There was an article in one of the rodding magazines a while back, and they just took everything out of the tank sealed it with duct tape with a foot of chain inside and shook the living bejeebers out of it. Knocked all of the rust loose and then various cleanout methods, Water for one then a couple of days to dry then sealers and such for the inside. They got the kit from Eastwood if I remember right. Might look into it. VonDad
I got a kit from Eastwood, but never used it, it was only $30-40 if I remember correctly. I also took a chain and made a cat's tail with some more chain and it knocked loose a lot of rust. I remember reading a thread on here about two years ago about someone doing the chain method, but strapping the tank to a tractor wheel and spinning it for a couple of hours.
This was discussed not long ago. A quick search should turn up a great thread on methods of cleaning/sealing a tank. JH
Someone told me the other day about an acid that was used in the turkey business for clean up. He said it worked like a charm. Anyone heard of this? As I recall it was packaged in a plastic bag and granular?
use muriatic from the ool store, $5 a gallon. Welcome to our ool. Notice there is no "P" in it. Let's keep it that way.
I tried the chain method years ago after a tank of California gas melted my gastank sealer. Could not get the chain unlodged from a baffel inside the tank. Since then I have heard of people who used shattered tempered glass. It scrubs the inside pretty clean. You then rinse well and seal with a good gastank sealer.
I just did this........week before last.......for my 32 3W tank... My ole timey radiator shop vatted it .......from Thursday to Monday ( he goes fishing on Friday ) and it came out clean as the day it was new.....this tank had sit since 68...... He said not to use a acid.......it removes the protectivve coating Ford installed. I got to looking and my tank looks like it is galvanized inside..... .
all of that, temperd glass fragments, nuts and bolts, chain; Almost any method is going to strip off zinc coating and expose bare iron which will rust if not treated with a slosh compound. Near a marina? Get somebody to tie it down on the bow of their boat for couple of days at sea. Know a otr driver? Tie it to the rig, just about anywhere. Farmer? Strap it to a tractor wheel. Offroad? ATV? etc.
Get the Eastwood kit for about $50.......best money I ever spent to clean out and seal my Gennie Deuce tank........I had tried other methods but never got out all of the junk in there from some animal's home! Soft little pieces of fluff kept clogging my fuel filter until I used the Eastwood kit......save yourself some time and get one and do it exactly per their directions.......take a couple of hours.......and it's good to have someone help you to slosh and shake the tank.....gets heavy doing it yourself..... My $0.02 Brucie
how ever you decide to clean it , wont hurt to throw some alcohol in it to make sure its completely dry ,it'll suck up and evaporate any moisture in there
I made a frame out of light angle with two pieces of 1/2" pipe sticking off either side of it to mount the tank and set it between two sawhorses with the pipe "axles" riding in notches cut in the sawhorses. I then put a pulley on one of the pipe axles and ran a belt to a gearmotor so it would tumble end to end slowly. Capped off the filler hole and ran in 3 days in either direction with driveway gravel and water. Dumped out the water each day and didn't stop till it came out clear. Worked for me.
what jim said. not only recently, but about every 3-6 months. there are some pretty long threads about this if you search a bit. i imagine that they contain every suggestion ever thought of.
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