Gas Tank restore and POR15

[Zed Head]

I've seen marbles used.  You could probably use gravel also.  Crushed 1/2" minus might be about right.  It will pack well in your driveway or sidewalk also, afterward.

[SledZ]

I used POR on one of mine almost 20 years ago and its still fine. Used nuts and bolts and anything else that would help scrape the tank clean before I started the POR treatment.

[Dadsun]

FYI, Natchez Machine & Radiator says they will give it the chemical bath (i.e., boil) and only charge me about $45, so that'll be the first thing I'll do after I drop it.

[ETI4K]

What would be the problem with missing one or two nuts/bolts, anyhow? 

[Mark Maras]

My guess is nothing fuel delivery wise. But I wouldn't want a few nuts and bolts rolling around the bottom of my coated tank.

[grannyknot]

1 hour ago, Mark Maras said:

My guess is nothing fuel delivery wise. But I wouldn't want a few nuts and bolts rolling around the bottom of my coated tank.

But wouldn't those nuts or bolts be coated too and stuck to something.

[Dadsun]

I guess we know @grannyknot isn't OCD. I'd wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat thinking about that one rogue bolt. :-)

 

[Mark Maras]

1 hour ago, grannyknot said:

But wouldn't those nuts or bolts be coated too and stuck to something.

 Probably the bottom of the tank but that could lead to a discussion about how many is permissible all the way to why the hell take any out. They're all glued down anyway. The PO of my 260 used 3/4" (no minus) crushed rock and rolled the tank around the yard for an hour or so.

[siteunseen]

If you're cleaning the tank why would you not get out the things that are in the tank? Makes the whole thing pointless IMHO.

I've only done two but you could hear a fly buzzing around in those big empty cans. 

[Dadsun]

Step 1 is done. Dropped! Tank goes to the radiator shop Monday. Noted that there was no O-ring on the sending unit. Both of the big vapor hoses along the tail were dry-rotted. Anyone know of a good source for them?

[gwri8]

Before you send it in, you might want to remove the rubber pads. They might disappear when the tank gets cooked.

[Zup]

If this doesn't cover the hose replacement question you have, I don't know what will.

Edited May 17, 2020 by Zup