[T3] Fuel Tank Crunchies

["Jeff" <knowonelse@sbcglobal.net>]

I went down to Sacramento last week to pick up
a '65 tank for my '67 at a good price. I checked
out the remainder of the square, and while it's
in good shape superficially, it is rusted out at
the heater channels significantly. If anyone
needs any body metal from anywhere above that,
it should be in good shape.

I rigged up a suction line to my tank to try
and drain as much as possible. I ended up with
about a gallon of dark stuff coming out. I took
off the fuel level sender to access the tank 
for siphoning. I stuck a stick in there to see
what it felt like, ick.

There was about an inch of crunchies on the 
bottom of the tank. See what I get for leaving 
a lot of gas in a tank for about 10 years! 

I built a cheezy cover for the fuel sender, 
and clamped off the fuel line, cut the line,
and took it outside. It didn't slosh around
very much, it was really crunchy! Probably
rust flakes from the ceiling of the tank.

Any harm in sloshing the crunchies around for
awhile to scour the tank before I drain it 
from the filler neck? I can't see any harm
and it may even take additional flakes off.

Externally, the original tank is clean and
not rusty at all. The replacement is rusty
on the outside, and has a surface coat on 
the inside. I removed the fuel level sender
to look inside.

I've never worked with a gas tank before,
so I can't say which is better or worse.

I assume that the '65 and '67 are 6v and 12v
respectively and the fuel gage sender shouldn't 
be used on the inappropriate voltage car.

Any suggestions on sealing the fuel sender
when re-installing it?

With the tank out of the way, re-fitting the
brake components should be much easier! Yah!
Found more black widow webs and egg sacks
as well with a huge amount of mud-wasp nests
wrapping around the steering shaft. I'll have
to take some shots (non-digital) and will
eventually post them.

Jeff  '67 Sqbk getting closer to re-animation!

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