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Cleaning out a gas tank.

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Shiffty

06-30-2006 12:52:40




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Could anyone spare their knowledge about how to clean out a gas tank? I bought a John Deere B and there was all tht varnish smellin stuff tht was hard. I got it running on the back tank now it was the clean one. Thank You on sharing your info!!




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Gord

06-30-2006 16:04:15




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank. in reply to Shiffty, 06-30-2006 12:52:40  
I just bought and recieved a kit from this company. I cost about $100 but it is well worth it from what I hear.



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Gord

06-30-2006 16:04:39




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coflyboy

06-30-2006 15:14:45




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank. in reply to Shiffty, 06-30-2006 12:52:40  
I took my rusty Ford tank to a radiator shop. He said he would look at it and do what had to be done to permanently fix it. Worst case involved 'boiling' it out and treating it with a rust inhibitor. Max cost woulod be $80.00.



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JMS/M

06-30-2006 14:52:04




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank. in reply to Shiffty, 06-30-2006 12:52:40  
Some people use muriatic acid and slosh it around. Some use rocks and slosh it around. I'm too lazy- I tie the tank to a cement mixer, dump in some nuts, and let it run for a day. Then I remount the tank, upside down and do the same. Nuts can be retrieved with a magnet- rocks cannot. If you have field work to do- tie the tank to a tractor wheel. That means you need another tractor- nice problem to have. If you happen to have a combine final drive laying around, hook a motor to that and mount the tank. But it's more fun to buy another tractor.

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R. Pugh(NC)

06-30-2006 15:57:47




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank.to JSM/M in reply to JMS/M, 06-30-2006 14:52:04  
JSM/M=Do you realize how lucky you were? Gas tank full of gasoline fumes + 1 spark from metal nuts rollin around in a metal tank could have left a nice crater at that site. Now was that a smart thing to recommend to someone, I think not. You were very lucky, he might not be that lucky. Leave the fuel tank cleaning to a pro. Very dangerous!!!!! !



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scortch mulligan

07-30-2006 07:01:30




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank.to JSM/M in reply to R. Pugh(NC), 06-30-2006 15:57:47  
Horse-pucky. Whatever fumes remain in an empty gas tank aren't going to leave a crater. With the cap on and no way for air to get into the tank, it just ain't gonna happen.



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JMS/MN

06-30-2006 23:17:41




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank.to JSM/M in reply to R. Pugh(NC), 06-30-2006 15:57:47  
Your first mistake is getting my addy incorrect. Your second one is assuming that there are fumes in an empty tank. Not necessarily so. If you check the archives you will find similar recommendations regarding fuel tanks- so bellyache to all of them as well. Ask the pro's- they might tell you the same thing about fixing a leak, like I did on a '37 Allis WC- per 'their' advice- connect the tank to an air compressor, pump air through it while soldering a bad seam.

wc-

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Don-Wi

06-30-2006 21:29:15




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank.to JSM/M in reply to R. Pugh(NC), 06-30-2006 15:57:47  
While metal on metal always is a risk for sparks, They'd have to be moving pretty friggin fast to make sparks.

Besides, striking 2 rocks together was the creation of fire for man. Same differencehaving a tank full of nuts vs a tank full of rocks.

Donovan from Wisconsin



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Rustyj14

06-30-2006 17:31:10




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 Re: Cleaning out a gas tank.to JSM/M in reply to R. Pugh(NC), 06-30-2006 15:57:47  
With the cap on tight, no air could enter the tank, which would probably keep it from ketching fire, or exploding! fire requires 3 things to burn: Fuel, heat and air! (Oxygen) They taught that in Fire School! Rustyj



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