[AT] Cub Fuel Tank

[Bo Hinch]

When I have a lot of bad stuff inside of a tank , I attempt to remove all I
can from it , then pour in a can of PAINT remover , move it around , let it
sat for awhile , move it around some more and normally when I pour it all
out , I pour MEK in , slosh it around , remove it , let it dry , then pour
RED KOTE in and work it all around inside , remove the excess and when the
RED KOTE smell is  gone , its ready to use .

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 8:42 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> 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>
> 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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