[AT] Cub Fuel Tank

[Carl Szabelski]

Not seeing the pictures, I was under the impression you were talking about
small pieces that were just bouncing around in the tank. Using gas to try
and loosen/dissolve the coating probably won’t do much good since it’s some
type of tank sealer that is supposed to be gas resistant. I would try
something like a diluted muriatic acid solution. Other than that, try the
chain/nuts and bolts method.

One more thing that you might want to do is take a look at various tank
sealers and see what they suggest for cleaning up spills, tools, and
dissolving splashes after you seal a tank. There may some common dissolver
that they suggest.

Carl

On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Carl,
>
> I have been adding gas into the tank to try and loosen some of this stuff
> up, do until things dry out do not think that sticky stuff will work at
> this point. May help is it dries out.
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Carl Szabelski <c.s.szabelski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dennis,
>
> I can’t see the pictures, however, what you can try is putting a sticky
> substance, like a wadded up ball of masking tape or duct tape on a stick.
> Tilt the tank so that all pieces drop to one end. Then use the stick to
> poke into the tank and pickup the pieces. Change as necessary.
>
> Anything that you can drop into the tank and fish back will work, as long
> as it’s got some grab power.
>
> Carl
>
> On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
>> See photos below of stuff from Cub gas tank. Need a good way to clean it
>> out. It appears that sometime in it’s past life someone tried to install a
>> gas tank liner that failed and now looks like the pictures.  Most of this
>> came out using a salad tong, but as prices are getting smaller, it is
>> getting less each time I try to grab some. Tried using a “air chugger pump”
>> with limited success. Stuff is too “clumped” to run out of tank bottom
>> outlet. Blowing air into the tank moves the stuff, but does not get it out.
>> Any ideas on how to clean this tank??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
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