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Curing rusty H gas tank for the winter
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Posted by Dave in CT on December 16, 2003 at 18:23:11 from (204.60.63.52):
Had a few stalls and reduced power situations with the '47 H during the last snow-plowing. Haven't had time to go over all systems since I bought it this spring. Made it to the barn at least but wasn't able to get it started after that. I wasn't getting a gas smell during starting attempts so I pushed a wire through the fuel line and cleaned the carburetor and sediment bowl screens. I only got a good stream when I took a thin rod and nudged some rust flakes from the outlet opening inside the gas tank. This cured my problem for now but I'd like to know it's not going to come back during some blizzard. It's got some rust around the threads where the outlet pipe screws into the tank - about a 1/4" band around the pipe. I'm worried I might break away part of the tank if I try to unscrew the outlet pipe/shutoff/sediment-bowl assembly. If this happens, is that something that's a fairly easy brazing fix or should I have a line on a new tank before I make the attempt? I just don't want to be down during the next storm. OR should I just roll some pea-sized gravel in the tank, hope that breaks off enough of the next generation of flakes to get me through the winter and do the sandblast, etch, coating of the tank in the spring? Thanks, Dave
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