Another thing that may help someone. The oil tank on my 40SS was spot welded along the 90° corner seam in addition to solder. The front "length" panel fits into a lip simular to the outer panel. Easily removed by pushing from the inside oil fill hole w/ a screw driver. The "width" panel is free soldered in place, no lip. The oil tank solder did not appear to have a higher melting point. Some tanks may. Maybe older tanks.
Lots of smoke but no fire. The metal will emit gasoline fumes when heated. So surgical cleaning is a must. hot water, detergent. Many times.
And NOooo I didn't mangle mine all up. I've learned to listen to the story that the metal is trying to tell me.
The baked on oil grunge is almost welded on. It maybe difficult to remove w/ glass bead. So I'd be real curious to see how much would come off w/ steam/boiling? I'm happy I took them apart for the full deep cleaning/ re-tin. I sure hope I can put them back together! Hee-hee. Maybe I'll hide a modern gas guage in the reserve tank? That'd be handy. Shhhhh... top secret.
Lots of smoke but no fire. The metal will emit gasoline fumes when heated. So surgical cleaning is a must. hot water, detergent. Many times.
And NOooo I didn't mangle mine all up. I've learned to listen to the story that the metal is trying to tell me.
The baked on oil grunge is almost welded on. It maybe difficult to remove w/ glass bead. So I'd be real curious to see how much would come off w/ steam/boiling? I'm happy I took them apart for the full deep cleaning/ re-tin. I sure hope I can put them back together! Hee-hee. Maybe I'll hide a modern gas guage in the reserve tank? That'd be handy. Shhhhh... top secret.
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