> Seth B Wrote:
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> > Jonathan Bennett Wrote:
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> > Dish soap, cordless drill and a length of 3/8” galvanized steel cable.
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> > I find it best to solder a couple places to prevent unraveling.
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> > For the drill chuck end, brush about 3” with flux and solder like
> you’re
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> > soldering a copper pipe. For the cleaning end, come up the cable about
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> > 6” and brush a couple inches with flux and solder.
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> >
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> > Once cooled, fray the cleaning end out. and start working it into the
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> > bottom of the tank with some soap and water. Drain, rinse, repeat. I
> use
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> > a pair of leather welding glove because a wire through hand would
> suck.
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> >
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> > If it’s still giving you rust specs, get a steel wool, the coarse wire
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> > type, not the fine stuff. Cut a chunk of it and thread it onto the
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> > frayed end. Keep drilling. Forward and reverse. Pulling the cable
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> > almost all the way in and out but be careful because it’ll want to
> coil
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> > up on you.
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> >
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> > It’s easier if you’ve got a bicycle stand so you can tilt the bike
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> > forward. I removed the front tire so I could tip it all the way
> forward.
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> >
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> > I then tip it forward and get a 1/2” or 3/4” hose and use it with a
> shop
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> > vac to suck out as much as possible. I flush it with water and even
> the
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> > blow nozzle on an air compressor in the petcock hole.
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> >
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> > Then, after I’ve gotten it as clean as possible, I go through the
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> > recommended evaporust soaking and such.
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> >
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> > FYI, I spent 5 hours on my last Maxi. I’ve promised myself to not buy
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> > rusty tanks if at all possible.
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> >
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> > Good luck.
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> >
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> > And don’t forget to run a fuel filter.
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> Wow, talk about doing things the hard way. But whatever works for you.
Let the vinegar do the work.
I've let em soak for over a week before.
Dump, inspect and refill if necessary. When dumping vinegar out of tank drain back into original bottle in case you need to soak longer.