Re: Howdy

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2013/10/7 20:49:04

Sorry, I've been dealing with my own issues.
I don't like acetone in the gas tank, because it's highly flammable and likely a large surface area, unless you want to put 18 gallons in, which I doubt. Acetone has wide flammable limits. Handling acetone can be a huge fire hazard and easily ignites. Do this line cleaning thing outdoors away from fire sources! Safety first.
I fed small shots of gas into the tank, and drained out the drain fitting trying to clear it up. That got rid of the liquid stuff, the solids are mostly still in there, waiting a more opportune time. You'd have to have one of the old timey radiator shops that can boil out tanks, in my opinion, to do any good there. Caustic boil will take out any rust too.
If the lines are plugged as bad as mine and old, I'd just replace them. My gas line was relatively shiny brand new, or I would have just replaced it. It's easy to do, not very expensive, 10-15' 5/16" OD steel tubing, if you do it yourself, and eliminates all the cleaning worries.
Some of these other guys have had luck cleaning/sealing their tanks with these kits, so they can speak on that. I just went out and bought a new tank that was close and I can modify. The cost of silver solder is a bite in the shorts, but I'll have a brand new tank when its done that I can convert to 12 v. w/ intank fuel pump for something hungrier if I so desire. I'll make it look stock for now.