Tank cleaning & Lining!, "Miles" varnish got me worried! Options

[william harris]

OK, Miles tale of woe has got me worried. I disassembled my car 4 months ago, it was running just fine before the "rustoration" started, and in the process I drained and removed by gas tank. It has been sitting on the parts shelf since then. What should I do (if anything) to clean and reline the tank? How should I store it (I haven't done anything, but it sits there with no gas in it and the cap on. Any suggestions will be appreciated. By the way, IMHO the way the Steve at Otto's has responded has not helped him at all. Based on his comments alone, I would not care to do business with his shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[Jake Raby]

Damn,
60 years........ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)

I feel the need for an ultimate challenge coming on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif)

Two engines, one dyno and a pull to the death at redline.... all the while measuring torque, HP and engine temperatures. My best against whatever they can concokt in the crystal ball thats been snowballing for 60 years..... Man up and torture, hell we can both use it as a tax writeoff for R&D- no excuses!

As for bad gas! If you open the fuel filler and it smells like anything other than pure gas that would come out of the pump its starting to die.

It kills alot of engines, and EFI hates it as well.

I have got more years of working on these cars than most of the guys on the board have been alive.

Nice try... Its not what you know, not what you have experienced... Its how you apply it and what you remember.

Man up and build. I'm still as pissed off as a Hornet about your slimy alias posting about me and if need be I'll work 7 days a week for a year to contine to prove that 30 years of experience ain't worth a damn if its not applied correctly or anytrhing less than 100%!

You chose your flavor with me pal, and if it don't taste too good eat it anyway.

I'll insert my favorite quote here:

"Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?"

Dan Daly, battle of Belleau Wood -1918