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I am going to try to repair my 41 gas tank. It has several pin holes, I took a dental tool to it and punched several times into it. I looked at buying new but the shipping to AK was more than the cost of the tank so I thought I would try a repair. Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. I will steam it first. What are the thoughts, weld, solder? Dave

I had a number of holes in the tank of my '38 coupe. At the time a new tank wasn't even made so the only option I had was to repair. I had the holes brazed shut, acid cleaned the inside then lined it with RedKote. It's been eight, going on nine years now with no problems.

Well, I can braze, I'll try it that way. I was thinking of using the por 15 tank repair, our napa has them. Dave

POR 15 seems to be a good product. I've not used it personally but I haven't heard anything bad about it. Just be sure to follow the instructions. Those who don't sometimes have the liner fail.

If you have a mig or tig welder that uses argon or mix gas ,use it to purge the tank when brazing or welding.It will displace the oxygen and will greatly reduce the danger of explosion or fire. I have also filled them with water ,but prefer to purge.

I didn't braze the pin holes in my 37 tank back in the late 90's and used the POR15 kit. Follow the procedures to the "T" and it has now worked for almost 15 years. It was just what I had at the time. I know other ways are just as good and if I had it to do again I'd certainly have brazed the holes first before doing the por15 thing.
Good luck. YOu can do it.

I had mine relined and it lasted for about 5 years . The pin holes came back. I bought a repair kit from Napa for gas tank repair. It worked and I cannot smell any gas .It has been a year so far so good.

Do not worry about the pin holes. POR15 will fix it, and ot will seal anything on the inside siurface, like rust. Did mine 15 years ago.

JB weld or some of the gas tank patch putty get it clean and the glue type stuff works well.
I fixed pin holes in my MG tank with tank sealer just have to get it good and clean first.

Thanks Folks. Dave