- 1. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: "Dustin Howarth" <howarth@pulsenet.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 21:27:45 -0500
- Hi gang - I have a fuel tank question: A few times last year, my '73 Midget would bog and sputter for no apparent reason. If I stopped and let the car sit for a few minutes, it would restart and run
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00156.html (9,023 bytes)
- 2. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: jphender@soli.inav.net
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:18:38 -0600 (CST)
- Hi Dustin, It may be crud. Seems from the symptoms, however, that you may have a poor seal where the fuel line enters the tank. That connection is more than halfway up the side of the tank and a comp
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00172.html (8,675 bytes)
- 3. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: "Dustin Howarth" <howarth@pulsenet.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 12:26:43 -0500
- I'm planning to clean out my gas tank, and want to do it cheaper than haaving it tanked or buying the kit from Moss. I had a suggestion from a friend that I thought I would run by the wisdom of the
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00586.html (8,843 bytes)
- 4. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: jphender@soli.inav.net
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:33:35 -0600 (CST)
- Hi Dustin, Too early to give you a definitive "good" or "bad" as far as my tank's health is concerned. You'll be happy to know that you are entitled to my opinion though! :-) I think the main reason
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00588.html (9,010 bytes)
- 5. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:45:29 -0600
- I worked with an old mechanic (Roger Menadue...built all the Healey "Works" race cars) who would take a gallon of gas, a quart of oil, and a pound of sheet metal screws... dump the whole shibumi (tec
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00589.html (10,277 bytes)
- 6. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: Rick / Carolyn Walters <walters@mail.softcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:11:18 +0000
- Hi Dustin, I see in Eastwoods Catalog they sell a gas tank boil out at 1/2 the Moss price. If your interested it was $34.99 for all three componants. http://www.eastwoodco.com It looks like the same
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00591.html (10,026 bytes)
- 7. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:39:19 -0800 (PST)
- Jim, In case you do get a new tank, inspect it carefully. My new tank had some surface rust (!) in it and I am having some carb clogging problems about twice a year or so. Not as bad as the old tank,
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00599.html (8,636 bytes)
- 8. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:33:26 -0800
- My opinion The stuff Moss sells works for shit! Larry Miller --Original Message-- From: Rick / Carolyn Walters <walters@mail.softcom.net> To: Dustin Howarth <howarth@pulsenet.com> Cc: midget list <sp
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00633.html (10,236 bytes)
- 9. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: Grant <ggrant@magi.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 98 13:14:15 -0400
- I have a midget that has been sitting in a garage for over 18 years with a tank of gas. Nobody was successful in getting a very thick layer of sticky material out of the tank (tried gas tank speciali
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00666.html (8,402 bytes)
- 10. Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: jphender@inav.net
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 08:00:45 -0600 (CST)
- Hello all, Per Frank's suggestion, I filled my old fuel tank with water and set it boiling on the gas grille on Saturday. I also added a quart of vinegar to the mix. Wow! when I poured it out after f
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00647.html (7,058 bytes)
- 11. Re: Boiled the Tank (score: 1)
- Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@utk.edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 09:06:25 -0500
- boiling a fuel tank? somehow i missed this discussion. Is that how you clean bad gas gunk and stuff out of the tank or what? adrian -- ______________________________________ J. Adrian Barnes adrian@u
- /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00648.html (7,257 bytes)
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