Posted by Bill in IL on July 27, 2009 at 09:16:42 from (131.43.10.190):
Spent part of the weekend cleaning up a gas tank on an Farmall H. Bought it couple years ago at a consignment sale. Ran good enough to sell it and it looked good on the outside. Carb was gunked, float stuck and fuel tank not good either but didn't realize it at the time. So after doing the carb last fall tried to fire it up this weekend. The inlet to the sediment bowl was plugged with some grey goop almost like antiseize but thicker. The tank had spoiled fuel in it after is sat in our barn for 3 years and a layer of rust on the bottom. I blasted with the pressure washer and used some citrus cleaner (orange solve) that did a good job in there. Now I have a tank that is somewhat clean at least on one side of the tank baffle.
With no galvanize in the tank any longer thinking about using fuel tank liner. Is that stuff really safe to use or am I asking for more problems? Any idea how I can clean on the other side of the baffle?
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