What kind of success has everyone here who has used it had with the Kreem kit? I have heard mixed reviews. I have never tried it personally, but I have to clean my tank of some rust. Some people have said it is great, but you have to take your time and do it right. Others have said they have had problems with it after a couple of years. My other option than the Kreem kit is to take it to a local shop where they clean it out and bake in a liner. About 4 times as much as a Kreem kit.
Thanks On Oct 17, 9:48 pm, "Creative Residential Designs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Kyle. I'm checking the battery as well. I got it from the > dealership and it's only 6 months old but it still could be the problem. (And > after I backed the dealership up on their batteries!). > I decided to check the battery after the first few times the bike died and it > was dead. I charged it up and tried again. After a few starts and the bike > dying again, I checked the battery...dead. I'm going to hook up a load tester. > The bike was acting up on the last two rides. The first time the bike was > suddenly losing power on the freeway. It got down to where I was on the side > of the road at a crawl. Then the bike took off and I got home. The next time > it made it home but was doing the same thing. At least it got me home. It > could have been the battery failing...I'll let you know. Thanks for your > advice. I'll check that as well. Hotrod. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kyle Munz > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:03 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: question on tank sealing... > > Mine had a brownish plastic screen about 2 inches long down inside the tank > after you pull off the petcock. It's about the same dimensions as a > cigarette, I had to pull it out with some needlenose. If you see anything > plastic in the tank that's it, it's just held in place by friction. > > One way to see if you're starving for fuel is to block off the air intake > under the seat and see if it runs a little better. If you restrict the > airflow and it balances out then it's starving for fuel. You remembered to > hook the vacuum line back up right? > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Creative Residential Designs <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kyle...I just pulled my petcock...I didn't see a plastic sceen above the > petcock. Does it stay in the tank? > I cleaned my fuel screen (inside the petcock), replaced the O ring and > put it back on. Now my bike starts for awhile and then dies under load or all > by itself after a short time. Any Ideas? I'm wondering if its not getting > enought fuel for some reason. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kyle Munz > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:08 AM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: question on tank sealing... > > With mine I went to Ace hardware and bought rubber stoppers. I drilled > a hole thru the middle of them and put a bolt nut and washers thru it with > the end of the bolt and the nut sticking out the top, that way I could hold > the bolt with some pliers and tighten the nut to compress the stopper in > place. The small one for the petcock I just shoved in there. > Another trick is a heat gun or old blow dryer to help evaporate the > fuel. > Also, don't forget to pull the plastic screen that sits above the straw > for the petcock, if you seal that up you're gonna have a bad time. > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Creative Residential Designs <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi group! I bought the Kreem kit to seal my tank. The directions > specify to drill small holes on either side of the gas hole, put gasket > materila over, and then a piece of metal or wood which is then screwed down > to seal the tank. (For a Nighthawk it would be one additional hole since > there are two already to bolt down the gas cap). They say not to use ducktape > of course. > My question is: Is there another way to seal the gas tank hole > without drilling another hole? > I have heavy gasket material and I thought that if I put a jar lid > over that and then taped it down with ducktape it would work. (The duck tape > would no be in direct contact with the tank contents then.) > Any help you can give me would be appreciated.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
