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roofinwilly

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It's Miller Time.
I am getting my 60 Bugeye ready for the road. Going to coat inside of tank w/ POR 15. Does anyone know how to keep coating from sealing the pick-up? or better yet remove the pick-up? No obvious way to remove it. I know somebody has this trick up their sleeve.
 
Willy,
Are you sure that you want to coat the inside of the tank? If the metal is good but just rusty, a radiator shop can clean the inside & leak test it. If the metal is rusted so thin that it leaks, coating the inside wont last long.

From my experience, with cars & motorcycles, lining a tank is a poor substitute for a new tank. If you only want to get by long enough to sell the car it may be the way to go. Putting sealer on top of rust, even cleaned rust, does not replace the metal. Sooner or later the liner will fail, the tank will leak, & liner particles will plug everything. If safety & reliability are second to saving a few bucks, do the liner.

The original tank lasted 30 to 40 years, not bad. A new tank will give completely trouble free operation for many more years. A new tank does not usually cost THAT much more than lining. If you have to save an old tank, it should be repaired the same as any other rust damage. Cut out the bad parts & replace with sound metal.
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Thanks Dave,
Of course I'm trying to save a buck. The tank is simple to remove and replace if necessary. From my experience with the stuff, I would guess it will last 5 or 10 yrs. It's good. And I do agree "let the kids worry about it later". Who is going to want an LBC in 10 yrs after we're planted?
The original Sprite tank has the usual baffles, two - front to back.
 
Were it me, I'd just take it to a radiator shop & let them boil/pressurize & coat the inside with their liquid coating....isn't POR15 thicker than the stuff that's designed for gas tanks?
 
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Of course I'm trying to save a buck. Who is going to want an LBC in 10 yrs after we're planted?
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I guess it depends on the LBC. I keep forgetting that different folks have different objectives. I don't look upon LBC's as expendable items. I'll try to be more open minded. Sorry if I offended you.
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POR-15 has a gas tank sealing system. I sealed my tank, but if it ever has to be done again I will buy a new tank or have it professionally done so that I don't have to mess with the chemicals. I removed my pick up screen (or what was left of it) by ripping off with pliers. I then places a cheap fuel filter in front of the pump. So far...so good.
HTH
 
Don't use POR 15 in a tank. If you must seal it, use a gas tank sealing system.
It's it's not that bad, and you want to save a buck, boil it out at home on the outside barby.
Remove the sender, flush it good, fill it 3/4 with water, throw some large nuts and bolts in the tank to act as agitators (rocks work too but a magnet will retrieve the nuts and bolts) fire up the gas grill and let it simmer for an hour or 2.
Shake it up again and dump it someplace EPA friendly.
I asked a shop exactly what they do when they "boil out a tank" He said we fill it with water and put a flame under it til it boils.
All the sludge in it will float off and up. It will clean your pick up tube too.
Most sealers clog the pick up tube.

Hey, cheap, and it works for me
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Gee, and I went to Moss and bought their $90 system for refinishing a tank. I thought it was the only way. It's only been back in the car 3 days, so I can't comment on the reliability of the system.

I just used a wire to ream out the pick up tube after treating. If I were to do it again, I plug the ends of the pick up tube prior to coating the inside.
 
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