Curtis Cook wrote:
> I punted that one -- new tank from NTG. It's only money. Underneath
> that stuff I found rust anyway. But mine's a TF. The TA may not be so
> easy. -Curtis
>
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, tedgantz wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a suggestion for getting a large build up of varnish
> > out of a TA gas tank.
> > My tank sat with gas in it for twenty years before I bought the car. I
> > then discovered a hard sediment coated the inside of the tank. Filling
> > the tank with laquor thinner for a week as turned the hard coating into
> > a rubbery consistency, about 1/4 inch thick which clings to the walls of
> > the tank. Since the tank has at least two baffles in it there is no
> > access to most of the tank interior. Only completely disolving the gum
> > with some solvent would seem the only way to remove it. The material
> > would come out with a power washer except the baffles in the tank block
> > access. The laquor thinner may eventualy disolve it if left for several
> > months.
> > Does anyone have a suggestion?
> > Ted
> >
> >
I also had the same problem and took the tank to a chemical stripper. It took
a week of soaking. Then I used an aircraft sloching compond.
Jerry
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