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

[dan russell]

I did something similar with the 1600 tank.  I took it to a local diy carwash and spent a few bucks washing the tank out.  Then I stuck a heat gun in it to dry it out.  
Seemed to work ok, at least we've had no issues with rust in the fuel filter.


Thanks,  Dan

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On Thu, 9/15/16, Paul Kort via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Slightly off-topic, but related to Roadster issues
 To: "Gary McCormick" <gkmcc at sbcglobal.net>
 Cc: "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
 Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016, 11:28 AM
 
   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 McCormickSan Jose,
 CA
 1970 2000, SRL311-13291
 
 
       
 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.
     
     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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