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Joined: Oct 2007
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Hello I am working on a 58 apache. I removed the gas tank to work on the cab and while the tank looks like there is no rust on the outside, I can hear some debris on the inside. Is there some way to flush the tank and refurbish the inside?
Thanks,
brian
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Joined: Jun 2004
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Pull the sending unit & look down inside. If it is rusty it,s better to just get a new tank on a model like that. They are reasonable & readily available. The loose stuff might just be some trash that got in through the years.
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Joined: Feb 2006
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I agree, if they are readily available it may be easier just to buy a new one.
If you want to clean it out Id dump in a few coffee cans of old bolts and put a gallon or two of diesel in, cap her off and roll her around the yard a hundred times. Then dump and keep rinsing it out til it comes out clean. I filtered the diesel into a bucket and used a drill pump to recirculate the clean back in.
Jeff
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Your local radiator shop can clean and seal the tank for you. Or you can buy flush and seal kits from folks like POR-15. A new tank is $129.95 at LMC.
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Joined: Feb 2006
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I want to know where these radiator shops are hiding! I called every shop on our peninsula and no one would do it. I ended up finding a place in West Seattle who wanted 200$ just to clean it! That was ridiculous which is why I did it myself...
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I just restored the tank on my '48 with POR15 products. about $60 in materials and a little time, I now have a sealed, painted, rust-free tank. I soaked the tank in a mild muriatic acid solution for a few days and pressure washed the rust off of it, then followed the POR15 instructions.
The local rad shops here clean tanks for time and materials, usually comes out to about $80
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All that work...$130.00 sounds cheap...
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I was quoted, over the phone, $180.00 to $250.00 in Oakland to clean and coat a tank. I saved a lot by getting a new one. Martin
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Radiator shops around here won't touch an old gas tank. If there are new tanks available (an option I didn't have) that would probably be the best route to go. If you want to save your original tank a search will turn up hours of reading on how others, including me, have done it. Good luck.
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Joined: Jun 2004
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I,ve had them cleaned & coated at radiator shops & it winds up comeing loose makeing it worse then it was. If you have one of those see through inline filters the gas would be real red like the old Ethel gas we used to get. That was some real gasoline.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing.
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