"Let Sleeping Rust Lie" is my philosophy. The inside of my tank looks UGLY.
It looked UGLY when I bought it 37 years ago. I just keep the filter clean
and keep driving. As heavy as the T series gas tanks are, I don't think
they'll ever rust through.
Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
Cars: 52 MGTD - #17639
71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member: NEMGTR #11470
NAMGBR # 7-3336
Hoosier MGB Club
Olde Octagons of Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: <PopeyMike@aol.com>
To: <ddubois@sinclair.net>; <rddell@mindspring.com>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Ethanol gas
> Maybe that was true of the old sloshing fluids as you call them.
>
> But I lined my tank with the latex for aircraft about 20 years ago and
> fortunately have not had any problems - it seems to hold up very well -
> with a
> good modern day screen filter installed in line downstream of the filter
> in the
> tank - I have very pure and clean fuel now for the past 20 years.
>
> If fact the tank looks like it has been lined only yesterday - and the
> carb
> bowls hold no residue or film.
>
> I also periodically put in fuel preservative in a tank full to keep the
> fuel
> fresh if it sits for a long time.
>
> LATEX is the tank lining - sloshing compound of choice.
>
> Michael Balahutrak
> 53 TD
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