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Brad in WI

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Has anybody ever put one in a tank by themselves? Any thoughts on it. The tank on my Farmall H doesn't leak (I think) but it does have a little rust in some areas of it. I wonder if I should just clean it out and run it or is it really worth the time and expense to install the liner. I am getting to the paint portion of my restoration and do not want to have to remove the tank to clean it out after final assembly. Thank you
 
Since you say your tank has rust in it.
Since you say you are restoring the tractor.
Since you say that you don't want to remove the tank later.
Since most of the fuel available has ethanol in it. (It does in NC anyways.)
Since Ethanol loves water, and would rather mix with water than gasoline.
Since water tends to cause rust.

Why don't you go on and put a liner in it?

That is one shortcut you shouldn't take.
 
I have never had a issue with a liner but you have got to go the extra mile to prep it so it will adhere... Its the only way to stop the rust... Put the effort in and you will be a happy camper... A Farmall tank is one of the EZ ones to do....

Muriatic acid, I only use it on the ones that extremely rusty those are usually tanks that come off of non runners that have been setting for years and are junk to begin with... If the rust is minor I skip the acid...




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A little rust will not hurt a thing. The sediment bowl will catch it. That is exactly what it is designed to do. When you notice the rust is beginning to accumulate in the bottom of the bowl, just clean it. As long as you are pouring CLEAN gasoline into the tank, eventually the sediment bowl cleaning intervals will become increasingly longer, and then the problem will be gone. Ethanol blended fuel is your tractors best friend. Use it.
 
I prefer ethanol in my tractors as well. Dad ordered some once that didn't have it and all we had were water issues in both of our gassers. Once we went back to the ethanol the water disappeared from the sediment bowls, and the tractors ran better.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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