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HAve agreat Aussie Day!!! 37 degrees C here (100F) so taking the kids to the local pool and maybe a barbie tonight (thats BBQ not the doll!!!) Shocked

Ok proceeding nicely but as holidays are over for now progress will be a bit slower. Confused

So this is a before and after shot of the tank internals....

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/gerp ...

Ok excellent..glad this was sorted for you Ted. I have edited the doc further today and it is now a 38kB MS Word doc.
If anyone wants to use or expand on my version let me know otherwise will use it ...

Ok I have translated the whole document using Google translate and it did an Ok job. I need to fix up the formatting a bit and some minor text hiccups but it's pretty good. You need the original doc a ...

Great find Ted and also what I need for the next stage of fixing up the fuel system on the K100RS.

I did try a copy and paste of the first page into the Google translate text tool and it worked qui ...

.....I wish all tanks were aluminium...great idea!!!!

Until they develop a leak and you try to seal them back. Wink

Or try a magnetic tank bag on one of them. Shocked

Yep...good point!! ...

Correct you are FD...the return hole was blocked solid!!!!

Spent several hours more on the tank and had to get into it with some manual scraping of the interior combined with various solvents. Got ...

Yep small gravel only and not too vigorous on the shaking..tank internals coming along nicely....looking 80% clean and shiney so far... Very Happy

It's official....pump is dead...after soaking in petrol a ...

Do we have any members in Antarctica? Wink

Oh yeh...and Merry Xmas to all!!! Very Happy

More progress today.... Very Happy

Back to the sender screw.... Evil or Very Mad

After all sorts of lube, tapping and swearing I decided the aussie sun might help things along...so left the sender base exposed ...

Diesel and ATF eh? Ok will give it a go...have tried the wd-40 and vice grips and it aint moving...buggered the screw a bit too.... Evil or Very Mad

Am thinking Ill replace the screws wit hex head bolts.
As f ...

No floods but our dams have gone from 40% full or less as of last year (after 4-5 yrs of drought) to near full capacity in the last 6 months of rain!!!
Starting to dry out now a bit!!!

I have a ...

Thanks John...yes althought the brake fluid looks Ok and the brakes work i will certainly be bleeding both system out with new dot 4 fluid.
I just read that on the 2 valve bikes the fuel pump does no ...

So todays effort was slowly and carefully removing the seat and then the fuel tank cap in preparation for removing the tank and the pump/filter assembly. Am pretty sure i will need to remove the sende ...

AND..got the seat lock working. I don't think the bike has been washed or lubed in its life!!! Anyway...under the seat I found the first aid kit, tyre repair kit and the tool kit all in theiroriginal ...

Hey thanks for the great welcome!!! Very Happy

Lots of great info there Ted, many thanks. Yeh Canberra is still the best kept secret in terms of a smallish clean city located in the country and good for ...

AND...here is the K100RS. 1985 model, original charcoal metallic. Needs a good wash and has some surface rust and alloy corrosion but nothing too bad. A quick clean up and the bike is starting to look ...

Hi all....my first post here as a BMW owner. Im Greg in Canberra, Australia.

Thanks to the K bike thread on the ADV forum I got interested in K bikes and started reading up on them. I have a always ...