[Farmall] Gas tank residue

TED SOHONYAY tedsohonyay at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 29 13:08:32 PDT 2011


FYI....The main ingredient in carb cleaner is usually Xylene or Xylol, available at most hardware stores, and is a lot cheaper than carb cleaner.


Regards,


Ted Sohonyay

From: "farmallgray at aol.com" <farmallgray at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Gas tank residue

I tried Acetone once. I didn't have the tank sealed up and the gallon of acetone evaporated completely in a couple hours. Carb cleaner seems to work better for me. Most auto parts stores sell it in gallons.
I believe acetone is the main ingredient in carb cleaner but it doesn't evaporate so fast.


Todd Markle 

Spring Mills, Pa.



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From: E. John Puckett <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
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Sent: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 10:34 am
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Gas tank residue


I think you will find acetone will cut it.

On 8/29/2011 12:38 PM, Chuck Bealke wrote:
> On 8/29/2011 10:20 AM, Barney Van De Weert wrote:
>> 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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> Ran across the problem frequently eons ago in a motorcycle shop where we
> bought, repaired and sold motorcycles from individuals and other
> dealers.  As Barney noted, it sounds like you have dried out gasoline.
> We used to remove the tank, pour some lacquer thinner (toluene) in it to
> soak overnight or longer.  Then we would insert broken rocks or a chain
> (trickier - some kinds could knot or bunch and seemed harder to remove
> through the gas cap opening) and tumble the tank.  I seem to recall
> reading on the main list that some rig up a way to bungee or rope down a
> tank to the center of a tractor wheel and rotate the tank with a chain
> inside by driving the tractor around, but I have never tried this.
> Seems I recall that this thinner dissolves or swells some kinds of
> gaskets, plastics (and clothing) and that we remove attached valves from
> tanks (replacing with plugs) for this reason during cleaning.  Be
> careful with toluene - wear appropriate goggles and avoid wetting your
> skin with it or breathing the vapors, as it is not as harmless as it may
> first seem.
>
> Chuck Bealke
> Dallas
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