Oak Swamp visit and a serious 'tank repair challenge'!!!

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Күн бұрын

We go to see Bryan at Oak Swamp ( / @oakswamp ) , have a play, and then pick up a tank that needs 'quite a lot of work'...!!!!

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@90FF1 5 ай бұрын

You were given a lemon and made sweet lemonade. Great job. Thanks for sharing your skill and talent.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliment!

@blackhouseengineering5386 5 ай бұрын

That sealer inside really didn't help matters! I suggest if you ever do anything similar make cover plates from similar gauge matl. To the tank, rivet in place with blind copper or steel pop rivets then solder up and solder over the rivet heads. You can get solder paste to wipe the mating surfaces with so they self tin when heated. I like to scour the junk shops for big lumping solid copper soldering irons, the old type you heat with a separate gas flame. Great for tin smithing. Enjoying your channel, thanks for inviting us into your shop. Cheers.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

some great advice there, thanks! Next time (if there is one), I'll tackle it that way ...

@bryansaull7554 5 ай бұрын

@@thebracketfactory If you can get stainless steel solder paste it tins and works a treat on everything

@garrickmartin7707 5 ай бұрын

Nice work mate. A bit of a challenge but you rose to the occasion. Bryan's gonna love it.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

cheers! He seems pretty happy - just need to stick it in the car and see if holds fuel!

@mcm9329 5 ай бұрын

Oak Swamp watcher...and now you too. Nice work

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Cheers! We have all sorts of cool projects planned so stay tuned!

@kcribin5654 5 ай бұрын

Boys having fun. And an interested lady…. Super cool

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

She is, I'm very lucky!!

@oakswamp 5 ай бұрын

great video mate, it was a 3 way tutorial on repairing fuel tanks !!! , welder solder and glue ...very interesting, thanks so much for your time ...i would of mullered that tank ....hang loose🤙

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Cheers Bryan!

@RR-mt2wp 5 ай бұрын

The joy of thin metal and welding it as the holes want to run from you. People use JB weld on tanks I heard. I feel for you and this challenge you attempted and successfully did a great job and enjoyed watching.

@keithhoughton4308 5 ай бұрын

Great work. Nice to see you use more than one solution. Subscribed.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Thank Keith!!

@besenzon1 5 ай бұрын

Great to see Bryan and Oakswamp behind the scenes. Amazing job with the tank 😍

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Mopar46 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I subscribe to Oak Swamp, too, and it's great to see the networking crossover, amongst you blokes.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

cheers! I think this town is big enough for the both of us so expect to see a few more joint projects in the future 🙂

@neilstevenson3670 5 ай бұрын

An awkward job well done.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Cheers Neil 👍

@nigeltoon1848 5 ай бұрын

Nice job there.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Cheers Nigel.

@theshedMTB 5 ай бұрын

So in my world, .030 thick is like 22 gauge and that’s insanely hard to weld. I don’t care what the weld looks like you did a good job!

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

It was hell! (but all good practice .... :-)

@Paul_Hassell 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant video, only just wandered across from Oak Swamp but glad I have found your channel, keep up the good work.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Cheers Paul!

@anthonygrodecki7968 5 ай бұрын

Well done you could have made one large patch for filler neck and hole. I must say I soldier the few tanks I have done but also put the petrol seal stuff in also which works fine most of the time.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

I definitely need more soldering practice... but not any time soon 😁

@DavidLucas-hf1cx 5 ай бұрын

I feel your pain.. haha.. I’ve never had much luck with lap welding sheet metal. Usually always do my stuff as a tight butt weld, little to no filler with my aviation torch.. but that’s what has worked for me in the past. I hope the additives in your fuel don’t screw with your epoxy.. the stuff we have here in California destroyed the JB Weld that was supposed to be good for fuel on a couple of carburetor floats I used it on.. turn the epoxy to kind of chalk.. i’m enjoying your channel and really dig your ‘lil Special…

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave - time will tell with that epoxy repair - fortunately the repairs are on the top side so any leaks should become evident before it dumps all the fuel!

@leslieaustin151 5 ай бұрын

That was fun… to watch! Not an easy job, was it? But a good job, I’m sure. And learning for me. Thanks. Les

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

The job reminded me of a quote (allegedly Winston Churchill).... 'If you find yourself going through Hell.... keep going' !!!

@asciimation 4 ай бұрын

I had to make a tank from scratch for my Riley. Bit easier when you start from clean steel but they are still fiddly. I had to weld mine as the rules here say you can't have a soldered seams for the main tank body even though that's period correct. I had to TIG it all. You CAN solder in the filler and pickups though. The two part epoxy I have always wanted to try is called Belzona. If the price is anything to go by the stuff must be good but it's far too expensive for me to try!

@thebracketfactory 4 ай бұрын

blimey, you have rules for tank construction?! When it comes to old cars, we are pretty 'rule free' over here.. (thankfully!)

@TweedsGarage 5 ай бұрын

Well done that man.........as they say in the Army .....don't volunteer for anything 😉

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

I may have to make a sign and hang that in the workshop to remind myself!

@chrislewis4830 5 ай бұрын

as a banjo player myself id say thats great banjo playing loved it thank you. who was it??

@timeast6412 5 ай бұрын

I’ve used glue on my petrol tank and no problems yet.Also on an awkward overflow pipe on my radiator,so far so good.Is this a bodge I don’t know,but it seems to work.

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

JB Weld even sell stuff for fixing fuel tanks... we have to get with the 21st century (well that's my excuse!)

@Mtlmshr 4 ай бұрын

I would have made both panels first that way you can use the other holes to help you hold things while you’re making the panels, just sayin?!?

@thebracketfactory 4 ай бұрын

yes, I think gif I did it all again (though I hope I don't!)... I would do it differently - perhaps riveting the panels on and *then* soldering them.

@johnwall3234 5 ай бұрын

As an Accountant who can also weld, I resemble Brian's analogy🤣 How do you change a fuse?

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

haha! They come sealed in the plug these days so no need !!

@jleeroy2697 5 ай бұрын

Also! State of the inside!?!?!?

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

It was baaaad!!

@stephengent9974 5 ай бұрын

Couldn't you have silver soldered all the repairs?

@thebracketfactory 5 ай бұрын

maybe - one thing is for sure is that I need more practice! The problem with silver solder is that it needs a pretty high temp and that metal moves all over the place! If I did all over again I would have spent a lot more time cleaning it first..