Hey Francis,
I recently redid my fuel tank for my 1960 TR-3A. For the inside, I
blocked off the openings and poured in several rinses of muriatic acid (wear
proper safety protection). After that, I followed up immediately with
several rinses with lacquer thinner. If you rinse with water, you get
immediate rust. After that, I poured in some tank slushing compound that I
got from MOSS.
Everything turned out well, however there was some places along the
bottom where I was unable to get out all of the rust. Within a short time
the rust had bled through and now I am getting rust chunks in the fuel
filter again.
Next time, I'll sand blast the bottom or something. I wonder if I had
painted the bottom with a rust inhibiting primer like Corrosless ( or wonder
that fluif is called) and then slushed it if that would have worked. I wish
that I had spent more time getting that last little bit of rust out. It is
strange that there wasn't enough time to do it right the first time, but
there will be enough time to do it over again.
Good luck.
Bill Brewer
Tehachapi, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francis van Cutsem" <fravcu@wanadoo.be>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: Cleaning Fuel Tank
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> Hello all Guru,
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> I have 2 questions.
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> First off all, I need to clean the inside of my TR6 fuel tank,
> How to proceed ? The inside of the tank is dirty with little dot of
> rust.
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> The second one: is it possible to calibrate the fuel gage via the
> sender unit ?
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> Tanks in advance for your help.
>
> Francis
> TR6-75 ex US
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