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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2006 11:05:57 GMT
I've just soldered the seams of the tender tank on my Britannia and filled it with water. The seams are fine, but there's a slight seepage from a couple of the decorative rivets in the tender sides. I fitted the rivets by hammering them rather than using Loctite, and I guess 2 out of 300 leaking is not too bad. I can hammer the leaking ones tighter, but is this an adequate way of making the rivets permanently waterprooof, or should I perhaps paint some etch primer on the inside?
Regards, John
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Post by Phil Sutton on Jul 7, 2006 20:12:09 GMT
You want to try some tank sealer,just slosh it round inside and it will seal any holes.You can get it from motor bike shops,but I can't bring the name to mind at the moment.(used for sealing m/c petrol tanks)
Phil
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Post by baggo on Jul 7, 2006 20:36:07 GMT
Hi JJ,
As Phil suggests, try using a tank sealer. If you don't seal all the rivets you may have more trouble later on if they work loose. I suppose that's why Modelworks suggest using Loctite.
The only sealer that I have experience of is POR15 petrol tank sealer which I obtained from Frost Auto Restoration Techniques. Its a liquid that you pour inside the tank and slosh around to coat the inside. It can also be brushed on if you can get inside and sets to form a tough coating. I used it to repair the petrol tank on my GPZ900R after it decided to imitate a colander!
Another alternative would be to use one of the low melting point solders used for assembling etched brass loco kits. You could put a spot on each rivet inside the tank using a biggish electric soldering iron and suitable flux.
John
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