TY175 Plastic Fuel tank tap.

[Davey Crocket]

I have a period plastic fuel tank on my TY175B (you should see the original), the tap is leaking...it basically has a 13mm hole in the tank to which a rubber grommet is fitted and then a pull type fuel tap is pushed into it, basically I want to do away with that set up and fit something else even if I have to drill holes and mount it some other way.....any ideas fellas?....thanks in advance.

[David Lahey]

I have a period plastic tank that I used for many years on a TY175. It was intended for the mini MXers of the day but fitted the TY175 well. It had two spigots for fuel lines to be attached to (no tap). I wanted the RH outlet blanked off because it was very close to the exhaust pipe and I used an in-line tap connected to the LH spigot. To blank the RH spigot, I cut out the RH brass spigot, ending up with a 12mm round hole and fitted a (custom-made) PVC bung in the hole (interference fit). It worked OK. I imagine it would be possible to make a fitting from PVC or HDPE that would allow a standard 12mm fuel tap to screw in, and also be an interference fit in your grommet hole.

[Davey Crocket]

This tank has been on the bike since new, the grommet is a bit stuffed from 36 (geez I feel old now)years of service and I want to give the bike a good workover at CD. I wonder if I could pull a tubeless tyre valve through it then connect a hose to it, then a tap....

[David Lahey]

thats a great idea and will deffo work if the hole is the right size