[Farmall] Gas tank residue

[Charlie V]

Suggest you take some of the pieces that have come loose and are out
of the tank and test for a solution which will dissolve them.  It may
be gas, diesel, carburetor cleaner, soap and water , or ???  When you
find the correct solution you can use that to clean the tank.  Good
luck.

Charlie V.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:41 AM, South Mountain Pharmacy
<somopharm at rcn.com> wrote:
> 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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