[Farmall] Gas tank residue

South Mountain Pharmacy somopharm at rcn.com
Mon Aug 29 08:41:33 PDT 2011


We used to call it varnish....not sure that is what it is, but like you 
said, it is probably what's left of the last tank of gas after it 
evaporated.

Lane


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From: "Barney Van De Weert" <bbvande at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Farmall] Gas tank residue

> I'd say it used to be Gas and you have whats left after the volitale stuff 
> evaporates.
>
>
> Barney Van De Weert
>
> From: genscan tds.net <genscan at tds.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:34 PM
> Subject: [Farmall] Gas tank residue
>
> This may be a rather stupid question to you veteran mechanics, but I have
> encountered a gas tank on a Farmall B I just bought that has something 
> like
> an inch of some gunk in it, that I am puzzled as to what it is.  I first
> thought it was just a horrible amount of rust, but when I scrap the bottom
> of the tank, the metal looks pretty good--not much visible corrosion.  I
> would imagine there is a little rust in it, but it almost looks like 
> someone
> poured about three  boxes of Cream of Wheat cereal into the tank and let 
> it
> rot.  The stuff sometimes comes out in actual chucks over 3/4 inch thick.
> It is dark brown to black in color.  Any ideas as to what it is, and any
> suggestions as to the best way to clean it out?
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