Re: Re: Re: Re: M Farmall Gas Tank Debris

Posted by Roger on October 26, 2000 at 18:05:31 from (209.150.227.109):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: M Farmall Gas Tank Debris posted by big fred on October 26, 2000 at 10:01:20:

Now guys let me tell you of my experience at cleaning a gas tank that I KNEW was empty of all fumes. This was on my 1925 Case model 25-45 crossmotor and believe me, this project got real expensive.

The tank had been empty and open for a year, so I KNEW that there were no fumes or ANYTHING, that would be a problem. My buddy (now former buddy) was over and I asked him if he would help me clean out this Empty tank, and being the nice and easy going guy that he WAS, he said sure. Well I then asked my wife if I could use her vacuum cleaner and once she got over the shock she said yes. She said later she thought I was going to clean clean house with it! (Boy does that woman have an imagination)

Well we went out to the tractor that had lots of rust in the tank, and I didn't want to take the tank off, so I decided to just stick the hose in the filler neck and clean it out. This is where my trusting friend came in. The hose wasn't long enough to reach to the top of the tractor, so my buddy picked up the vacuum ceaner and held it in his arms. I turned on the cleaner, stuck the suction hose in the tank and I guess there were still some fumes left in the tank because I heard my buddy screaming something that I couldn't understand as the vacuum picked up speed like you wouldn't believe. The sound was much like an F-14 at takeoff and when I looked around it LOOKED like an F-14 WITH after burner as a flame was coming out the end, over my buddies arm, that was at least 4 foot long. Being as how the hose was to short to allow him to put the ceaner on the ground, he didn't dare let go as he wasn't sure just what direction things would go. I got the hose out of the tank and ran and pulled the plug on the vacuum cleaner. Yes it was still running at about 4 times the speed of sound until I got it unplugged.

We decided to open the cleaner to see if there was ANY damage and boy was it cean------ and all melted up into a little ball. The bag had totally disintegrated and all internal parts had exited through the exhaust end of the ceaner, to include most of the motor. (Boy those motors aren't very big when all melted down) Needles to say it never ran again. When I tried to convince my wife it was that way when I borrowed it ------ well that flew about as far as a piece of streamlined granite, straight down!

Well to sum this all up, I had to buy my wife a NEW vacuum cleaner that was BIGGER, BETTER and MUCH,MUCH more expensive. Also my BUDDY wouldn't speak to me for about a year and now he refuses to help me clean gas tanks. Damn, I wish I had used the turkey baster. It would have much cheaper to replace and maybe my buddy would still trust me.

This is a true story, so think over your options before you clean that gas tank. Hmmmm. I wounder where my wife keeps the turkey baster, or I wounder if her little eye lash brush would work for paint touch up? Say, I bet those pearls I bought her years ago would slosh around in the gas tank and knock the rust loose and not due a bit of damage to the tank.

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