At 09:24 PM 7/25/2008 -0500, Larry Alofs wrote:
>You are right to be fearful.

!!  Every gasoline-tank-welding accident I've heard about has been fatal.

>  My approach has been to fill the tank with
>water while brazing or welding on it.  You need to leave a small air space
>right where you are brazing or you won't be able to get the metal hot
>enough.

I knew an old mechanic from Der Vaterland who would run the exhaust
from a running vehicle through the tank while working on it.  He was
still alive when I last saw him.

The explosive range of gasoline in air is 1.4% to 7.6%

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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"