What's holding the fuel tank?
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What's holding the fuel tank?
Saw today that the strap around the fuel tank had rusted away, yet the tank seems soundly fixed to something. There's certainly no movement in it - so what's holding it on?
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The long range tank (an add on on some models) appears to be held on by a strap, a bolt, and its attachments to the filler cap and the main tank, The strap disappears but somehow the tank stays put, on top of the tank. A pile of mud and rock salt accumulates and causes the area around the filler cap to rot, I jetwash this area to prevent accumulation as corrosion in this area is pretty difficult to do anything about.
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