Right-Hand fuel tank

[Tony68]

5820 wrote:

This is a TR3 tank fitted to my Herald, the filler is in the middle of the rear deck, used the TR tank because it has internal baffles which should help stop fuel starvation with the fuel injection, but l did add a swirl pot and fuel pump from the escort tank.

I chucked a tin of tank seal afterwards which was worthwhile because there were a couple of tiny hole  :B

Nice installation! I did wonder about doing the same thing on mine, but I found I needed the boot length and spare wheel more than the extra width.

[Tony68]

JohnD wrote:

Air will have a lot more oxygen in it than exhaust fumes, but CO will still support combustion, and I doubt if it has any scavenging properties.
More likely.  the raised temperature of exhaust will help evaporate any residual fuel.

To which end a steam cleaner may be best, but it should be a proper, 'live' or dry-steam cleaner, not one of those wall-paper removers.

And my Norwegian friend is Morten Larsen.
We discussed this subject before: http://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/forum10/Blah.pl/Blah.pl?m-1356659599/s-5/highlight-Morten+Larsen/#num5

John

Mine was an old tank that had been sititng in a cellar for years, but just to be absolutely sure, I washed it with water and then purged it with CO2 from my welding cylinder (a big one from a pub!), then dropped a few matches into it at arm's length with eye's closed.  ;D
But then I'm a kind of engineer and like to have belt, braces, and a pocket full of string and scissors just in case.  ;-)

[ferny]

Any tank I've played with has been filled with water and attached to the compressor to test for tightness before I start attacking it. That's a good enough wash out as far as I'm concerned and as yet I've not been launched into a low earth orbit.

[Encom]

That's something that who ever welded up the bottom of my green Vitesse's fuel didn't do. More rusty barrel than tank.