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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vinito" data-source="post: 93869" data-attributes="member: 12954">Seems like I only get two or three hour chunks of free time to work on the thing, and all my potential helpers are ghosts - I need a new set of friends... seriously.But I did fill the tank with water in preparation for cutting a hole in it. Of course my die grinder went kaput right at the beginning of it so I switched to the sawzall which worked OK until the blade dulled, and all my blades are at my brother's house for a project of his. Anyway, I'll take another shot at it tomorrow.But I did find that the condition of the gas tank is about as bad as the hydraulic tank. Looks like it's caked with rust, but the worst of it is the thing is completely welded into the frame so I can't do the typical "rotate the can around" thing with a sealer kit. I wonder if I just buy some good rubber gloves if it would do any good to spread the stuff around with a sponge or something (for "forever" I suppose until it's done). Every turn I take with this machine is a total pain in the A$$. I figure once I get the hole cut into it, I can get in there with a better die grinder and a ton of sanding wheels and clean it out the best I can. It's about 3/8" thick steel so there's not much chance of grinding through the tank walls. Then maybe I can do some kind of tank sealer thing. Anybody tried the <a href="http://www.por15.com/Fuel-System-Restoration_c_17.html" target="_blank">POR 15 kits</a>, and if so are they a good thing to do? Maybe if I clean it with the die grinder and sandpaper instead of chemically, I can just get the sealer? Whatever it takes to do it right. I just don't know what is right. Maybe there's a better fuel tank sealer product out there? Maybe it would be better not to use any of it? I could use some advice here if anybody knows sumthin'.So tomorrow I'll should have an access hole in the gas tank and maybe the hydraulic tank too.Oh, yea, I did get the official OkeeDokee to have the whole thing sand blasted fer nuthin, so at least that seems to be going right. That there is a pretty good windfall.Sigh.... Well OK, more later. This is all really stale so far. I promise to have some actual progress to show with pictures as soon as possible.</blockquote>

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