 Restored my fuel tank today with excellent results, I even have some pics! |
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| Dominic |
 Jun 9 2007, 05:02 PM
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Dominic  Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 14-January 03 From: Misawa, Japan Member No.: 149 Region Association: None  |
For those who need to resore their old / rusty fuel tank this stuff works great:
http://www.kbs-coatings.com/KBS-Auto-Fuel-...eSetd8vPFyVSvly Simple process that anyone can do. My tank was not in bad shape, I just wanted to get rid of all the surface rust and coat it for good. I did it all in one day. The tank dried pretty fast after cleaning it and then again after the rust blast since it was nice and hot today. Once it was completely dry I poured the can of coating (silver stuff) into the tank and made sure all of the tank was coated, the hard part was draining all if it out. As you can see from the pics it looks all nice and shiny (silver) on the inside of the tank. Takes another 4 days to cure before you should put fuel in the tank. This is money well spent. Also a good time to replace the mesh filter on the fuel supply side of the tank. Attached image(s) 
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| Dominic |
Jun 9 2007, 05:04 PM
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Dominic Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 14-January 03 From: Misawa, Japan Member No.: 149 Region Association: None |
more pics
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| McMark |
Jun 9 2007, 09:06 PM
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914 Tramp Stamp Group: Admin Posts: 13,813 Joined: 12-March 03 From: Napa, CA Member No.: 419 Region Association: Northern California |
Very cool! Andy and I are about to do this. I guess we should get started since it's not a one day project!
 Looks great though.  |
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| ConeDodger |
Jun 9 2007, 09:55 PM
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Hmmmm... Is this Yopu or her evil twin pu??? Group: Members Posts: 7,745 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Fair Oaks, CA Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California |
Schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet... Very pretty.
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| Air_Cooled_Nut |
Jun 10 2007, 09:40 AM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,745 Joined: 18-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
Something you need to be very careful about when coating fuel tanks using the FI system are the small holes in the cup at the bottom of the tank. These allow fuel to flow in/out of the cup. The cup helps keep fuel at the inlet side of the fuel pump, like for low fuel levels during a sharp turn. The fuel pump overflow dumps back into this cup.
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| fat73 |
Jun 10 2007, 06:10 PM
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W9R1 Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 7-May 05 From: tampa,fl Member No.: 4,043 Region Association: South East States |
How long did it take you?
Ed aka W9R1 |
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| Dominic |
Jun 11 2007, 06:04 AM
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Dominic Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 14-January 03 From: Misawa, Japan Member No.: 149 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(fat73 @ Jun 10 2007, 07:10 PM)  How long did it take you? Ed aka W9R1 I did it all in one day.  The tank was empty for several months so it was easy to do in the same day. The inside of the tank dries pretty quick in the sun. |
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| BAM |
Jun 11 2007, 08:52 AM
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Don’t sweat the small stuff !!! Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 10-January 07 From: SF Bay Area Member No.: 7,442 |
Nice job as always Dominic… I think I have a few tanks here that need to be coated, when are you coming back to the west coast?
We missed you guys at PartsHeaven this year, it was a good crowd. Talk to you later. JP |
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| Mr.242 |
Jul 14 2009, 10:22 PM
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Love is blind, but does it lose its sense of smell too?! Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 10-June 08 From: Seattle Member No.: 9,160 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I just purchased this kit and I will be doing my 1970 914-6.
Let's hope I can make mine look like the pics above! SWEEEET beauty! Thanks for the link to this thread. Mark  |
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