gas tank

Can you tell me the name of the company that can cut a take apart and clean it out like the pictures show?
I have a tank I need cleaned.
Please advise
Thanks
james
 
C26Pinelake said:
The cement mixer is the funny part in case anyone missed it. Can you visualize a gas tank tied to a cement mixer ? Wayne
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The cement mixer is no joke. One of the guys in our club did this. It was written up in our monthly rag a couple of months ago.

BTW, He was the one that used Ice instead of rocks.
 
What's even funnier is that the original poster created this thread with a total of 4 words. It was his first post. He hasn't posted on this thread or any others. The thread is 2 pages long and he provided absolutely no details about his problem!! :D
 
ODFever said:
What's even funnier is that the original poster created this thread with a total of 4 words. It was his first post. He hasn't posted on this thread or any others. The thread is 2 pages long and he provided absolutely no details about his problem!! :D
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He's not the only one with the problem. I have been watching it closely and even before Carl posted that it wasn't necesarily a joke I was seriously thinking about the cement mixer and ice idea but wasn't game to say so.:)
I will add that if I lived anywhere near Brent I would have my tank out and over at his place by now.
 
As you know I'm the one that posted about the cement mixer.

Let me expand a little on rusty tanks. There are three types of tanks, ones in good shape, ones with small flakes of rust, ones with large flakes.

Tumbling media, such as rocks, will beat most of the large rust out of the tank. Rocks left in the tank will not rust and would be of little problem in the future.

Chemicals that remove the rust do a good job as well. Both tumbling of some kind, and rust remover would be better for the real rusty tank.

Now, once the tank is "clean" what do we do? If you leave it rust will reappear where there is no gas, including the top of the tank. This will eventually cause a problem several years down the line. How many? Could be 5, 10, or 25 years from now.

The bottom line repair, (Notice I did not say fix) is to open the tank, remove the rust and seal the tank metal surfaces.
 
I suggested strapping the tank to a cement mixer a long time ago, but you'd have to use some media that can get around the baffles. Someone lined the tank in my 1950 Studebaker that I bought a year ago, and the crap is coming off and plugging the fuel line. Yesterday I removed the tank, and today I tumbled it with my cement mixer. This tank has no baffles, and I used a few pounds of bolts and screws, mostly lag bolts. Lag bolts work well because of the course sharp threads. The tumbling did a good job of removing the rest of the liner. I set the angle at 45* so the hardware slides across the top and bottom surfaces. This means I had to flip the tank over to do both surfaces.

For a Model A tank, if you used a bunch of black beauty it would get past the baffles, but if you have heavy rust it could takes days of tumbling to remove it. My first choice would be EvapoRust or whatever the liquid is called. Again you'd have to turn the tank to reach all sides, or buy 10 gallons of the stuff.

Actually my first choice would be to buy a cleaner tank, and I've passed up some nice tanks because I didn't need them.
 
Thankyou Mike and Tom for your great explanation of a subject that I indeed thought was a joke. I still chuckle when I envision the tank strapped to the cement mixer but I understand what each of you are saying. I also agree with Brent that the best solution is to open up the tank to do a proper job. Thanks again, Wayne
 
Anyone know what dissolves a tank liner? Not sure what brand. It was put in during the 1980's. It all gravitated to the bottom of the tank and left the holes at the sides. :rolleyes:
 
updraught said:
Anyone know what dissolves a tank liner? Not sure what brand. It was put in during the 1980's. It all gravitated to the bottom of the tank and left the holes at the sides. :rolleyes:
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I wonder if "Marine Clean" would remove it?:confused:

My neighbor used that to clean his Jeep gas tank, but I think he just had dried gas residue.
 
Ethanol will dissolve the older sealant. I used the sealant from hirsch in 1980 in my model t gas tank. Worked great until the advent of modern day ethanol contaminated gas. The ethanol melted the old sealant and filled my carb with a jelled glob.
 
Mike V. Florida said:
As you know I'm the one that posted about the cement mixer.

Let me expand a little on rusty tanks. There are three types of tanks, ones in good shape, ones with small flakes of rust, ones with large flakes.

Tumbling media, such as rocks, will beat most of the large rust out of the tank. Rocks left in the tank will not rust and would be of little problem in the future.

Chemicals that remove the rust do a good job as well. Both tumbling of some kind, and rust remover would be better for the real rusty tank.

Now, once the tank is "clean" what do we do? If you leave it rust will reappear where there is no gas, including the top of the tank. This will eventually cause a problem several years down the line. How many? Could be 5, 10, or 25 years from now.

The bottom line repair, (Notice I did not say fix) is to open the tank, remove the rust and seal the tank metal surfaces.
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I'm curious as to how many gas tanks you have used this method on?
 
We had a couple in the shop that had failed sealing jobs. One had the soft set type sealer from the 80s, alky fuel melted it out and we found goo clear into the intake ports. Makes a lovely mess. #2 had a thin white plasticky sealer that came loose in sheets, looked like you put a handful of bread sacks in the tank. We found that lacquer thinner would dissolve both types, we would pour in 5 gal and rotate it around, then drain through a paint strainer to see what we had. Repeat until clean. We then sealed with por15 to hold down any remaining bits. If your tank is nicely painted, you gotta be real careful not to get any thinner on the paint or it will eat it.
 
ODFever said:
What's even funnier is that the original poster created this thread with a total of 4 words. It was his first post. He hasn't posted on this thread or any others. The thread is 2 pages long and he provided absolutely no details about his problem!! :D
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Yep, That's the joy of Fordbarn. No matter what the question; we will give answers! ( OK then, opinions) And I for one think he should check the condenser.:D
 
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