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Re: rusty gas tank

To: lew <lsmc@lightspeed.net>
Subject: Re: rusty gas tank
From: Joe Worsley <worsley@ebicom.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:34:13 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <00bb01bd40bd$2c00f9e0$d851d8cc@default>
lew wrote:
> 
>     I have the tank out of the car. I talked to a local radiator man and he
> said the tanks he uses just strips off the paint. He also said that some gas
> tanks have a high zinc content and "tanking" them could ruin them.
>     Is this guy just blowing smoke or does he have a point?
> thanks,
> Lew

Most steel containers for gas have a coating of "tern plate" on them.  I'm not 
sure what 
it's composed of.  I always thought it was a tin compound but I don't know for 
sure.

Joe worsley
80 TR8
72 TR6
Tupelo, MS

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