Working on a used bike is always entertaining, as you revel the horrors of previous owners mechanical incompetence 😂

So many use body filler it’s nice to see a great repair job not just using body filler….👍🤛🤛👏👏👏

Think most people would have chucked that in the nearest skip impressed! Amazing skill

Now you have the tank cracked open, I'm curious if you're gonna get an email from the seller: _''Dear Mr Jones. Can I please have the 2 marbles back, along with the bit of welding wire. They were not meant to be part of the sale. Cheers''._ Stick with it Craig - _Indian Larry_ would have looked at this and said _''pfft! not a problem...minor details''_ and once cut open, he'd have dished it and made it 'real purty with some paint'. You have the tools, you have the patience, and you have the kin-o-how! All the best. Dogue.

I think the fella that sealed the tank works at an easter egg factory...

This set ov tank repairs is probably one ov my favourite sets! Could you go into more detail as to the mig welds n go a bit tech n reveal the mig settings for us sad acts 👍👍👍

On Delboy's Garage years ago "hello, I'm going to show you how to properly repair a leaking tank."

Now that's a project!

Great video 👍 you need to fire up the gas barbecue grill as Allen Millard always does.

Every confidence in you Craig, go for it.

I've got 2 to do that too...BSA and a Ducati..Luckily I have had enough work to put that off for a couple of years now..LOL.. I know it will turn out good for you!..👍👍👍🗽🇺🇸

That’s some skill to sort that out. But your the man . That can good luck. Me I would have scrap it . But my skills suck

Good morning hope all well with you

Very interesting to see the inside of a bad repair job. It brought up memories of a friend who restored 50s era Indian chiefs and fours and opened and straightened tanks that way. Skill over money!

Haha, the poor man's low fuel warning alarm. Stick a couple of marbles in your tank, when you hear them rattle around, you know you're just about done. Of course it helps if you don't glue them in place with tank sealer.

A good old boy I worked with once told me, if man made it then man can fix it. In reality it’s not 100% true but with metal you’ve got options to try at least. Plus I don’t believe it’s a total waste of time as even the best of the best will still get better and learn even more with more practice, which might mean you save something in the future that you might not have done before. If it was purely down to time money and efficiency we’d all just replace rather than repair when something had done it’s time. We’re here for the art and history not just the end result. Keep on keeping on brother.

You're supposed to pour it all in, professor. And then empty it when all the surface is covered.

You're a brave man, but we all know how this will turn out! I love to see things rescued from the scrap bin Craig, and you're the man to do it!

I get where you're coming from, start with "I'll just have a look" then "maybe I'll open it up" and it just goes from there. I have the Montesa tank in a similar situation, only it's fibreglass. Fun, fun, fun. Thanks Craig.

Top job Craig. Only in the Doghouse can marbles be "found". But my word, that is a challenge.

Something real satisfying about that being cut open to reveal its innards! Good KZfaq material Craig!

It will be an achievement you can look back at with a smile 😊 There’s a lot of us watching that have faith in your abilities to turn back the clock on that tank 👍 Thanks Craig.

love watching you work Craig your videos are always worth watching and your so chilled out on how you get things done, thank you so very much for making the videos.

Wow! That's a mess! Thank you so much though for doing this challange of yours on camera! It's quite educational for some of us to see how a 'repaired' tank looks like on the inside! And of course see how you go about fixing it a proper way! Cheers bud! 😁

That is one hell of a mess on that tank. Graig has got his hands full on this tank.

Love people who don’t give up on things and just bin it well done Craig

I love how Craig just looks like he’s pottering and dithering around the shed, looking for his tools etc. Then you realise that like all the genuinely skilled craftsmen he just makes it look that easy and when you see the results of his “pottering about” you realise just how good he really is. Buuuut- Craig ffs please put a guard on your grinder- if a disk let’s go mate no safety glasses will save your eyes!

Wow, what a mess! I'm super impressed with your perseverance! Looking forward to part 2.

Jackson Pollock must have lined that tank.

Well you've lost your marbles now it should be plain sailing now mate, hope you win this one.

@6:30 a visit from Silent Bob... 😂

Nice to see someone taking "bog" off to do good metalwork rather than poor metalworking covered by filler ! Keep up the good work and videos

Incredible!

well worth saving, and far from a waste of time, and every job like that is an achievement and gives a sense of satisfaction when it is done

This is going to be challenging... Glad you got rid of the hat..I was having nightmares.... I am really surprised that that aluminum tank has gone rusty.

I had that stuff in my CB200 tank, Kreem I think it's called, nasty useless stuff even when applied correctly :) Took many pints of MEK to get it out. I thought the Dremel might have made an appearance :) Hope you had a great birthday, see you soon baboon :)

Perfect for a rat build done right. Post apoc repair job type thing. Hopefully it is salable, if not I can see uses for it. Least you didn't do it like the SRK cycles guys who split the tank down the tunnel and had the tank seal lifted in strips like orange peel

I’ve tank sealed before, but I’ve ALWAYS drained most of it out once it’s got a coating on, that looks like it wasn’t prepared inside either before hand! Just amazed!

I am sooo glad you did this. I want to make a tank one day, and see one from the inside was good. I can't wait to see you revive the thing/ Take it back to bare metal and dress it up nicely before resealing it again. Thank you. I worried whether I would still enjoy the channel after the split, but to see you do all this is the best - something we wouldn't have seen in the old format. Superb.

Can't wait for part 2 intresting to see how it turns out.

you look like one of those tv wildlife / extreme survival experts

And you were disturbed about the filler outside... 😂Good on ya you got it on the run now it'll be fine! Thanks for sharing.

After looking at the first 15 minutes, i'm glad you're not my dentist.

Looks like some orange mold on it : )

I like the steady camera and simple format ,everything's moving to quickly these days...this is just my speed..well done

Craig, you did the right thing mate! Never a waste of time... These things are too few on the ground. And the monkey metal the replicas are made from are never going to be the same quality. Mate that Matchy tank you got was the best unmolested tank I have seen in the 30+ years I have been mucking around will classic bikes. Unfortunately you get good and you get bad, but you have the skills... Keep up the good work man!

I think grinding it open like you did was perfect. Now we get to see everything that was done wrong, learn from that, and learn from watching you fix it correctly. I'm guessing after losing their marbles in it (see what I did there? lol!) they just gave up. The sealer was probably too thick to get the marbles out, so they quit in frustration. Fair play to that. Keep up that great work!

holy shit, safety first mate, where's the guard

Looking forward to part 2. This tank restoration should push you pass the 10K mark in subs! Congrats Craig, cheers from Minnesota. 🍺

Craig ,would you please let know what a real beauty of a totally original tank of that size is worth .many thanks .

cant wait for part two of the tank mate, i'd like to see this come good!? - i hope. thanks for the share.

That looks like quite a challenge, good idea taking the bottom off, can't wait to see your progress in the next part, great stuff!, cheers Dave

Also Craig's had a haircut!

If it all turns to crap you could triple ya money turning it into an arty farty letter box...we all know there is someone out there that would buy something like that.Happy birthday Craig.

Yeah you got this👊

I love a challenge too. My prediction is that when it is finished it will look fabulous. I cant wait to see the tank in paint. I remember repairing a tank from a Norton for my boss who was leaving that night for the TT races. I did the job and he was really made up nice man. Keep up the great work Craig.

You didn’t buy the tank from delboy did you it looks like one of his excellent repairs glad you managed to save some serious skills and patience

Amazing to see how that works

Wow you give yourself some challenges looking forward to your magic..

Yay a Craig vid! I feels like it has been forever.

Bit of T cut and some silver solder it will be brand new. I guess the marbles were to help swill the sealer about like ball bearings mix the paint in an aerosol. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

Once again mission impossible but youll do it bud be good to see the tig in action after the clean up glad your ok knew you were busy but was getting concerned after a week because a lot of vids started appearing when the other guy was on with ya was wondering if it was you or him re issuing just making you aware of it bud. Stay healthy keep doing what you love. Great content...

hi matey...I would only expect dogged determination from in The Doghouse......well done Craig keep it up

Hi Craig, sweet video, love the doggies man. That tank really is a challenge for you’re skills, but I know you will make it right. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧🏍

Whoever did that has obviously lost there marbles!

Baseball cap =Del Bollocks.

If anyone is gonna save that tank it’s you Craig.

Terry Wogan on the radio said "putting a baseball cap on lowers your IQ to less than 100, turning it backwards halves it again." It's a good job we don't watch you for the fashion tips.......

I’ve always wondered what the inside of a fuel tank looks like 😂😂

Craig finds his marbles at last!!! :D

If you can fix that, that's really something. I've got a battered old tank in storage which I'll probably end up turning into an object d'art or something. Beyond my skills

Seeing that the tank was ripple smooth, you must have brought it from another you tube channel I’m sure its going to be HARD for you to repair. If you can save it that will be Epic., looking forward to seeing the orange Enfield completed.

Are those birthday cards sitting on the bench behind your left shoulder? Does one of them have a sixty on it? If so, Happy Birthday Craig. If it's not your birthday today, then consider this an early (or late) birthday greeting.

love the "Thinking cap" hahahaha when does the expanding foam and duct tape come out to play lol

Im not the only one that would of binned the tank.Cant see it being repaired to a useful level ,however,I look forward to being shown otherwise!All the best.

That is one mess Craig but I am sure it will come out fantastic with magical crafted man ship for your Enfield

WOW !

"hat tip" to Matt for putting you up to tHAT Craig! lmao

It's a nice tank, could do with gas welding,

Craig, you should have weighed it before and after matey...

Keep up the good work have you been working on the van

Tattoo’d man you make war on ridiculous tank. One can only wonder who wins.....👍🏼 😎 🇺🇸 🌎

You could have left it like that and sold it to DelBoy... He likes that design of the tank. And for that money you buy a perfect good one XD

Jigsaw with metal blade😀

Where those birthday cards a hint that it was some ones birthday, happy birthday lol

Go 4 it, i belive in your skills

That tank reminds me of the inside of a kinder egg.

I bet the capacity is about a gallon greater after all that poop was scraped out 😂

There's a video of a japanese master craftman repairing a tank, you should watch ,craig on youtube, i'm sure you can't make that tank worse that's for sure!

happy birthday ! ?

Oh dear !

Luv me some challenge. 👍

Do you have a process for cleaning out petrol tanks before you start cutting and welding. I know a tank like that has been sitting around so long that all the petrol is probably long evaporated. Just today I had an old guy telling me stories about petrol tanks exploding and rocketing across the workshop.

It could be prostatic eye to ear last owner looked at his balls up of a job

Saw another vid last week and the guy used acetone to remove the liner on an old RD350 tank

Ignored all day, now she wants to chit chat... but The Doghouse just posted should be called In The Doghouse

Is that the reason you didnt use a wire wheel? The buckling? I was just thinking of what id have tried. I figure you have a reason that id like to hear. Thanks for the video.

The baseball cap theory, doesn’t hold water. 😏

Just checked it series of on yer bike show hope its you issuing and not bold nut playing games anyway take it easy bud we-re loyal

When you first come on I thought you had garth from Wayne’s world in you shed