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Title: Owned Post by: JDucati on January 09, 2009, 11:10:19 AM http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=17491.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=17491.0)
Link to post says it all... I got screwed. [bang] But for 4000 bucks Id say I am still on top with this bike. If anyone knows where I can get a tank please tell me. Thanks all ~JD Title: Re: Owned Post by: Mother on January 09, 2009, 01:12:59 PM Dewd
just get the tank hinge brazed and it isn't a big deal couple hunskies (big E's word) and you're squared away Title: Re: Owned Post by: JDucati on January 09, 2009, 01:55:04 PM who does that around here?
~JD Title: Re: Owned Post by: Mother on January 09, 2009, 02:10:29 PM who does that around here? ~JD http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=636551 (http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=636551) Title: Re: Owned Post by: SaltLick on January 09, 2009, 03:09:39 PM i know the feeling. I bought my bike last about 2 years ago for 5K. It WAS a fair deal until i found out that the previous owner had dumped it, put a dent in the tank, pulled the dent out wrong thus creating a leak then covered it up by putting bondo over the top then giving it a paint job. Oh yes and he didnt tell me it had a base gasket leak either. So now im left with a tank that needs the leak to be welded and a paint job (the bondo bubbled up and came off thats how i found the leak) and a base gasket that is leaking. At this point im thinking im just going to buy another tank, yet am afraid to buy one off of ebay for fear of winding up with yet another tank that leaks. [beer]
Title: Re: Owned Post by: Mother on January 09, 2009, 03:22:37 PM brand new monster tank is about 1800 bucks
1200 for carbon fibre I would highly suggest y'all fix the ones you have ther are several members on this board that can fix and paint your tank Title: Re: Owned Post by: JDucati on January 09, 2009, 03:55:27 PM Mother have you used that metal shop before?
Title: Re: Owned Post by: toolfan on January 09, 2009, 04:00:28 PM Dewd just get the tank hinge brazed and it isn't a big deal couple hunskies (big E's word) and you're squared away I think I paid Mac's radiator shop 3 twampers and a tenner for it - they are down by Victor's house somewhere, IIRC. (That's $70 in american-english.) You'll need to paint it, but you couldn't see the burnt part when it was mounted up, so you could just rattle can the hinge and be fine. Title: Re: Owned Post by: Mother on January 09, 2009, 04:22:45 PM Mother have you used that metal shop before? nope my personal metal guy goes by the name of pops and sleeps with my mom I would take E's advice and go use the radiator guy he used Title: Re: Owned Post by: JDucati on January 09, 2009, 11:22:38 PM Right on. Thank you all for your help. Ill get it brazed at Macs radiator up in portland this week.
They are a larger company and they have all the right tools to find out where exactly the fracture is and how to test it once they patch it up. ~JD Title: Re: Owned Post by: monsterRS on January 10, 2009, 08:00:23 AM To do the tank repair right, make sure you follow up with POR-15 tank repair: http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=CTRK&dept=12
Title: Re: Owned Post by: JDucati on January 10, 2009, 10:05:48 PM are you kiddin me? i gotta reach down there and apply that stuff to the inside of the tank?
~JD Title: Re: Owned Post by: Tailgunner on January 10, 2009, 10:32:05 PM are you kiddin me? i gotta reach down there and apply that stuff to the inside of the tank? ~JD It's actually a real bear to get the innards cleaned correctly prior to applying the POR15. When done correctly you POR it in the filler cap and constantly rotate the tank until your wiener falls off. If it don't fall off, the shite don't stick. If it don't stick you have real problems with injectors or carbs. I had Ducpainter do mine. Send him a msg regarding. Nate will probably give you some insight. Good luck! Title: Re: Owned Post by: Tailgunner on January 10, 2009, 10:54:22 PM You know on second thought, I don't want you to think you need that crap in there. Some folks hate a liner in there. Just have the leaks patched. No big deal.
Title: Re: Owned Post by: JDucati on January 11, 2009, 08:42:04 AM how do i find Ducpainter on the forums? Is that how you spell his name in the forum?
Title: Re: Owned Post by: monsterRS on January 11, 2009, 08:52:11 AM It's really not that hard. Just take your time. It's good insurance in case the braising isn't 100% perfect. Plus there is a good chance there is rusty scale inside the tank and that's not going to get any better by just fixing the outside of the tank.
Title: Re: Owned Post by: jdubbs32584 on January 11, 2009, 08:52:48 AM how do i find Ducpainter on the forums? Is that how you spell his name in the forum? His name is no longer ducpainter, he recently changed it to 'just another painter'. His website is frostysfinishes.com. Jacob (aka Mother) will be sending his parts off to him soon so he can repair the damage I did when I crashed it. Title: Re: Owned Post by: herm on January 12, 2009, 05:08:39 AM ducpainter (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1)
Title: Re: Owned Post by: MendoDave on January 24, 2009, 09:01:18 PM Or just have that radiator guy braze it up locally. I think Ducpainter is east coast....
Look, my tank had a big dent in it. We brazed a bolt to the dent so as to pull the dent out. In the process got the metal a little hot, and ripped the tank open. So we brazed over the rip, then did light bondo over the remains of damage, paint. Done. No leaks, couldn't tell, No big deal. I have to do it again now that it has a repeat injury in the same place. But yea its just metal & new tanks are $1,500. |