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Rusty Jones
01-27-2004 16:05:29
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Re: Re: how to remove a dent in a gas tank in reply to old, 01-27-2004 12:53:02
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Back when autos were repaired with body lead, we'd wash out the tank, grind a spot clean, then take a large soldering iron- heated with the torch, tin the clean spot, with regular acid-core solder, reheat the iron, then solder on a stick of body lead! After it cooled, we'd make a loop in the stick, clamp it with vise-grips, and use a bar thru the loop, and onto a block of wood, to pull up on the dent! After we got it out as far as possible, we'd lead in the dent, file it smooth, sand it, prime, and paint it! I suppose if ya filled most of the tank with water,or had it steamed, just leave it 1 inch below the metal that you wanted to solder on. Maybe lay some heavy blankets where the dent isn't! We'd get the tank cleaned out by steam cleaning, then use a torch instead of the soldering iron. I welded motor cycle tanks by emptying out the gas, blowing them out with air, then i'd lay the tank down, put my left foot on it, light the torch, adjust it, then stick the lit torch into the hole!! The remaining fuel would just burn out-(Whooosh!)then i could go ahead and weld the tank! Usually, if the owner was waiting, he'd run away when i lit the torch, expecting to have to drag me down off the garage roof! RJ
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