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tank repair

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by chris777, Jan 14, 2009.

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    chris777 New Member

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    I have a few rust holes near the bottom quarter of my tank and was wondering if anyone had a surefire way of patching without blowing myself up. I'm a welder by trade but have no experience with tanks. I plan on getting the tank lined after the holes are patched.
     
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    MN-Maxims St. Paul Minnesota

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    Just wash your tank out real good witha good soap. I like Dawn dish soap for that job. May be have to rinse and wash twice. Once all the gas smell is gone your good to go. Tig weld in your patches and do alittle bondo work. Give it a nice POR15 shot. Good Luck
     
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    There's this trick where you blow car exhaust in the tank to displace all the oxygen before cutting and welding a tank.
    Then you can braze the pinholes shut after grinding- - sanding.

    Welcome to the site!!
     
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    if it has rust in it you will more than likely never get rid of the smell of gas


    fill it with an inert gas that displaces oxygen
    with out oxygen it can't burn (and it will protect your weld)
     
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    Timetoride I Didn't think many people knew about that one.
     
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    if its small holes, jb weld it and sand it down, then repaint
     
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    JB Weld works great. plug the holes with JB then use one of the two part epoxy tank lining systems and grind off the JB. If you don't plug the holes iwith the jB the liner oozes out the holes and makes a mess.
     
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    Thanks for the input guyz, that should take care of it.
     
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