ at ihpartsamerica.com said this about testing the sending unit. I'll check them for damage and if they are working

To see if they work, take them out, do an Ohms test on them.  Move the float up and down and check Ohms.  Ohms for testing: 70-80 Empty, 7-10 full. 






The new support pieces from ihpartsamerica.com are welded in place, those will get primed and I'll spray the rust spots with rust converter. 


Painted tanks. And gasket paper to replace the 2 on the tank pickup tube.





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