[Farmall] Gas tank residue

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Tue Aug 30 15:30:34 PDT 2011


Use a couple of 2' lengths of heavy chain instead of nuts and bolts or 
gravel - much easier to remove.

<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/farmall_140/140_tank_clean1.html>

(Sorry for the late reply - I just got telephone/internet service back 
after Sunday's storm.)

Mike

On 8/29/2011 11:13 PM, Jim Becker wrote:
> Good point about attacking the stuff dry.  Maybe you could throw in some
> nuts, bolts, nails etc. and tumble it for a while with no solvent.  If it
> doesn't work, you can still try the solvents.  I doubt it is explosive.
> Jim Becker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Sigmund
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:49 PM
> To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Gas tank residue
>
> I agree with Carl.  The more you can remove it in chunks and pieces the
> better.  Maybe you can improvise a sort of spatula out of a strip of
> sheet metal to scrape under it, and grab out chunks with ice tongs or
> big "tweezers"..  Why solubilize all that gunk if you don't have to.
>



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