More Work on the Fuel Tank

After two weeks away at the beach with the family, came back and had some car time. Spent the evening around the fuel tank. A couple of weeks ago I had to buy fixings for the sender on the tank. Ended up buying big enough rivets, after looking for rivnuts but not finding adequate ones. Also bought a squirt of Pattex Nural 61 to use around the sender.

Using the sensor, marked the 6 holes to drill on the tank. The box of rivets came with an HSS drillbit of the correct size (4.9Ø). Then drilled the holes and trial-fitted the sender.

After that, the only thing needed before fixing the sender was to clean the tank. For that, I had bought a jar with 5 liters of petrol. First closed all the holes except the sender one with parts of a plastic bag and rubber bands. Cutting a long story short, rubber bands break with petrol, had to redo the closings with string. Did the washing on the bathtub, scratched it when hitting it with the tank. Placed the rubber mat on the tub's floor to prevent more scratching and the mat is now all wrinkled because the petrol attacked it (wife happy because she wanted a new mat for that bathroom and now has the perfect excuse).

Drained the tank as best as I could I left it to dry. When dry, I'll be able to fit the sender and put the tank on the car. What seems an easy task took me, including the time to clean up the balcony and the bathtub, almost 3 hours.