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Re: [oletrucks] Gas Tank Repair

To: dpewter@email.msn.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Gas Tank Repair
From: john j tonyes <flfox1@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:17:48 -0500
My radiator shop here in Fl. also will seal the inside of the tank and
outside too. Thw whole thing is 80.00, if my memory serves me correct . 
Clean coat inside and out.
John T.  
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:43:39 -0600 "Doug Pewterbaugh"
<dpewter@email.msn.com> writes:
> Others on the list b4 have observed how JB & gas don't go together.  
> Take it
> to a shop (like John T. suggests) & then also consider lining the 
> tank.  I
> used one of the brand name liquid coatings (name escapes me right 
> now), but
> this seals any other pinholes, as well as, keeps any future rust 
> scale &
> crud from inside your tank from fouling up your fuel lines, filters 
> & carb.
> 
> Regards,
> Doug Pewterbaugh
> dpewter@msn.com
> Denton, TX
> 49 3104 216 5-window
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
> To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:22 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Gas Tank Repair
> 
> 
> > I spent today sandblasting outside. I pitty the fool who has a 
> full time
> job
> > doing that. Hehehe. Anyhow, I blasted my gas tank. It really 
> needed it and
> I
> > bought this nifty stuff from Eastwood called Tank Tone that gives 
> a nice
> OEM
> > finish once its properly cleaned and dressed. During blasting I 
> noticed
> some
> > rust and then some rust thru. Just an area about 3 inches square 
> that is
> > pretty deeply pitted but only pin holes in two places.
> >
> > One of my friends here said rather than risking using the Mig 
> Welder and
> > blowing an even bigger hole in the tank, he said I should try JB 
> Weld.
> What
> > do you guys think? Any better ideas?
> >
> > Deve Krehbiel
> > Hesston, Kansas
> > 1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400 * 50 3100
> > www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 
> 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 
> 1959
> 


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27 T Roadster
49 Ply,  Lakeland, Fl
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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