Gas Tank Update
Today I swung into the bodyshop that is doing the body work on my gas tank. They told me that after they did some blasting of it, that they found some holes. That was the whole thing that I was trying to avoid by having the tank’s rust repaired, even though I am not ready to have the tank actually painted. The rust had penetrated through, right where the seat butts up to the tank.
The bodyshop made it sound like it’s not a big deal, that they just welded it up & that they mostly likely will be done with the tank tomorrow. They did recommend that I do get the inside coated again, like I had already gotten done. So that would be another $50 from the place that I go in town. He said that since they welded it up & that the hole penetrated all the way through, that it would be a good idea to have re-coated again inside of the tank. I will plan on that, but I’ll likely wait until this winter.
After I left the bodyshop & was thinking about this, it made me even more glad that I took it to a bodyshop to get done, instead of me continuing to try & do it myself. I’m not sure if I would have found the holes, unless it started leaking onto the floor after I was done with it & all back on the bike. Also, I don’t know how to weld… so I would have had to bring it to them anyways with the holes being an issue now. So it does pay to have the pros do some things 
So hopefully tomorrow I can get my tank back, then I’ll most likely install my brand new OEM tank emblems (even though its only in primer) & get the tank all ready to be put back on the bike. Currently I’m still waiting on my work buddy to find the piece needed to fix my broken electrical connector for my ignition switch…. as well as the correct size tap to repair my busted idle adjuster knob on the carbs (he says it’s an uncommon size). It’s getting closer to this years first test ride…