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Norvin front carb clearance
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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 33640" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>Edward,</p><p></p><p>I have thought about this many times when making tanks. It is good that you found this solution as a stuck slide can give a scary ride.</p><p></p><p>I have made a few original style Egli tanks and of course, they have a mounting hole that goes straight through the tank which seems to prove the principle. There are two down sides: first, adding places for a leak to occur and second, which you mention, is removing the tank requires the cable to come with it. </p><p></p><p>For anyone who is still it the fabrication stage of building a Norvin, or a custom, I would urge that the fabricator add space to the tunnel to route the cables. I did this with a steel Vincent tank that I made for my Flash. It has the advantage of being able to take multiple cables and wiring. On mine I made the dome above the carb as high as I could and then ran a chase to the front of the tank. This has the advantage of more room and being able to remove the tank separate from the cables.</p><p></p><p>On fiber glass tanks you can also glass in a fiber glass tube. Unlike your tube of gas line, the fiber glass tube will be straight, but in most instances a slight bend is better than a sharp one. I would take som 1/2" steel tube and wrap the desired length in wax paper. Then wet out the cloth and wrap it around the tube. Then take some more wax paper and wrap it around the whole mess. When cured, the wax paper will peel off the outside. I usually take a piece of scrap and drill a 1/2" hole in it, open the vice to give support the scrap and pound the steel tube out being careful not to distort the hammerd end of the tube. Once it starts it will usually come out. You can re-arrange it on the vice and pull it out. Make the fiber glass tube a little longer than necessary so you can damage the ends when removing the steel tubing. Drill the holes in the tank and glass the tube in which should be not more difficult than glassing in the fittings.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/GreyFlashTank002.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 33640, member: 1177"] Edward, I have thought about this many times when making tanks. It is good that you found this solution as a stuck slide can give a scary ride. I have made a few original style Egli tanks and of course, they have a mounting hole that goes straight through the tank which seems to prove the principle. There are two down sides: first, adding places for a leak to occur and second, which you mention, is removing the tank requires the cable to come with it. For anyone who is still it the fabrication stage of building a Norvin, or a custom, I would urge that the fabricator add space to the tunnel to route the cables. I did this with a steel Vincent tank that I made for my Flash. It has the advantage of being able to take multiple cables and wiring. On mine I made the dome above the carb as high as I could and then ran a chase to the front of the tank. This has the advantage of more room and being able to remove the tank separate from the cables. On fiber glass tanks you can also glass in a fiber glass tube. Unlike your tube of gas line, the fiber glass tube will be straight, but in most instances a slight bend is better than a sharp one. I would take som 1/2" steel tube and wrap the desired length in wax paper. Then wet out the cloth and wrap it around the tube. Then take some more wax paper and wrap it around the whole mess. When cured, the wax paper will peel off the outside. I usually take a piece of scrap and drill a 1/2" hole in it, open the vice to give support the scrap and pound the steel tube out being careful not to distort the hammerd end of the tube. Once it starts it will usually come out. You can re-arrange it on the vice and pull it out. Make the fiber glass tube a little longer than necessary so you can damage the ends when removing the steel tubing. Drill the holes in the tank and glass the tube in which should be not more difficult than glassing in the fittings. [IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/GreyFlashTank002.png[/IMG] David [/QUOTE]
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