All
An even more effective way to clear the fumes from a gas tank is to put the
exhaust pipe of a running petrol engine in it for a few minutes. This was
taught to me by my uncle who welded up Aston Martins for Queen Elizabeth. I
have used it myself a number of occasions with no problems.
griffo
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Your idea reminds me of a very funny (I thought) story a local welder
told me. I was getting some welding done and he mentioned welding gas
tanks. I asked him how he did it without blowing himself up. He said
he didn't weld them anymore but the secret to doing it is rinse the
tank out three (3) times with HOT water. Cold water just won't do it.
He then explained why he no longer welded gas tanks.
A few years before a farmer in the middle of harvest called and needed
the gas tank on his swather welded right away. He explained that it
needed to be rinsed. The farmer said he would take care of it and send
the tank in with his wife. Half an hour later the farmer's wife showed
up, my buddy Dave asked her if she had rinsed it out. "Yes", she
replied, "three times just like you told my husband." Dave set the
tank on his workbench, hooked up the ground wire, and stuck an arc.
Instantly there was a massive explosion.
When Dave woke up a while later, he was 20 feet from the workbench.
His glasses were on the other end of his 24 x 40 foot shop. The
farmer's wife was running in circles screaming. She thought for sure
that Dave was dead. The gas tank was nowhere to be found. When he
finally got the poor lady calmed down enough to find his glasses for
him, the mystery of the missing gas tank was solved. The tank has
flown right out the overhead door on the shop, crossed the street, and
smashed in the side of a van parked across the street from his shop.
Upon querying the farmers wife it was discovered that her husband had
used cold water to flush the tank instead of hot, to save some time.
In closing all turned out fairly well. Dave wasn't seriously hurt,
alathough he couldn't here too well for a few days and had one heck of
a headache. Adding insult to injury not only did the farmer not give
him an apology for not following his instructions, but expected Dave to
pay for a new gas tank for the swather.
My question for you is do you still think it's a good idea to use a
soldering iron on your gas tank?
Tune in next time when we hear how Dave locked himself in a bear trap
that he made himself. For several hours time!
Ross
> I've theorized that if I should develop a leak in the IMS tank I
could use a
> soldering iron or some other Rube Goldberg solution to melt plastic
into the
> crack, scrape, etc. Has anybody ever tried to do this?
>
> Chuck C
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