Baz's latest acquisition: '87 VFR700F - White & non-running and in fair condition, 48K miles

Switched 12v. Same exact colors as the rear license plate light. The 87 harness has the wires for a "running light" on the inside of the headlight shell for other markets. My friends 87 has the socket in his headlight, so likely his headlight is from another market.

Great place to hook up any 12v accessory. 86 VFR wire harnesses do not have it, but all of my other VFs do.

 

Interesting! I never would have guessed. Thank you!

 

OK I think at this point, I probably have it as good as it will get using solvents and aggregate.

I'm over the moon that at this point the tank is going to be usable again!

After draining the fluid and getting all the screws out I power washed it from both openings several times with rinsing in between plus full tanks of water and flushing.

BTW, these 1" drywall screws worked fantastic! I didn't have a problem getting them out. Heck you can hear any that are left inside because of the racket they make when shaking the tank...lol.....

I've read where some folks choose to use the Caswell product to re-coat after doing a removal like this, so guess that is an option. I actually have the product on hand - never even used - just in case.

I might hit it with some Evaporust tomorrow and then see what I have.

Also - I've been using (2) empty 15 gallon plant containers to hold the tanks I work on. No issues with scratches, do a good job supporting, and allows draining out the bottom. Mine have nice sturdy lips on them which help with their sturdiness.

 

Good evening all....

Made the decision this morning to hit the tank with a fresh gallon of Evaporust and see what that does. I stayed home all day so was able to re-orient the tank throughout the day so the ER could get to all of the insides.

At the end of the day I looked inside with my Endoscope and it "appears" it is helping further re-condition the insides.

I think for the next couple days I will continue on this path. Then blast everything out and re-assess.

In the meantime I am continuing to work on trying to get the brakes and clutch bled - which isn't working out very well for some reason. Very frustrating - but eventually I will get it done.

I have the windscreen off and will work on cleaning it up at some point this week as well.

Some pics from today:

 

Long day today but made sure I was able to do some work on the tank before coming in for the night.

This is a beautiful tank and worth whatever efforts are needed to save her!

As I mentioned earlier, I've been using some Evaporust to treat the insides as kind of a test to see where it takes me. Gotta say....this Evaporust is freaking amazing! Sorry no pics (yet) but after draining what was in there and peeking inside with naked eye/flashlight - and then endoscope - I'm thinking now we won't need to do anything more/special to have a serviceable fuel tank again.

When I drained what was left of the ER, I used a strainer to see what particles were there. Check it out - hardly anything. This is a great sign! And some of what you see is residual from the acetone treatment left on the strainer, so it's not even that much there.



A week or so ago I had ordered a 5 gal. container of ER, which had remained unopened until tonight. The plan now is to fill the tank to the brim with ER and then after a couple days drain, blast out with water, and then treat to prevent flash rusting. Then I will use it on the bike.

One small caveat. The o-ring under the fuel sender was compromised by the acetone, I think, so some of the first ER treatment had seeped out from the bottom. Having a couple new OEM o-rings luckily on hand, I put one of those on before re-attaching the sender and adding the ER. As a precaution, I only poured in about 1.5 gallons and have the tank is sitting upright in a bin - so if I don't see any leakage in the morning I will pour in the rest of the ER before heading out for work.



Behold.......a freshly opened 5 gallon container of virgin Evaporust......the stuff dreams are made of, gents!

 

Nice work Bro!
Evaporust IS amazing stuff!!
Saved the tank on both the Goldwing and little CBR!!!

 

So far so good. Tank holding so filled her the rest of the way up with ER. Best $100 ever spent to save this gorgeous fuel tank!

The perfect Pearl Crescent White finish was glimmering in the early sunlight! Made my day......