Ford 601 gas tank liner peeling badly

millertam · May 28, 2020

I have a ford 641 gas tank, original tank, that I had hoped to flush out good and use. After flushing with de greaser, then rust remover and drying the inside it was obvious that the tank had been treated with a gas tank lining liquid. The inside of the tank was badly peeling like you see paint peeling. The entire inside of the tank (all I could see thru the filling opening and the fuel pick up (removed). A real mess.

Is there any way to completely remove the stuff used to reline the tank, they may have use the "pour" product that is natorius for coming off after years.

I hate to take an original gas tank to the scrap yd

Thanks
Big Tom's Truck and Tractor
Lanexa, VA

showcrop · May 28, 2020

The old standby is to fill the tank 1/8 full of old, nuts, bolts, chain, etc. and bungee it to a rear tractor wheel and drive it around.

Steve@Advance · May 28, 2020

I don't know of any way to get it out.

But if you did, then it would need another liner put in.

At this point about all you could do would be to cut the bottom out, clean it out, make and weld in a new bottom.

Or go with an aftermarket tank.

Aftermarket may not be as good as factory, but it will last a long time with E10 in it. No water pooling on the bottom.

Mark-Ia · May 30, 2020

Maybe Acetone

millertam · May 30, 2020

Hey this may actually work, I have heard of nuts and bolts and then rotating the tank, but how to rotate it was the issue. Some have built exotic machines to do this. May just give this a try. In the mean time I bought an after market tank for about $175.

Ford 601 gas tank liner peeling badly

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