BahnBrenner914   Pulled the tank Vol V   Jul 2 2007, 10:06 PM
BahnBrenner914   The tank:   Jul 2 2007, 10:07 PM
BahnBrenner914   The gas from the bottom of the tank that didnt syp...   Jul 2 2007, 10:08 PM
BahnBrenner914   and inside the tank (if you have small children in...   Jul 2 2007, 10:09 PM
McMark   Yup, not surprised given the issues you've bee...   Jul 2 2007, 10:31 PM
BahnBrenner914   Thats a reflection, not a hole. But it is chock fu...   Jul 2 2007, 10:38 PM
McMark   Get a couple gallons of Muriatic Acid and CAREFULL...   Jul 2 2007, 10:40 PM
BahnBrenner914   Get a couple gallons of Muriatic Acid and [i][b]C...   Jul 2 2007, 10:56 PM
BahnBrenner914   Also, my dad was talking about putting some ball b...   Jul 2 2007, 11:08 PM
Blood red 914-6gt   "Are you out of it boys? Everything is ball b...   Jul 2 2007, 11:12 PM
Cevan   "Are you out of it boys? Everything is ball ...   Oct 10 2007, 03:10 PM
BahnBrenner914   The ball bearings :blur: :blur: :blur: would break...   Jul 3 2007, 12:37 AM
Danny_Ocean   The ball bearings :blur: :blur: :blur: would brea...   Jul 3 2007, 12:41 AM
GWN7   The other option is take it to a rad shop and have...   Jul 3 2007, 12:42 AM
Gint   Here we go again... Take it to a radiator shop an...   Jul 3 2007, 12:54 AM
markb   Here we go again... Take it to a radiator shop a...   Jul 3 2007, 10:19 PM
rhodyguy   nice tanks will be fetching good money before you ...   Jul 3 2007, 01:54 AM
Blood red 914-6gt   I hit myself everytime I think that I sold a very ...   Jul 3 2007, 02:02 AM
1bad914   Take a short length ( 1 foot) of link chain and pu...   Jul 3 2007, 05:51 AM
type11969   :agree: Did that with my Beetle tank 10 years ag...   Jul 3 2007, 07:52 AM
Phoenix914   I also recommend using the chain method to clean u...   Jul 3 2007, 08:23 AM
IanStott   I sent mine out to get professionally done and am ...   Jul 3 2007, 08:36 AM
BahnBrenner914   Well I bought the muriatic acid and I've got a...   Jul 3 2007, 08:05 PM
Danny_Ocean   Well I bought the muriatic acid... Muriatic aci...   Jul 3 2007, 11:12 PM
Mike914   Well I bought the muriatic acid... Muriatic ac...   Jul 4 2007, 12:22 AM
por73914   Well I bought the muriatic acid... Muriatic ac...   Jul 4 2007, 02:18 PM
McMark   I've bought the sock at a bug shop before. Bu...   Jul 3 2007, 08:19 PM
abbott295   Excuse me for butting in here, but where does one ...   Jul 3 2007, 09:24 PM
McMark   http://www.por15.com ;)   Jul 3 2007, 09:27 PM
abbott295   Thank you, McMark. I will study that site.   Jul 3 2007, 09:58 PM
BahnBrenner914   well I didn't :blowup: and I'm ok (i gues...   Jul 4 2007, 12:14 AM
robby750   well I didn't :blowup: and I'm ok (i gue...   Jul 4 2007, 12:22 AM
BahnBrenner914   So more acid or nut dancing or what?   Jul 4 2007, 12:30 AM
Danny_Ocean   So more acid or nut dancing or what? You must r...   Jul 4 2007, 12:36 AM
McMark   Let the acid sit in there for longer to get the st...   Jul 4 2007, 12:49 AM
BahnBrenner914   I did a fair bit of sloshing, but it was in there ...   Jul 4 2007, 12:52 AM
Gint   Like I said, take it to a rad shop, pay the man ...   Jul 4 2007, 01:15 AM
Danny_Ocean   Like I said, take it to a rad shop, pay the man ...   Jul 4 2007, 01:20 AM
BahnBrenner914   Like I said, take it to a rad shop, pay the man ...   Jul 4 2007, 01:33 AM
Danny_Ocean   That would be a good title for another volume of ...   Jul 4 2007, 01:38 AM
Gint   That would be a good title for another volume of m...   Jul 4 2007, 10:40 AM
bd1308   now you went and done it! Miles is gonna come...   Jul 4 2007, 03:55 AM
BahnBrenner914   So the bare metal on the inside wont rust when I h...   Jul 4 2007, 11:18 AM
rhodyguy   figure that's prob 30+years of neglect resting...   Jul 4 2007, 11:59 AM
SirAndy   i coated my tank. after the acid cleaning routine ...   Jul 4 2007, 01:23 PM
McMark   Watch out for reusing the sock. The flash aluminu...   Jul 4 2007, 01:27 PM
Danny_Ocean   Watch out for reusing the sock. The flash alumin...   Jul 4 2007, 04:02 PM
McMark   Watch out for reusing the sock. The flash alumi...   Jul 5 2007, 02:01 AM
rhodyguy   think of what the fumes do to lung tissue if they...   Jul 4 2007, 02:29 PM
BahnBrenner914   Well I just got done with another acid bath :stir...   Jul 4 2007, 02:34 PM
por73914   Well I just got done with another acid bath :sti...   Jul 4 2007, 02:38 PM
BahnBrenner914   I would tell you, but the Green Party will send sw...   Jul 4 2007, 02:46 PM
rhodyguy   that would eventually be chambers creek, titlow be...   Jul 4 2007, 03:20 PM
jk76.914   I did the POR-15 route. Here's the before and...   Jul 4 2007, 03:26 PM
ammason   I did the POR-15 route. Here's the before an...   Jul 4 2007, 04:11 PM
jk76.914   I did the POR-15 route. Here's the before an...   Jul 5 2007, 07:35 PM
Phoenix914   Those strainer socks are readily available from th...   Jul 5 2007, 07:46 AM
Bogaat   Those strainer socks are readily available from t...   Jul 5 2007, 10:58 AM
McMark   It is installed from the outside. :confused:   Jul 5 2007, 11:01 AM
Bogaat   It is installed from the outside. :confused: H...   Jul 5 2007, 11:05 AM
rhodyguy   take off the capturing nut on the supply tube and ...   Jul 5 2007, 11:06 AM
rhodyguy   nice write up jim. how i dried my tank after drain...   Jul 5 2007, 08:06 PM
rjames   A hair dryer in the filler hole worked for me. Abo...   Jul 5 2007, 09:24 PM
BahnBrenner914   Well I just finished the last of my acid with the ...   Jul 9 2007, 07:41 PM
Gint   So is that normal? (asking the non-sealer guys, c...   Jul 9 2007, 09:29 PM
John   I would follow up the acid treatment with a Phosph...   Jul 9 2007, 09:25 PM
BahnBrenner914   I would follow up the acid treatment with a Phosp...   Jul 9 2007, 10:31 PM
BahnBrenner914   I went and got a new strainer sock for the tank...   Jul 10 2007, 08:17 PM
BahnBrenner914   So the tank is all cleaned out :stir: and I inst...   Jul 15 2007, 11:26 PM
BahnBrenner914   Then installed tank, fuel gauge, expansion chamber...   Jul 15 2007, 11:28 PM
McMark   You may have the hoses get kinked after the first ...   Jul 15 2007, 11:53 PM
BahnBrenner914   You may have the hoses get kinked after the first...   Jul 16 2007, 02:00 AM
boxstr   I would hold off on filling the tank to the top. F...   Jul 16 2007, 09:59 AM
Bogaat   I would hold off on filling the tank to the top. ...   Jul 16 2007, 10:25 AM
BahnBrenner914   I would hold off on filling the tank to the top. ...   Jul 16 2007, 01:25 PM
boxstr   The early 914s 70-74 had the pump and filter mount...   Jul 16 2007, 10:56 AM
Brian Mifsud   If you are concerned about "Muriatic" (H...   Oct 10 2007, 02:59 PM