Petrol tank before repainting

Here's a few pictures of the tank before it went to the sprayers.


Looking at the underside the paint looked quite good and shiny.
Unfortunately under all the paint was a slight bit of surface rust.

So before going to the sprayers I stripped the paint as below, further after with various abrasives I got the underside gleaming like new, but I forgot to take a picture of that.

Using up the last bit of stripper I took some of the paint off the top.
The top didn't have anywhere near the amount of surface rust on it.

It then went to the spayers the next day to be given a new coat of metalic blue.

Air box flapper and fuel filter.

On UK bikes of this type the air box has a weighted flap on the air intake.
This helps to stop the a stutter when accelerating ( apparently ).
The rubber hinge had perished as in the photo.

A new hinge was cut and secured with stainless screws instead of rivets.


Next on the list is an essential thing for a 28year old bike is a fuel filter.
I purchased a quality filter but needed a bracket to support it due to its weight.
I'm using a stainless plate that I had from a previous bracket.

A vertical cut and a drilled hole finishes the bracket.

A small circular clampl holds the filter.

A piece of rubber pipe protects the filter glass from the clamp.

The backet in place fitted to the side of the carburetor connected with new rubber tube and pipe clips.