From: shoop19@brick.net
Date: Sat Jan 24 2004 - 12:22:17 PST
Radiator shop boil out...and reline as needed...
Jon
> I'm not sure I know the answer to that.
>
> But here's what I know about the enemy. In fact, this is why I much
> prefer
> diesel vehicles.
>
> Although some nasties can grow in diesel fuel it continues to be diesel
> fuel.
>
> Gasoline on the other hand becomes something which decidedly is not
> gasoline. I have often heard the word "varnish" used appropriately.
>
> After 40 years of sitting around in a tank gasoline turns into some really
> really bad stuff. Even if you drain the tank there will be layers of it
> caked in there... waiting for some nice fresh gasoline just so it can
> partially re-emulsify... just enough to float free and invade new
> territory... such as your painstakingly rebuilt carburetor.
>
> As to precisely how the cleaning is done I'm not sure. There are shops
> which specialize in this work. I know they put tanks in a vat. I imagine
> they use muriatic acid or something similar.
>
> After the crud is gone the next issue is rust. The military tanks I've
> seen
> have thoughtfully been galvanized.
>
> On a '51 M37 years ago, I was talked into using something called "sloshing
> compound". It was touted as being the ultimate answer to all my problems.
>
> Afterward I heard someone say it was a blend of hogwash and snake oil...
>
> Another shop I talked to (but did not use due to the extreme cost) had a
> process where they cut a small hole in the tank and then did some kind of
> new fangled bonding process, after which they then re-closed the hole.
>
> The price of this was on the far side of ludicrous.. or so it seemed at
> the
> time.
>
> In summary, I don't know the best way. But any way is far far better than
> no way.
>
> VT
>
>
>
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