[AT] Cub Fuel Tank

[Cecil Bearden]

I had a trailer mounted15KW generator that had problems with rust in the 
tank.  If you pulled it down the road when you got on site you had to 
clean the fuel sediment bowl after running 30 minutes. We used it for 4 
days during the 2001 Ice storm and had to add a gallon of Methanol to 
the 30 gallon tank to prevent carb icing at 3am...  I sold it and when 
it got on site the new owner had problems and I had to take it back.  I 
pulled the tank an when it drained, the methanol allowed it to dry 
immediately.  I got my shop vac with a 1/2 inch pipe adapted to go 
through the inlet and sucked all the rust out.  It looked shiny inside 
after the methanol...

Cecil

On 11/10/2021 10:03 AM, Dave Maynard wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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