[Healeys] Fuel tank

[Austin Healey]

Just like me with a little difference. I told the man NOT to use direct
flame on the tank when soldering (even if it had been washed out). I was not
more than a 100ms away when I was noticed by a big bang that he did not
followed my instructions. Nobody hurt luckily, but the tank was ruined.

Be carefull!

Gergo

2011/5/27 Skip Saunders <tfsbj7 at mindspring.com>

> Me too... I've done nearly the same thing.   Only difference for me was
> once
> I got to the ground off exterior step, I took the tank to a radiator place
> and had him solder on some shim material over the holes...the solder flows
> under the shim material to form a thick metal layer over all the area of
> the
> tank which had pinholes... I then applied an electric sander to the edges
> to
> smooth it out like body work, painted and used the Bill Hearsch process to
> coat the inside...has worked for more than 11 years...:-)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Frederich Ficke
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:38 PM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Fuel tank
>
> What I do with pin holes on gas tanks is first was the tank out with
> Muritic
> acid then grind off the exterior where the holes are and fill them with JB
> Weld and with an electric sander on the exterior smooth it out like body
> work. Then I coat the inside with gas tank sealer from Bill Hearsch and it
> is good as new .
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