Re: Fuel tank

Posted by JJofCC on August 13, 2006 at 09:16:32 from (70.113.58.40):

In Reply to: Fuel tank posted by Don_N1 on August 12, 2006 at 18:17:40:

I recently restored an old ford pickup with a gas tank that was all gummed up. I flushed out the old liquid with about a gallon of new gas. I then bought a box of glass marbles at the local dollar general store (about 50 marbles. I put these in the tank and added a gallon of laquer thinner. I set the tank on an old tire in the back of my pickup and drove around with it back there for about a week. I turned the tank over and gave that side a ride for a few days. Black rusty soup came out with the marbles. I flushed it out with a gallon of mineral spirits - shaking the tank by hand, then used a water hose to flush until the water was clear. Blew it out with air hose. Flushed it with a quart of laquer thinner and let this evaporate. I probably should have sealed the tank but so far it is doing fine.

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