AuroraGirl
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- Joined
- Sep 8, 2019
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- Location
- Northern Wisconsin
- First Name
- Taylor
- Truck Year
- 1978, 1980
- Truck Model
- K10, K25
- Engine Size
- 400(?), 350
So on my tank that I pulled off the truck last summer, I tried replacing just the sending unit, but 40 years and caked on dirt and grime rusted the hell out of the sending unit and the lock tabs for the ring. I was able to get it out, at the cost of pretty much the entire mounting mechanism for the lock ring, like it peeled off from the tank and now its just a bare tank with a little sodder(can grind down smooth, tank has been empty since august in a ventilated shed.), would fill with vinegar probably just to clean the gunk out of the gas tank and the minimal debris. That way no potential issue with sparking, even thoguh its been forever.
On plastic tanks, they sell a kit that you can screw into the tank to repair the lockring if it were to become damaged. Is this something one can do or any creative ideas to do to a steel tank? ID like to fix the tank, its really not rusted internally, just the sender was shot and the top rusted bad. But the tank is clean outside with just surface rust and inside was gunky at worst. I need a passenger tank, that one has a convenient puncture when gas was removed from it when the switching valve broke many years ago...
Id assume fix this tank up, get a new valve, and fix the wiring for the switcher and have 2 gas tanks again.
On plastic tanks, they sell a kit that you can screw into the tank to repair the lockring if it were to become damaged. Is this something one can do or any creative ideas to do to a steel tank? ID like to fix the tank, its really not rusted internally, just the sender was shot and the top rusted bad. But the tank is clean outside with just surface rust and inside was gunky at worst. I need a passenger tank, that one has a convenient puncture when gas was removed from it when the switching valve broke many years ago...
Id assume fix this tank up, get a new valve, and fix the wiring for the switcher and have 2 gas tanks again.