Just a thought, but maybe vibration might do the trick??? If you take an impact wrench with something like a chisel attachment, put a scrap piece of wood or metal plate on the outside surface of the tank and use the impact wrench to hammer the wood/plate, essentially as a vibrator. Move the wood/plate around the outside as necessary.<div><br></div><div>Maybe just use a wood block and a rubber mallet to try and break stuff free?<br><div><br></div><div>Carl<br><br>On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Dave Maynard <<a href="mailto:dave@themaplehillfarm.com">dave@themaplehillfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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.<div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto">Dave</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 8:59 AM Carl Szabelski <<a href="mailto:c.s.szabelski@gmail.com" target="_blank">c.s.szabelski@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<div><br></div><div>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.<br><div><br></div><div>Carl<br><br>On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Dennis Johnson <<a href="mailto:moscowengnr@outlook.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">moscowengnr@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>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
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<div>Anything that you can drop into the tank and fish back will work, as long as it’s got some grab power.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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
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