OK, guys. How is this best done? I've got a car here with a cleaned and "sloshed" gas tank. Only problem is, the slosh has the pick up tube glued to the tank bottom. Gets about enough gas through to
Not sure where you are but if there is a small airport near you the Fixed Base Operator probably has a maintenaince shop. They may have an idea of how to get old sloshing compund out of there. Ed, R
Why not try to run a piece of twisted steel cable or an old speed cable in a drill and use do the roto-rooter thing on it. Gerard -- One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. ~Fr
Hi Gerard, One of my problems is the end of the fuel pick up is only about 1/32" away from the tank bottom. On top of that I had put 3 gallons of fresh fuel to start up an engine I rebuilt. Has about
Fire up the barby, put some large nuts and nolts (or stones) in the tank Fill the tank with water almost full, remove the sending unit, simmer for an hour or til you see all the floaties come to the
No magic here, and I have not been there and done that, but what about a lye solution? I don't know what the substance is that is gluing the tube down, but maybe lye would cut it. Gotta be careful wi