Paul,
Why not try to run a piece of twisted steel cable or an old speed
cable in a drill and use do the roto-rooter thing on it.
Gerard
At 8:59 AM -0700 9/5/03, PAsgeirsson wrote:
>OK, guys. How is this best done? I've got a car here with a cleaned and
>"sloshed" gas tank. Only problem is, the slosh has the pick up tube glued
>to the tank bottom. Gets about enough gas through to idle! No pick up
>screen on this one so poking a hole in it with a screwdriver isn't an
>option.
>
>Called the radiator shops and they just groan when I say what's happened!
>Cost run is about $225 to $240 to boil it with caustic, cut a hole in the
>tank top and scrape out the residue, and weld it back up. That's right in
>the new tank price range, so unless you have some favorite BBQ sauce to boil
>in it, what would my options be? Anyone have experience with this?
>
>Later, Paul A
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