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Re: rusty gas tank

To: "lew" <lsmc@lightspeed.net>
Subject: Re: rusty gas tank
From: "George P. Richardson" <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 08:51:14 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "Triumph mailing list" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Empty the tank and remove it. Put in a few small rocks (roadside gravel
type) and shake until rust is loosened. Then flush rhe rust out and
reinstall.

George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: lew <lsmc@lightspeed.net>
To: spit <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 5:23 PM
Subject: rusty gas tank


>
>    Hello list,
>Any ideas out there on how to get all the rust out of the inside of my 63
>spit gas tank? The tank isn't to bad but the bottom of the tank does have
>some scale rust on it. I put one of the clear glass filters on the fuel
line
>(just prior to the fuel pump) so i could watch for rust flakes in it. I
keep
>cleaning it out but it makes me nervous watching that filter get all that
>rusty scale in it. I would like to clean out the tank if i could. I have
the
>tank out of the car and the sending unit off of it. Is there a product out
>there that would take care of this?
>thanks,
>Lew
>
>


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