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Offline 85AmCfreak

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Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« on: July 08, 2012, 12:03:38 AM »
Hey I am looking for a direct tank replacement for the sx-4. My original is in pretty bad shape.
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 08:54:05 AM »
I don't know if there are any, other than from a Kammback, which would be even harder to find.
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 04:38:22 PM »
one from a spirit will work, that's what i used in mine...
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2012, 08:06:51 PM »
Are they available new??
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 12:31:19 PM »
doubt it, i searched car-part.com and found a jy with one...
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2012, 12:41:52 PM »
I was not able to find any new ones available.  There is an old style radiatior shop near me that has repaired gas tanks, cleaned them, and put in liners for me.  You might want to look around and see if there is a similar shop in your area.
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2012, 12:29:04 AM »
That means I should save the tank from my beat up SX4 when I scrap it (I WILL remove every possibly usable part first).
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2012, 06:05:07 PM »
Quote from: vangremlin on July 10, 2012, 12:41:52 PM
I was not able to find any new ones available.  There is an old style radiatior shop near me that has repaired gas tanks, cleaned them, and put in liners for me.  You might want to look around and see if there is a similar shop in your area.

i asked a radiator shop if they had any solvents that would work to clean out the inside of my old tank as good as possible, and they laughed at me  :dontknow: ...i thought it was a fair question, but the guy kept insisting i was an idiot and it wouldn't do me any good...i still have my old tank, and washed and dried it out as best i could, and am still determined to see about cleaning it out and coating the inside with something...
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2012, 06:12:18 PM »
I haven't watched this video yet, but I know a lot of Motorcycle guys have this issues so I typed in "Motorcycle Tank Cleaning" and found this video.

http://youtu.be/-WuU1F2VLoI
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2012, 06:16:31 PM »
Started watching it...looks like you are supposed to fill the entire tank with this Metal Rescue stuff...could be pricey if you have to fill like a 18 gallon tank!!!

The Metal Rescue is 24 bucks a gallon.
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2012, 06:17:11 PM »
Solvents alone do nothing. they cannot. for that matter gasoline is a solvent. as is water. iirc my dad tried a kit for a tank unsuccessfully. wasn't around for his trial or what was used. just my upper imo knowledge as i play chemist at night. i know some coatings for interior tanks are supposed to work. i do not know the compounds chemicals or compatibility with gas. gas and oil eats through silicone and epoxy. so just my mininum wage knowledge speaking.
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2012, 07:24:55 PM »
Quote from: casper on July 11, 2012, 06:52:56 PM
fuel tank repair isnt that bad. put in a few gallons of water, and a dozen or so handfulls of pea gravel. shake the ever living crap out of it. rinse it out real good. (i had to do this with my tank in my spirit drag car) if you have pin holes to weld on a fuel tank, you can run a hose off a regulator from an argon tank into it. the argon displaces ANY gas fumes and it wont blow. i have hear that routing car exhaust in works also but never done that one.

Sounds like what we do to refurbish a stainless steel drum at work we however put it on a roller. This is pertinant becacse if it is saveable than the internal rust debris gets knocked off. But to stop it again from internally rusting I would like to here about as the op
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2012, 07:58:01 PM »
Quote from: mudkicker715 on July 11, 2012, 06:17:11 PM
Solvents alone do nothing. they cannot. for that matter gasoline is a solvent. as is water.

true, i was more just hoping for something that would clean it good enough to get rid of any rust flakes/dust...i don't know what's out there as far as coatings go, but there has to be something that will work...i had also thought about using a soda blaster to clean it out, and then coat it...
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2012, 08:11:59 PM »
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Re: Direct tank replacement SX-4?
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2012, 08:13:27 PM »
Good find if that is it! Pretty cheap too.
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