Re: [MV] Half Track Parts

From: Cliff Dahl (wrcc@rapidnet.com)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2000 - 17:38:35 PDT


Tom and list:
Is this one of the metal tanks with the bullet sealant rubber housing? If
it is only one of the replacement rubber bladders, BEWARE.
I purchased a NOS "gas tank" for one side of my halftrack about 3 years
ago. For the first year, I noticed no problems. The beginning of the
second year, I started having starting problems when using that tank.
Later that year, the engine would not start at all. Upon researching the
problem, I found that the gas sitting in the tank had started to turn the
rubber into an ugly form of what looked liquid tar. I pulled the tank and
when I poured out the remains, it looked like a thick fuel oil. It plugged
all the lines and fuel shut-off valve.
I still need a tank, but have learned the hard way about our "new " gas and
what it is capable of doing.
BTW, tanks for right and left, are different (outlets are placed different).
Regards,
Cliff Dahl
Rapid City, SD

At 06:48 PM 7/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hello Pam & Dan,
>
>I have a N.O.S. Haltrack fuel tank still in perfect orignal cosmoline. I
>was going to post some H.T. parts tommrrow.... .....
>
>



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