Tank pin hole... Fuckit.

[A100man]

Dammit. After derusting, stripping, filling and priming the SRX tank I discover a tiny pin hole in one of teh bottom left corners wher you might expect.
Obvoisly it was blocked with ferrous oxide and paint previously

I'm not keen on teh faff of a liner. and I've sloshed soem oily fuel in there to prevent flash rust and any liner now adhering.. Anyone tried leading?
I've a MAP torch, plumbers solder, flux etc..
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Now: A100, SRX250, XJ598, FZ750, SL1000

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600, Skorpion, GT 250

[Easy-X]

Way, way.... WAY back when I had the Keeway Superlight, one of the first fixes I had to do was a tank leak. One of the little cups that rest on the rubber mounts left and right on the frame had popped a spot weld enough for petrol to migrate out. I sorted it with, wait for it, a dab of JB Weld

Seriously though, it needs to be the real JB Weld - the good stuff that takes 24+ hrs to cure. Seemed to be fine with petrol all the time I had it.
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[A100man]

[A100man]

update.. I soldered/leaded it . It's surprising how little heat you require.
I had an old copper head soldering iron with the head about the size of a small thumb .. I heated this up to almost red heat in a torch and there was enough energy stored to heat up an area about the size of a penny coin and apply flux then solder. I cnter punched the pin hole to kind of countersink it first to make a well, later I got brave enough to apply the torch directly to the metal it only requires a light touch as this is really thin stuff we're dealing with .

These tanks have a crazy dead spot which will collect all the crud an condensation when on side stand. I guess you could even cut it open and insert some inert material to pack it out to fill this void.
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Now: A100, SRX250, XJ598, FZ750, SL1000

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600, Skorpion, GT 250

[Freddyfruitba...]

Well.
Itchyboots has just repaired hers in China using some sort of two-part epoxy:
https://youtu.be/JCXs8lYAoFo?si=vb1gdGsr_qNRiSzD&t=551
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[temeluchus]

I’ve used jbweld and chemical metal to repair the odd fuel tank. The putty sticks also work.

On my first GSXR1100 one float bowl on a set of RS36’s was cracked, with a chunk missing and was patched up using JB weld. It also had a cracked mount for one of the floats, which JB also fixed lol
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