Cleaing out a Model A gas tank

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by b ramsey

i took mine out, poured a box of 100 1/2" nuts in there and some water, after plugging the fuel guage hole. shook it like a madman and then cleaned it all out. then washed the insides with swimming pool acid and then cleaned all that out. then coated it with red-kote. not the stuff you get in calif. i got it from a farm store in illinois. no problems since and im happy.

Just curious how you got all of those nuts behind the baffles onto the sides of those baffles and at the top where the rust generally is located? That has been what I have seen when guys try to use this procedure is the center section always looks really clean yet the rust still is in the outer areas because the stones/gravel/BBs/nuts could not get behind the baffles.