Well..wouldn't you know it...I have my 59 flh almost back together and, lo and behold, after getting the tanks back from the painter he mentions that that the left tanks bottom fuel threads are pretty crappy. Like an idiot I never checked them when I purchased the tanks on e-bay (a lesson here?) as I was excited to find the correct HD hand shift tank and did not check the threads carefully. Now the tanks are back painted real purdy, and I can't seem to straighten the threads out to accept the rod threads. I tried running an old 3/4-18 tap through them, but it didn't seem to help at all-still no purchase. I'm wondering if using a brand new tap might help as the one I borrowed from my neighbor is a bit worn- would a new tap help cut deeper threads, or am I just spinning my wheels? I know this is a fairly common problem with these tanks and rods- does anybody have a suggestion or fix for me? I'd love not to ruin the paint and have to do that all over (especially when I used up every last drop of skyline blue I bought painting the bike with a spare set of foot shift tanks) as I'd end up having to buy a whole new can of paint for just the single tank...but I gotta do what I gotta do. I guessit's murphy's law, as everything was going together so well and I was a gas tank and some fluids away from taking it off the lift and firing it up.
Any advice or help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Joel
Any advice or help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Joel
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