[TR] TR2/3 gas tank question

[William Brewer]

     Being that it is such a PITA to revisit, you should probably just do it right at the start. I bought a kit from KBS coatings. It had warning signs that it bonds everything permanently. I bought the kit for motorcycle gas tanks because our gas tanks are small and to save a few bucks. I did it last spring sometime and the stuff still looks and works great.
     I had put the MOSS slushing compound in my tank about 12 years ago, but it flaked off and plugged up the tank discharge. I might not have prepared the tank properly though.
     I am really happy with the KBS coatings stuff.

     Bill in Tehachapi


Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:37:27 -0400
From: Angelo Graham <agraham at execulink.com>
Subject: [TR] TR2/3 gas tank question
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
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  Hello List:
Re-installing my gas tank after it has been sitting indoors for some
time. I originally had the tank cleaned at a rad shop and I sprayed the
inside liberally with engine storage spray before storing it. The tank
looked great, with no crud or rust on the inside. The tank now has a
light coat of powdery rust on some of the inside panels.
I sloshed a mixture of gasoline/varsol around the tank and it came out
rust brown. Can't see beyond the baffles in the tank, but it does look
cleaner where the solvent/gasoline washed it.
Should I expect problems from this light coating of rust? Will it
overwhelm the in-line gas line filter in short order? The rad shop
fellow said it shouldn't be a problem.
Any advice on this?
Thanks in advance.
Angelo Graham