Hi Gerard,
One of my problems is the end of the fuel pick up is only about 1/32" away
from the tank bottom. On top of that I had put 3 gallons of fresh fuel to
start up an engine I rebuilt. Has about 3 min. on it now! I may wind up
making a tool that will allow me to pull the end of the pick up tube away
from the tank floor and then I can do the speedo cable thingy to clean it
out. There is no screen on this tube end. If you see my flying over your
house later tonight, you'll know I was trying something creative!
Later, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From "gerard" <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: "PAsgeirsson" <Pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "David Woerpel" <dwoerpel@wi.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Best way to clean gas tank? Now a sloshed tank.
> 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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