While working on the wee one I removed the oil tank to get it cleaned of of any sludge that may have been laying in the bottom.
All went well after removing the oil lines, the fastening bolts and the mesh filter in the tank itself.
Sprayed massive amounts of penetrating fluid inside the tank and let it work into the sludge before using the air line on it. Also snaked a length of wire up through the oil return fitting so it came up inside the tank. Nothing on the wire so it was pretty clean.
Went to put the tank back in place and ran into a couple of teeny problems. First, the two bolts that hold the top of the tank to the frame decided to self destruct on me. One snapped off while tightening the nut and bolt and the other bolt bent while being tightened. So instead of worrying about originality on a couple of unseen bolts, I got a couple of stainless ones from the local DIY place that worked perfectly. Also used some washers on them as the origianls seemed to have done a runner
The other problem was getting the bottom bolt started into the bottom of the tank. As I couldn't see as well as I wanted, I was worried that it'd get cross threaded in the tank.
But all turned out well and is back in place now
Wee Smokey
2 weeks ago
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