What grade Walnut shell needed for interior fuel tank cleaning.

[Magic]

Hey guys and gals, The inside of fuel tanks has a light rust covering nothing harsh or flaky. The outside paint is perfect and don’t want to change...

[chuckthebeatertruck]

Walnut shells won't work for what you want to do. They need to either be driven (air blasting) or in a vibratory tumbler. Simply spinning them over in...

[T. Cotten]

If you bung the tanks well, Otis,..

Filling them for a soak shouldn't be a paint issue,... unless it finds a leak for you.

I...

[otis71]

The contacts are in good shape and clean, replaced the contact bar with an nos oem one but the headlight position has a bad spot and the light goes out....

[PaulCDF]

Brent;
If you search the HD forum there is the "dryer trick" there (Search word "dryer"). Using aquarium gravel or other abrasive...

[T. Cotten]

I use't to tumble tanks, Brent...



With aquarium gravel.

Nothing works as well as they say it works on the internet....

[chuckthebeatertruck]

Last year, I used a bunch of rattle can VHT Epoxy Paint to coat the chassis parts of my wife's 1967 Sportster. I had about a half can of it left over...

[T. Cotten]

Aquarium gravel, Folks!

I tumbled tanks at one rev per second, but even with vinegar it took days....



Vinegar...

[chuckthebeatertruck]

As an aside -- I had half a can of the VHT epoxy paint left over and a really crusty chromed mouse trap booster to deal with. I tossed the mouse trap...

[Architect]

I had my ignition switch apart on my 1970 FLH this week. No keys when I bought the bike, though an original switch (it appears). Anyway I found a NOS...

[chuckthebeatertruck]

Over the past week, I prepped the two fuel tanks to get lined with Red Kote. The primary reason liners fail is because people "think" they've...

[chuckthebeatertruck]

With that done; we moved onto the front wheel. The only difference here is that from 1964 up to at least 1977 (I'm not sure after '77) HD used spokes...

[T. Cotten]

"Used" aquarium gravel, Folks!

And a tumbler pulley'd down to a rev a second or so.

....Cotten...

[chuckthebeatertruck]

Parts Washing Now that we are approaching the finish line on the chassis, one of the next things to get done was washing up all the transmission and motor p...

[chuckthebeatertruck]

One of the fun things we discovered in looking at the cases is the date codes. Remember, these are cases that came together from the factory and were...