My wife inherited this low hour, ’97 TRX300FW from her late father in early 2006. He had changed the oil and drained the fuel tank for post-hunting season storage. Perfect!! That is, until the little prick my wife was dating at that time put a splash of fuel in to try to get it running; without her permission or knowledge. Naturally, he didn’t drain it afterwards and the results were as expected:

Even after I used a few methods suggested by members here to clean the rust out but never could get it where I wanted it. So, I found a decent metal tank on ebay as a replacement. At the same time, I also bought a Shindy carb rebuild kit, a YTX14-BS battery, and a tune up kit [plug, air/fuel filters] from Forward Powersports. Aside from replacing the fuel line, greasing everything imaginable and cranking it over [plug out] with marvel mystery oil or WD40 in the chamber, what else would you/should I do to return it to it’s former glory?

My wife inherited this low hour, ’97 TRX300FW from her late father in early 2006. He had changed the oil and drained the fuel tank for post-hunting season storage. Perfect!! That is, until the little prick my wife was dating at that time put a splash of fuel in to try to get it running; without her permission or knowledge. Naturally, he didn’t drain it afterwards and the results were as expected:

Even after I used a few methods suggested by members here to clean the rust out but never could get it where I wanted it. So, I found a decent metal tank on ebay as a replacement. At the same time, I also bought a Shindy carb rebuild kit, a YTX14-BS battery, and a tune up kit [plug, air/fuel filters] from Forward Powersports. Aside from replacing the fuel line, greasing everything imaginable and cranking it over [plug out] with marvel mystery oil or WD40 in the chamber, what else would you/should I do to return it to it’s former glory?