Top job Seppo. I like the way you do what is necessary without replacing stuff unnecessarily…..being frugal. We have ‘crap’ and ‘crud’ here in Australia too. These things must be worldwide… 😆
Hi I am just working on my „New“ VW Iltis from 1979 , try to bring him back to Life After 8 years in a Container. I have fuel Problems too , I think it is the mechanical Fuel Pump , because the Iltis is running when i fill the Carburetor . Greetings Edward By the way Great Work 👍
@@SeasideGarage I have Order a new one for 17€ After a new test . When I Set the fuel Tank under preasure fuel comes clean to the Pump. The Tank is Made of plastic. Greetings Edward
That's where saving old nuts, bolts, screws and other bits helps, cos you can use them to scrub the inside of a tank like this, shifting the rusty crap off the metal leaving it nice and shiny inside, and you don't have to worry about runing decent fixings cos it's old stuff that would never be used again anyway... :)
So, I learnt today how to clean out a petrol tank, fix a fuel gauge sender and replace a fuel filter! Useful skills - we didn't do car maintenance when I was at school. For some reason it was considered more important in the late 1960s for boys to know how to make a dovetail joint in woodwork classes.
By all means have the OEM type fuel filter in the engine bay to look stock... but have a look at tractor fuel filters of the CAV296 type and put them as first line of defense re rust in the boot just after the exit of the fuel pickup line from the tank. This type of filter also has a bowl on the bottom so you can see the water and rust...... the "diesel" filter works for gasoline just as well.. I have a double CAV296 filter mounted rigidly in the boot of my 1972 Jaguar XJ6
Wow! What a great result! Thanks for showing the process! I have a leaky tank in my 240, but only when you top it full ;).... so I just don't do that ;). I would need to adress it at some point ;)
I have had much luck with leak stop paste... ! It can actually fix holes also... like when I forced a self tapping screw though my niva fuel tank.......
Hi Seaside, I wish you would clean up the engine bay and paint the rocker cover and air filter housing, I really love the Datsun, even the name….Datsun brings back a lot of memories for me. 😊😊
Phosphoric acid is good to use for rust, you get it in toilet cleaner. It will turn the rust into a black hard surface like a rust converter. I used some to clean a Diesel Particulate Filter, worked a treat but was quite laborious.
A thing about citric acid. No matter how much you add to water the pH will never be more than 4. As it's the pH of citric acid. If you want to speed the reaction up you have to add heat, more acid will not help. So it's fairly harmless and there are no need to neutralise it before disposal. And don't mess about with strong acids, it's too dangerous, especially considering how safe citric acid is.
Exactly why I like citric acid... ! Not safe, but not bad either... There must be some importance to the amount though... 1kg to 45 liters is really thin.. but it worked! the water was hot... around 60 degrees, but of course it cooled quickly... Ideally I should ad a heater in the tank and make it spin..! that would be effective!
@@SeasideGarage true, there is an minimum level required to keep the reaction going, I guess it depends on the amount of rust, jah? Maybe adding som sand and stones and let it turn around for some time to descale. Like with an dirty bottle? I don't know. By the way your car show is one of the best on the Tube. Thanks for doing it!
Wouldn’t the “gummy”-dirt have something to do with the modern ethanol-added fuel?? The old fuel-lines vanish because of the ethanol. Seems to me pretty much to expect that dissolving fuellines make gummy dirt…..???
Jag tar ett par maskindisktabletter knackar sönder och löser upp i varmvatten. sen neutraliserar jag citronsyran. Och avslutar med att skölja med rent vatten.
