Yes Mark, you will need to remove the
breakable/bendable/costly-to-replace components from the tank prior to
shaking a heavy chain about in it. Chain works best. Expect a
thorough workout of your upper body.
Lonn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Pilkington" <mark@skywagons.com>
To: <lro@works.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: LRO: RE: Re: Series Fuel tanks
> How come the insertion of gravel/glass/chains into my fuel tanks and
the
> subsequent vigorous shaking does not break off the tube that sucks
the fuel up
> and out of the tank. I assume that there is a tube hanging down
inside the tank
> because I have a Chevy 327 V8 in the vehicle and the fuel pump is a
"sucker"
> stuck to the side of the engine. Anyone have any experience with
the internal
> construction of these Series tanks. Do I have to remove the sender
guage float
> for example etc etc? All help is greatly appreciated. Thank you all
for the
> information you have supplied already on this subject. It is all of
great
> interest.
> Kind regards,
> Mark Pilkington
>
> "Tackley, John" wrote:
>
> > Marin commented:
> > "If you simply want to remove the dirt and debris on the inside, I
suppose a
> >
> > strong solvent would be the way to go. Or you could dump in some
coarse
> > gravel
> > and rattle that around in there for awhile to loosen the scale and
whatnot
> > first. "
> > ___________________________
> >
> > CREEM (available at MC shops and online at MC supply houses,for
sealing
> > leaking gas tanks) in its prep instructions suggests a length of
heavy chain
> > (18") be inserted into the dirty tank and then shake the tank
about. The
> > chain does the work of the gravel, nuts and bolts, but being
heavier
> > probably is more efficient at this task.
>
>
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