Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] L shaped fuel tank problem (Dave Cavanaugh)

From: Mark Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:38:52 -0700

I'd recommend getting a weld on threaded fitting instead of hoping a 
washer would be thick enough.  Like: 
http://www.mcmaster.com/#weld-on-tank-fittings/=121uxnj

Regards,

Mark Miller
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>    I have an old steel L tank out behind the shop that goes i the back of a pick up and I was considering refurbishing it for diesel containment.Overall it is in decent condition, but I planned to clean out the inside - maybe some acid treatment and a coat of fresh paint on the outside. On the bottom is a half inch hole and it may have been tapped, but the metal is not that thick.Generally I would think a socket head plug would go there to act as a drain, but I am not sure there is enough steel there to form a reliable seal.Any ideas on how to best treat this?  I could tap for a plug and try it... I considered welding or JB Welding some large washers to provide enough meat to allow a socket plug to work..Any other appropriate "stoppers" come to mind? I was also considering just sealing up the hole on the bottom and adding a drain on a vertical surface near the bottom.  MattColumbus, GA
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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] L shaped fuel tank problem (Dave Cavanaugh)

I'd recommend getting a weld on threaded fitting instead of hoping a=20
washer would be thick enough.  Like:=20
http://www.mcmaster.com/#weld-on-tank-fittings/=3D121uxnj

Regards,

Mark Miller

On 4/18/2016 11:00 AM, [email-masked] wrote:
>    I have an old steel L tank out behind the shop that goes i the back of=
 a pick up and I was considering refurbishing it for diesel containment.Ove=
rall it is in decent condition, but I planned to clean out the inside - may=
be some acid treatment and a coat of fresh paint on the outside. On the bot=
tom is a half inch hole and it may have been tapped, but the metal is not t=
hat thick.Generally I would think a socket head plug would go there to act =
as a drain, but I am not sure there is enough steel there to form a reliabl=
e seal.Any ideas on how to best treat this?  I could tap for a plug and try=
 it... I considered welding or JB Welding some large washers to provide eno=
ugh meat to allow a socket plug to work..Any other appropriate "stoppers" c=
ome to mind? I was also considering just sealing up the hole on the bottom =
and adding a drain on a vertical surface near the bottom.  MattColumbus, GA

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submissions to<br>&gt; 	[email-masked]<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br=
>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have an old steel L tank out behind the shop that=
 goes i the back of a pick up and I was considering refurbishing it for die=
sel containment.Overall it is in decent condition, but I planned to clean o=
ut the inside - maybe some acid treatment and a coat of fresh paint on the =
outside. On the bottom is a half inch hole and it may have been tapped, but=
 the metal is not that thick.Generally I would think a socket head plug wou=
ld go there to act as a drain, but I am not sure there is enough steel ther=
e to form a reliable seal.Any ideas on how to best treat this?&nbsp; I coul=
d tap for a plug and try it... I considered welding or JB Welding some larg=
e washers to provide enough meat to allow a socket plug to work..Any other =
appropriate "stoppers" come to mind? I was also considering just sealing up=
 the hole on the bottom and adding a drain on a vertical surface near the b=
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