Like Jerry, I took the tank from my YB to a radiator shop where they soaked
it in a chemical bath, sloshed it with a sealant and a final coating then
painted it for me. Cost: about $75.00
Floyd Inman
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Felper <felperg@earthlink.net>
To: Curtis Cook <ccook@admin.coloradocollege.edu>
Cc: tedgantz <tgantz@fuse.net>; mg-t@autox.team.net <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: gastank gum
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>Curtis Cook wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, tedgantz wrote:
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>> > 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
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>> >
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>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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