[AT] Cub Fuel Tank

[Dave Maynard]

I know guys that have used chain/nuts and bolts that connected to rear
wheel of another tractor and just went about farming with it for a while.
Beats shaking manually, and dont have a jacked up tractor running for no
other reason.
However, I was thinking of turning it upside down and putting compressed
air to the outlet for turbulence while having a shop vac under the fill
hole. Dont know how tight I would hook shop vac without a little testing,
wouldn't want a suction dent from too powerful of vacuum on an old tank.
Good luck.
Dave

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 8:59 AM Carl Szabelski <c.s.szabelski at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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