Copper pipe fuel tank

[BROWNRIDER]

for my bike i am thinking about making a double cylinder copper fuel tank out of two 2inch by 1ft pipe pieces, braze caps on and have a Y in the fuel line connecting them, has anyone ever done something like this? Any ideas or tips would be greatly appreciated

 

[JonnyR]

use silver solder and think your mounts out before you start copper is expensive

 

[BROWNRIDER]

solder wont break from the vibrations? And i will, im going to draw it out a bunch of times

 

[BROWNRIDER]

im getting the stuff today and will solder it this week, will put a picture up

 

[dmb]

bairdco has made his share of them. i think thats all he uses. dennis

 

[BROWNRIDER]

just did the math and will only hold 275 ml or .08 gallons

 

[dmb]

crappy china tank holds less and leaks out the cap.

 

[BROWNRIDER]

crappy china tank holds less and leaks out the cap.

well thats good to know, should be enough to get me around town as long as i dont go to far. i remember seeing these metal water bottles but for fuel that you could carry around, any one ever use one?

 

[diceman2004]

redo the math ... a small water bottle holds 500 ml
you saying 2 x 1 foot pieces of 2 inch tube only holds 1/2 a small water bottle ?
That should hold about 1.5 liters .. about .4 gallons

If you are using all standard copper plumbing pipe fittings , regular solder should work , because everything fits tight to begin with .

 

[silverbear]

You may want to rethink this once you price everything. Sometimes salvage yards have used copper pipe & fittings.
SB

 

[BROWNRIDER]

i changed it to 3/4 inch n i have everything just need to solder it all together

 

[BROWNRIDER]

http://s1291.beta.photobucket.com/user/Isaiah_Asado_Escobar/library/Bike this is the whole tank set up need to just solder it, hopefully soon need to do it with someone, (mom wont let me do it alone)

 

[BROWNRIDER]

hmm cant post the pic

 

[goog]

Picture came out when I clicked on. Looks like a H.F. motor.They can drink abit of gas clipping along.Eye-balling your tank I wouldn't stray to far from home.Could you cut in some wider threaded steel pipe with copper adapters?Like what you have done so far.

 

[BROWNRIDER]

i have everything cut just needs to be soldered the 1st picture is the gas tank,

 

[BROWNRIDER]

what do you mean wider threaded pipe?

 

[goog]

I call it b.i. or black iron but it's really Steel.Used for boilers and things.Can reduce down from say 2 inch to what you got 3/4. Any big box store has them.

 

[JonnyR]

you can get that in brass pipe also black pipe will look ugly for this

 

[goog]

Their called nipples ,close and different lengths.