petrol tank removal

[Joe Vincent]

Hello all,

I wish to remove the fuel tank from my comet so as to gain access to the oil resevoir underneath.
I have removed all fuel and disconected fuel lines, I have removed the long bolt at the rear of tank and the two seperate but different bolts at the front.
The tank seems to be stuck by the rubbers where the front bolts were - do I need to do something else here?
Secondly will the tank just lift off over the oil filler that goes through the tank or will I need to do something else?
I know these are simple questions but !!

Thanks,,

 

[vincenttwin]

put some tape around the oil filler neck ,to save the paint on the tanks as it will hit the neck as you pull it up and backwards., run a puttee flat knife under the rubbers and that should help .

 

[timetraveller]

Have you taken out the two bolts at the top rear under the front of the dual seat?

 

[Joe Vincent]

Hello time traveller,
Yes I have removed the two bolts at the back of the tank going vertically down.

 

[bmetcalf]

Put tape over the girdraulic nuts above the tank, also.

 

[A-BCD]

ease the front end up and remove the rubbers before going any further.....

 

[vincenttwin]

You can tell from this where each person has hit their tank badly in years past , squirt some WD40 or some thing like down around the rubbers might help them slide.

 

[Jim Richardson]

My Rap has a spacer passing under the oil tank at the rear, presumably to stop the tank halves flapping around, not sure if the Comet has one tho.

 

[Len Matthews]

Strange, isn't it that the tie bolt and spacer at the back of the tank was deemed unecessary on the Series D tank.

 

[Jim Richardson]

Wearing my D hat I would agree that the D was a greatly improved design, however if I have my C hat on I might suggest that the tie bolt had been omitted as a cost saving measure.