alloy fuel tank - threaded outlet

[Davey Crocket]

 

[GMC]

I have fixed tanks like this before, I just cut a new thread on the lathe & weld the piece on the tank, looks much the same as original.
Allow $66.00 plus postage to have something like that done.
Dearer than teflon, but it's done properly.

[Davey Crocket]

Thats the go Paul, get it done by royalty..... none other than Prince Geoffery of the Morris principality!!!. If you can get it to 090 or Dodgee tomorrow we can take it down to his Royal Highness as he is doing some other repairs for us.

[pmc57]

Bugger, I was waiting on all the plumbers to have a good dummy spit over this one. Stew, you defused it with your option of leaving it go through to the keeper, but I agree with GMC's best option, fixed until someone cross threads it again.

[Rossvickicampbell]

with regards the shrinking inner seals - leave the "spare" one soaking in some of that "stuff" you buy from auto shops for old engines to stop smoking exhaust - apparently it causes a heap of 'swell" inside the engine and does the same thing to the inner fuel tap seal.  Have tried it once and it worked a treat! 

Thanks Bill

cheers

Rossco

[mainline]

Sounds like a plan, i'll try and get on to dodgee tomorrow. Otherwise Stu's idea might be worth a try

[Davey Crocket]

Their leaving tomorrow about 5 or 6pm for Mehico, give them a ring.

[vandy010]

steel YZ tanks have a brass thread {same thread pitch as the alloy YZ tank}.
it's the same as some Oxy threads. pretty common with oxy/actylene gear.
plumbers would know.
cause us boily's do
if your really stuck you could braze one in.
and be buggered if i'd buy a feul tap for $70
you can get one from a small yammy road bike {same thread} available from Yambits in the UK/ebay
deilvered to your door for much less than the Davey Crocket price.

[monaro308]

Bugger, I was waiting on all the plumbers to have a good dummy spit over this one. Stew, you defused it with your option of leaving it go through to the keeper, but I agree with GMC's best option, fixed until someone cross threads it again.

The plumbers are out with their gaylux 4wd and fishing boats on one of their 600 RDO's a month 

[Rossvickicampbell]

YZB fuel tap - NOS - delievered to the door for about $35 - lots on Ebay US

[Freakshow]

if thats the same taps as i seen advertised there not the torpedo type the original YZ taps where, there those stupid round ones with the on,res , off etc and worth $5, post the link Rossco, lets see which ones yer on about

[Lozza]

14 X 1mm TAP

[vandy010]

needs to be a die nut Lozza

[Lozza]

needs to be a die nut Lozza

Noooo it needs  a THREAD FILE

[mainline]

mmmm..... that looks like you could do some damage with it.

Having another look at the offending item (after removing all the thread tape the plumber put on it) most of the thread at the top of the male piece is pretty good. Given that the nut only engages about three turns at best, I'm going to try cutting a few mm off and retapping/cleaning up the remaining thread and see how that goes.

I might steer clear of Lozza's latest find in the field of thread repair weaponry and buy a die nut instead.