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Date:         Sat, 10 Aug 1996 11:45:08 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      Re: Fuel tanks

On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Dan Houg wrote: > try a brief cleaning with various solvents to see how easy it will be > to clean up the diesel tank. if it goes rough, use the gasoline one.

I tried a brief cleaning and it didn't come very clean and then I forced hot water through the return and output lines and flakes of rust kept coming and coming. Since this is an area in the tank that I can't see much less get to, I decided I was better off using the '84 gas tank.

So, I drained the gas out of it and started cleaning the surface of it off. I scraped and brushed and found that the top is REALLY rusty. A LOT rustier than it looked at first glance. :-( So now I have the dreaded rusted top of the gas tank problem. I'll scrape it and prime it and paint it and hopefully that will slow it down. It really looks like moisture gets underneath whatever they use to paint the gas tank and rusts out.

-- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379 Home St. Paul,Ramsey County,Minnesota, USA


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