Eastwood sells a kit to do it yourself for about 45.00,
Greg in Fla
56 short bed
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> From: Byron Schluter <b_schluter@yahoo.com>
> To: WILHELM GORDON <gvwilhelm@home.com>; oletrucks mailing list
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Coating for rusty gas tank
> Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 3:47 PM
>
> Gordon,
>
> I'm going through this very thing with the tank from
> my boat. There are companies that install plastic
> liners in fuel tanks. It requires that the tank be
> boiled out and chemically etched. Then a liquid
> plastic is poured inside, the tank rotated until all
> surfaces are coated, then allowed to cure. Sometimes
> this process is repeated a couple of times. These
> processes are garenteed and cost approximately $80 -
> $90.
>
> Food for thought.
>
> Byron
> --- WILHELM GORDON <gvwilhelm@home.com> wrote:
> > The gas tank in my '51 GMC pickup has a fair bit of
> > surface scale/rust
> > on the inside. This results in some frustrating and
> > unpredictable
> > breakdowns when some crud gets sucked into the fuel
> > pickup plugs up the
> > system. I am planning on pulling the tank and
> > removing as much of the
> > scale/rust as I can but I would then like to coat
> > the inside with
> > something to prevent this from happening again.
> >
> > Any ideas or suggestions as to how to properly
> > (safely) clean and cot
> > the inside of the tank?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Gordon
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> > between 1941 and 1959
>
>
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