[Roadsters] Slightly off-topic, but related to Roadster issues

[Paul Kort]

  Find a truck stop with a steam cleaner.  Great way to get the 'gunk' out.

Paul
Ohio

PS  Sorry to say I sold my Datsun 1600.  Still holding out for a RL411
Bluebird.

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters <
datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Coating the tank sounds like a good idea, but cleaning out the gunk & old
> gasoline is my first concern.
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> 1970 2000, SRL311-13291
>
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> *From:* Graeme S. via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> *To:* datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 6:06 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] Slightly off-topic, but related to Roadster
> issues
>
> I recommend a product made by KBS Coatings.
> I used the kit for a 45L tank for my SP310, easy to use and very effective.
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> http://www.kbs-coatings.com.au/product-category/fuel-tank-protection/
>
> Regards,
> Graeme S.
> nissanman.shutterfly.com
>
> On 15/09/2016 02:21, Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters wrote:
>
> Dealing with the noxious contents of the gas tank in a Roadster that has
> been sitting for years has been a common topic in this forum; I now have
> that issue with the *other* non-running vintage Japanese vehicle in my
> garage, my 1972 Yamaha LS-2, which I have rolled out and am going to get
> running for the first time since ≈1981. I don’t plan on riding this little
> 100cc two-stroke twin very often, or very far, but it was my first
> street-legal motorized transportation (a 16th-birthday present), and I
> think it deserves to see the light of day again. And maybe getting the
> Yamaha running will finally inspire me to finish cleaning out the garage so
> that I can get the 1970 2000 Roadster back on the street.
>
> Anyway, there is a small amount of liquid in the bike’s two-gallon gas
> tank; pretty smelly stuff, too. What have any of you done when it comes to
> cleaning out and de-sludging a gas tank? Is there a particular solvent or
> cleaner that works well to remove the remnants of decades-old gasoline? I
> haven’t looked into the carburetors yet, but I am assuming that I will have
> to clean them up internally, also. The petcock has been closed all these
> years, but there was certainly some amount of gasoline in the float bowls
> of the little twin Mikunis.
>
> Thanks in advance for your advice,
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> 1970 2000, SRL13291
>
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