On 26 Mar 2006 05:52:38 -0800, "BFR" wrote:

Thanks everybody, particularly RoyJ, for all your help. I've wondered
about how this might work for years, but this is the first time I've
managed to get information that I thought was sound. What a great
resource. Thanks again.

If it's a two-piece bolt together tank that means you have easy
access to the inside. I would treat it like an oil pan I had to fix
made of Unobtanium (not cheap, anyway, Willys MB F-152);

Take it apart, bead blast down to clean metal, weld up the holes and
big pits, and grind flush wherever able. (In the corners you just do
the best you can with a Dremel or die grinder.)

Then one additional step for a tank that the oil pan didn't need -
send the two tank halves out and have them hot-dip galvanized.
That'll keep it in one piece for a while... ;-)

Or another trick that might be better if the welder sits for months
at a time - Save the old steel tank in the barn rafters, make a
mounting cradle, and go get the appropriate size polyethylene outboard
boat fuel tank and a pair of quick-connects. When you aren't running
the welder it's easy to take off and drain, or go use it on some other
equipment.

Oh, and run stabilizer in the gas either way.

-- Bruce --

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