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OLD Steel Johnson 6gal Gas Tank question
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<blockquote data-quote="driz" data-source="post: 422760" data-attributes="member: 13373"><p>I just went through a couple mercury tanks. I recall seeing those fittings all over the place on the net, possibly even in Walmart so they are pretty common. I got a whole hose assembly from Iboats.com and it was a lot cheaper than elsewhere by nearly half.</p><p> I went all over mine with a 4.5" stainless cup brush on a grinder then gave it a coat of POR 15. Great stuff for things that you can never get all the rust off of. I used that as a primer coat then scuffed it with 220 sandpaper. Shot it with topcoat of red PPG base coat followed by some POL clear coat(a bargain at $20/qt) . It's a real PITA cleaning up one of those old tanks and not exactly cheap #-o but at least in the end you have something solid. I replaced those rusty screws that hold the outlet on the tank with stainless I got at lowes. One great feature of this old stuff you don't have to try to figure out if it's SAE or Meteric =D> +</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="driz, post: 422760, member: 13373"] I just went through a couple mercury tanks. I recall seeing those fittings all over the place on the net, possibly even in Walmart so they are pretty common. I got a whole hose assembly from Iboats.com and it was a lot cheaper than elsewhere by nearly half. I went all over mine with a 4.5" stainless cup brush on a grinder then gave it a coat of POR 15. Great stuff for things that you can never get all the rust off of. I used that as a primer coat then scuffed it with 220 sandpaper. Shot it with topcoat of red PPG base coat followed by some POL clear coat(a bargain at $20/qt) . It's a real PITA cleaning up one of those old tanks and not exactly cheap #-o but at least in the end you have something solid. I replaced those rusty screws that hold the outlet on the tank with stainless I got at lowes. One great feature of this old stuff you don't have to try to figure out if it's SAE or Meteric =D> + [/QUOTE]
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