[SEL] gas tank help

[Ron Gerlach]

Tom

Put in some small pebbles and sand along with an entire can of kitchen cleanser and enough water to cover all the added abrasives; maybe 1/3 full.  Agitate as best you can.  You do something as simple as put it in the back of your truck or car trunk and drive around with the concoction for a week before dumping it out.  A thorough cleaning with water and de-greaser after wards should leave you with a fairly clean tank.  If not repeat, a second or third time.

Ron

> From: Germoamer at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:46:17 -0400
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] gas tank help
> 
> My kerosene tank under the Famous engine has 100 years of gunk in it.   
> Probably a good 3/16 inch layer on the bottom side.  The only access is  thru a 
> 1 1/2 inch pipe flange adapter on one side at one end.  The  tank is 9 tall 
> x 13 wide x 40 long.  About 1/3 from each end is a pipe  going from top to 
> bottom and is where the mounting bolts go thru the tank to  hold in place.  
> So, putting a chain in it and sloshing around does not work  due to the thru 
> pipes getting in the way.  I can put a long scraper thru  the pipe flange 
> on the end and scrape lots of nice gunk!  I can only scrape  from one side to 
> the other and for a distance down length of a few inches.   The gunk is 
> pretty dense and hard from all the years.  
>  
> What I am thinking about doing is to cut a hole on the top side in the  
> middle about 3x3 to access the tank.  I believe with this I can scrape the  
> majority of the tank bottom and up the sides an inch or so.   After doing that, 
> then use gas/etc., and some rocks/nuts//chain, I can then  rock it for a 
> while and get most of the junk scraped out.  Having this  access hole would 
> ensure getting all the cleaning parts out. 
>  
> Next make a new cover, JB Weld with pop rivets.  Next put in tank  sealer 
> everywhere.  
>  
> Anyone ever done this or have a better idea?  The gunk in the bottom  is 
> starting to give me running problems.
>  
> Thanks,   
> 
> Tom  Schmutz
> Concord,  Va.
> germoamer at AOL.com
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