[SEL] gas tank help

[Graham and Ros]

you could shake it around with some small sharp edged rocks in it to loosen 
up the crud or maybe leave the crud in there if it is hard , then use the 
tank seal and slosh that around to seal it in.
Of course you know what will happen if you clean it out all nice and shiney, 
it will leak.
Cheers
Graham

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Germoamer at aol.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:46 AM
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
>
>