[TR] gas tank

[William Brewer]

     I poured in a bag of crushed gravel in mine and turned it over and over. I was grinding out an old sealer that was flaking off. After that I slushed it out with Muriatic acid. After this, I used the instructions with my KBS Coatings kit and used their wash, prep and sealer. It all worked great. I bought the kit sized for the motorcycle tank and it was perfect for the TR3 tank. No complaints.
     Good radiator shops were too far away.
     YMMV,

     Bill in Tehachapi

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:27:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Gary Nafziger <nafzigerg at yahoo.com>
Subject: [TR] gas tank
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
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I'm wondering about peoples experiences with cleaning out and coating inside gas
tanks (tr-3).  Looking inside I see there are two baffles, resulting in a
separate area at each end.  I have some rust in the seam as well as around the
exit hole.  I'm guessing that nothing much can be done about the area inside the
baffled area.  I'm also not sure what to use to knock the rust loose as I'm
afraid that anything i use (bolts nuts ect) might get inside the baffled area
and not be able to get it out. 


maybe just do what i can and then change filters a lot its running?

thanks

gary n.