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| | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 | Anybody ever cut the top off a gas tank, clean and repair, and then solder it back together...perhaps with a stip over the joint?
Mine has a baffle loose and flopping around.
Thanks
Gary | | | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 291 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 291 | what is the year. make model. all that fun stuff. is it in the cab or under the bed. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | If new is available, I'ld go that route,
Scott | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 215 | Its not worth the trouble, I've done repairs years ago with brazing them back together, after all the cleaning and flushing to ensure you don't blow yourself up and burn down your shop.
Is it possible to just cut a hole where the baffles attach and repair it rather than cutting the entire tank in half?
The relatively cheap cost of new tanks really doesn't make this worthwhile, you could go through all the trouble just to have it crack a week or two down the road, puke gas all over your asphalt driveway, or garage floor, and end up buying a new one anyways, really just a PITA !!
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| | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 | The truck is a '39 3/3 ton JD with the tank under the seat. New tanks are available, but all are in the $350 range. And I do agree that what seems "spendy" is indeed relative to problems down the road. Yes, I do understand the dangers of whacking on a gas tank, but I was curious if anyone had successfully fixed one. Hard to tell how long the baffle has been loose. I may have driven it that way for years. I suppose it could interfer with the gauge reading, but probably not anything else. The tank may be too rusted, anyway.
'Nuther question, though. It occurred to me that I may be able to put a tank between the frame rails, and then remote the fill to the original hole. Has anyone had experience with that??
Thanks,
Gary | | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,262 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,262 | I had a gas tank with a leaky neck weld repaired about 8 years ago. Took it to a local radiator shop and they cleaned it and repaired it for about 30 bucks.
For the last few years I worked at a welding / fab shop that built large pressure vessels for oil field equipment. They did repairs all the time on oil and gas equipment. The vessels were steam cleaned internally and then an electronic "sniffer" is used to ensure there are no gas fumes remaining.
It can be done... Might want to check around?
Good luck!
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| | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 | John,
OK, always good to know more about stuff. I had not heard of the steam cleaning...or thought about a radiator shop.
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