Installing a new fuel tank - info needed!

[Monster Dave]

Hey guys,

Can anyone tell me if installing a new fuel tank on a Monster is a big project? If not, could anyone point me to a "how to" that I might use to install one (or at least some tips).

Thanks!

[Grampa]

installing a new one is easy, as long as the years match.

just raise it.... disconnect the fuel lines, remove the pin clip on the hinge..... then do the reverse with the new one.

[Grampa]

thats assuming the guts are still in the new one

[CairnsDuc]

And take lots of photo's and make a topic up of how to do it in the the How to section   

[Bbrent]

It's a pretty easy job. I would recommend having someone there to help hold up the tank while you're connecting the hoses and the pin. No worries.

[DuciD03]

pretty easy; take your time, label the fuel line connections with masking tape and permant marker; 1+ on a helper / holder.   Guts much more difficult to access and gas cap seal gasket more challenging .... ask me how I know!

Duck painter is a pro; so ask him ....

Hve fun ...and BTW what happened to the old tank?

[He Man]

what year bike?

[Monster Dave]

And take lots of photo's and make a topic up of how to do it in the the How to section   

Thanks for the tips everyone! It sounds like a much more doable job that I thought. If I do it myself, I will certainly post up a how to thread! I should be able to arrange for a helper to hold the tanks if need be. I was really just debating on having a local shop just do it for me, but if it's not that hard, I'd like to learn how to do it myself! The new tank was delivered yesterday, but I haven't had time to check it out yet. My bike is an 03 Monster, so it has the steel tank which means that the pump is outside of the tank - thankfully!!! I just hope the innards are still in the tank.

My old tank is still on my bike, if anyone's interested I'll post up pics of it and sell it for a resonable price - or just PM me. It's got two dings in the right side from the handle bars from when I went down in a recent accident - which was ultimatly minor - thankfully! People drive crazy out here!!!! 

[Slide Panda]

Thanks for the tips everyone! It sounds like a much more doable job that I thought. If I do it myself, I will certainly post up a how to thread! I should be able to arrange for a helper to hold the tanks if need be. I was really just debating on having a local shop just do it for me, but if it's not that hard, I'd like to learn how to do it myself! The new tank was delivered yesterday, but I haven't had time to check it out yet. My bike is an 03 Monster, so it has the steel tank which means that the pump is outside of the tank - thankfully!!! I just hope the innards are still in the tank.

My old tank is still on my bike, if anyone's interested I'll post up pics of it and sell it for a resonable price - or just PM me. It's got two dings in the right side from the handle bars from when I went down in a recent accident - which was ultimatly minor - thankfully! People drive crazy out here!!!! 

Pump's on the inside on all FI bikes.  It was only carby bikes that had the pumps outside. 

If you've got (or get) the DesmoTimes manual it's got a section on the fuel system.  It's mostly going over how to swap a fuel filter - but it does discuss the pitfalls over getting at the guts in the tank.  If you don't have the DesmoTimes manual - it's a handy reference.

[Monster Dave]

Pump's on the inside on all FI bikes.  It was only carby bikes that had the pumps outside. 

If you've got (or get) the DesmoTimes manual it's got a section on the fuel system.  It's mostly going over how to swap a fuel filter - but it does discuss the pitfalls over getting at the guts in the tank.  If you don't have the DesmoTimes manual - it's a handy reference.

Are you sure? That doesn't sound right - I thought that one of the key features that distinguished the steel tanks from the plastic ones was that the fuel pump was moved to the inside of the pastic tank. Even the Ducati Mechanic that I spoke to was thinking that it was that way (they way I thought that it was).... 

[Monster Dave]

what year bike?

It's a 2003 620 Dark.

[He Man]

yuu is right.

the IE tanks all have the fuel pump inside. the Carbed tanks all have them outside where the starter relay is. (someone correct me if im wrong) but the distingusihing difference between plastic and metal is that the plastic ones require you to run the tank dry, dump the remaining gas, and remove the tank so you can unscrew the pump to replace the fuel filter. (lol say that 3 times?)

On a steel tank you can get a stiff wire like a close hanger or a small hand and just reach inside pull out the fuel filter and swap it.


Thats a plastic fuel pump. notice how you cant really move anything without moving that whole assembly.

check this thread for more info.
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=d7iecneffmh46ul1uh927p5k94&topic=541.0

[Monster Dave]

yuu is right.

the IE tanks all have the fuel pump inside. the Carbed tanks all have them outside where the starter relay is. (someone correct me if im wrong) but the distingusihing difference between plastic and metal is that the plastic ones require you to run the tank dry, dump the remaining gas, and remove the tank so you can unscrew the pump to replace the fuel filter. (lol say that 3 times?)

On a steel tank you can get a stiff wire like a close hanger or a small hand and just reach inside pull out the fuel filter and swap it.

...interesting....

[Slide Panda]

...interesting....

Yeah - sorry to bear bad news.  I've got a steel tank era FI Monster and that pump is definitely inside that tank... other wise I've got electrical wires running into a gas filled container for no good reason. 

As He man pointed out, there is a big difference in the pumps from steel to the plastics - but that all live inside the thank.

[He Man]

...interesting....

only if you actually try to buy a small hand. id suggest paying a kid 3 bucks to fetch it out for you.