<VV> Gas Tank Sealing

[J R Read_HML]

Well,  In my case - just last month on the Rampside - it was $100 to have it 
done VS $35.00 to do it myself.  I took door # 2.

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Later, JR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Sheridan" <sheridanma@adelphia.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: RE: <VV> Gas Tank Sealing


>I know you guys like to do things yourself, but I think it is safer and 
>better for the environment if you have your local radiator shop do the 
>cleaning and sealing for you.
>
> They have the knowledge, experience and equipment to do the job safely and 
> within the environmental laws. My tank was done by a radiator shop for not 
> much more than the cost of the materials, if I had done it myself.
>
> Marc Sheridan
> '66 Monza 'vert
>
>>
>> From: "Duane, Jim" <Jim.Duane@DigitalNet.com>
>> > Hi all!
>>
>> Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone? Powerful mojo.
>>
>> My father used MEK in his job.  I did too.  Works like magic!  Don't get
>> used to it, wear rubber gloves, and wear a respirator if you got one...
>>
>> Current Regulatory Status
>> OSHA Permissible exposure limit (PEL) for methyl ethyl ketone is 200
>> ppm, 590 mg/m3
>>
>> NIOSH Recommended exposure limit (REL) for methyl ethyl ketone is 200
>> ppm TWA, 300 ppm STEL
>>
>> ACGIH Threshold limit value (TLV) is 200 ppm, 590 mg/m3 TWA; 300 ppm,
>> 885 mg/m3 STEL
>>
>> Jim Duane
>>
>> 180 Corsa CVT
>> Colonial Corvairs
>> CORSA
>>
>>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:16 AM
>> To: Stephen Upham; virtualvairs@corvair.org
>> Subject: RE: <VV> Gas Tank Sealing
>>
>> My tank, so treated, is going on its eighth year of troublefree service.
>> Do
>> NOT overlook the instruction to first clean the inside of the tank (this
>> goes for NEW tanks, too) with MEK. I easily found the MEK down at the
>> hardware store, next to the lacquer thinner.
>>
>> Joe Potts
> ->
>> I ordered something called Red-Kote when I bought my Clark's Ultimate
>> Kit.  The Red-Kote came in a quart container.  You seal up all but the
>> sender hole and put the entire contents of the sealer into the tank.  I
>> used duct tape to seal the holes including the sender hole after
>> filling the tank.  You roll the tank over and over gently to get the
>> sealer on all parts of the inside of the tank.  Then you pour out the
>> excess back into the container.  It's a little like the clowns coming
>> out of a car at the circus.  That stuff will keep coming out for twenty
>> minutes and you need to keep rotating the tank end over end and side to
>> side to make sure that you get all of the excess out.  I looked into
>> the tank with a flashlight to see if it was completely coated.  Hold
>> your breath as the sealer fumes can't do your lungs any good.  It did
>> look pretty.  You then have take off the tape and  to wait at least 24
>> hours before reinstalling the tank.  I'm going to wait a solid week.
>> Has anyone else had experience with this in the past?  Does it make a
>> noticeable difference in the life of a tank?  They advertise that it
>> will make it the last tank you will ever need to buy.  I certainly hope
>> so.
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