JAP Tank

Picked this up from the post office today, I was worried as I was told it had extra ribs on it, but they were steel mounting straps that had been painted on!

This is where it will sit on the bike to house some of the electrics...
 

 Set to work on the Tank, carefully cut the 2 halves apart with the angle grinder

 The tanks were in pretty good order inside...

 Cleaned the edges up with a flapper disc ready to weld it to some sheet steel, once clean I put the tank half on the steel, and tacked it in place (had a small heavy vice on top to weigh it down.)

 Its not the cleanest welding I’ve done to date, but the metal was fairly thin. Its was nicely held, and as its not holding actual oil it doesn’t matter if there are a few pinholes....

 I then cut the waste out from the back of the plate – it wasn’t as easy as I thought, but with plenty of perseverance I got there....
To give it a bit more strength I ran a quick weld on the inside of the new lip

 So I now have 2 halves that meet fairly well. I’m going to have a thing about the best way to get the 2 to join, but still allow me to access the electrics if I need to.....