Homemade tools for fuel tank dent repairs - VintCo Vintage Dirt Bike Tech Tip

Joe shares his tips on Homemade tools for fuel tank dent repairs for your vintage dirt bike. VintCo helps get you back on track and keep the ride going. Visit us at www.vintco.com/​​ for your Vintage motorcycle parts.
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[@parillascrambler8492]

Joe is one of the best in the country at doing aluminum tank repair.

[@llewvirtue861]

Try doing it without a hole, at the back of the tank, and the inlet to the tank has a lip an inch wide, running down inside.

[@RockAnAhardSpot]

Awesome, I have not ever seen anyone using mags , I thought that was my idea, LOL. I have a load of stuff I have made. Funny you mentioned elsinore, I have an 81. my MX400b has no dents, it;s cherry. I have a pair of old school xt's and one of those needs tank work yet. I have been collecting barn find thumpers for a long while now always thinking that I will switch to this after I am done with vintage car audio, I have been doing that for over 22 years now. I have even thought of maybe starting my own channel since the collection of bikes I have so far could keep ,e going for several years. I have just subscribed. Thanks for these vids man.

[@gphilipc2031]

Is it possible for me to drill holes in my fuel tank for dent pulling / pushing, then weld them up afterward?

[@colboysigmax]

Very useful!! Thanks!

[@richardmerrifield8186]

I'd rather have the dent than the hole !

[@beaubeibeii7827]

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[@supergub]

Isn't the gas going to leak out of the hole?

[@BillySBC]

Youv'e also thinned the wall of the tank in that location as well.

[@soggz4246]

How do you fix the hole you made?

[@Drottninggatan2017]

Leave it.
Saves you the trouble of making a new hole for the next dent.
Just don't fill the tank to the top.

[@tomwagner6334]

Thank you!

[@willthomas4286]

Dude! Great video!!! I'm smiling my a%%ss off! This is like Joe Pesci working on a tank! Or maybe a Sopranos character! I'm sitting here in suspense wondering when someone gonna whack!!

[@motoestrada9778]

Thanks

[@EvendimataE]

instead of making a hole....just bring it to body repair guys and have the dent pulled out using their tool.....but for that small dent, just fill it with bondo