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Re: [Healeys] Gas Tank Restoration/sealer Kits

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas Tank Restoration/sealer Kits
From: Dave Murphy <roadwarriordave@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 00:20:51 -0400
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References: <5891B364A7C3594B9466304B59E65B1C407132EE@ex1mbx02.onthenetoffice.com>, , <5046BC2C.5010507@comcast.net>, <SNT133-W17147758F7E5C5C912BC0CA3A80@phx.gbl> FILETIME=[2AC022A0:01CD8CB0]
I bought a new steel tank from Moss for about $264 including shipping.
I thought this compared pretty favorably with the cost of a couple of sealing
kits and and a couple of cleanings on my old tank over the 20 years that I
expect my new tank to last.
-Dave Murphy
Dearborn MI
66 BJ8



> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas Tank Restoration/sealer Kits
>
> Jonas,
> I have just replaced my tank with a new steel one from Moss. I was having
fuel
> pump fuse blowing problems (I have 2 parallel, fuse-protected electronic
SUs)
> and suspected there may be some crud in the tank creating high (10 Amp)
> current spikes at the pump.
> So to correct this I figured I could either remove my tank and have it
> chemically flushed (and hope the crud flushes out and doesn't get caught
> temporarily in the baffles), and then internally coated (and hope the
ethanol
> doesn't attack the new coating), or I could spend a little more and install
a
> brand new tank. The removal and replacement time was the same for either
> option.
>
> The little more I spent for the new tank versus nursing along the old one
for
> a couple more years seems worth it with the extra confidence and longer
life
> the new tank promisses. And the new tank fit beautifully!
>
> -Dave Murphy
> Dearborn MI
> 66 BJ8
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