John Herlig, GARGOYLES coffee bar wrote:
>
> OK, guys. I feel obligated to add to the line of thought about gas tank
> welding.
>
> Although it's been a while, I used to live in a very modest home in
> Topeka Kansas (sympathy welcomed) that was about 2 blocks from a
> veritible mansion on a hill near Shunga Nunga Creek (that, too, is
> true). HERE COMES MY POINT: the night that I stood in my yard with my
> family watching the mansion burn like a pile of twigs you could feel the
> heat. And, "yes," of course that was from the gas-tank welding that was
> started on the owner's car just outside said estate's garage. Oh, the
> stories of how careful he'd been.
>
> What do I know -- except that I will never weld a gas tank. Full,
> empty, whatever.
>
> Any way, Mark: I also know that there is some multi-step program
> available to clean and seal a gas tank -- if Fred Thomas is back in town
> he may be able to offer better details than I in that regard. I believe
> that he performed this on his 59 TR3A.
>
> ~John Herlig
> GARGOYLES coffee bar
>
> http://www.staffnet.com/gargoyle
> 540-659-0404
> 59 TR3A TS57074L, 10 yrs a real junker, drive it every day!
I did extensive welding on the tank of my TR3, but it came from a car
that had been sitting for 30+ years and the bottom had been rusted out
for at least half that.
I welded the tank of an old Volkswagon I used to have. Filled the tank
with water and drained it several times, let it sit for a day in the sun
and then did it again. Then I examined the tank to be sure there was no
liquid left in it. Then I rigged up a lever to drop a lit match in it
when I pulled a string. POOF! Brief burst of flame.
After that I welded it.
--
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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